Author: halo@bungie.org

I told myself I wasn’t going to front-page these… but geez, five weeks in a row, with a game that’s been out for more than 85 weeks… wow. (Halo 3’s at the top of the LIVE activity list… for the fifth straight week.)(Louis Wu 17:26:05 UTC)

Awesome. mans1ay3r created a new machinima entitled ‘Master Chief bs Mortal Combat: The Hidden Skull’ – the first episode is online now. Pretty funny stuff… and great integration of the two games! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:25:02 UTC)

According to the Bungie Blog, The Running Riot is doing another one of their live broadcasts next Tuesday – check it out for guests and times. (Louis Wu 17:22:55 UTC)

If you’re a Halo Wars player, you’ be interested to know that a Title Update is going live very soon. Details can be found at Halowars.com – or in 2900d4u’s forum post. Balance adjustments and bug fixes are spelled out.(Louis Wu 17:22:24 UTC)

CMNeir took one of Bryan Simon’s silliest songs… and created a Halo-based music vid for it. It would take a special kind of girl to accept a serenade of this song without resorting to violence… Go watch it at Bungie.net – or directly on YouTube.(Louis Wu 19:34:29 UTC)

Bryan Simon wants you to write a song related to the Mythic maps – the best entry submitted by May 31 (as voted on by the public) will win a set of Recon armor from Bungie. Nice! Watch Bryan’s video for all the rules and regs, and some hints on how to get started. Thanks,…

The next episode of My Halo Life – compiled out of a pool of almost 300 submissions – went live this weekend – go watch. Thanks to the Bungie Blog for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:41:18 UTC)

Mike & Cheese is a General in Halo 3… and apparently, it’s good for him. Very funny rap (lyrics are NOT work-safe). As he says… if only life were really like this. (Louis Wu 12:46:26 UTC)

A quick summary of the comics we’ve heard about since the last update:Bloogyo stopped by Friday with word of Rat’s Nest Episodes 12 4 and 12 5. Since then, he’s posted three NEW strips. anthraxgoon also stopped in on Friday to announce the first new comic in 2 weeks. It’s a double issue of X36,…

EnergyPigeon wrote about a 60-second rendition of Hamlet, using the Halo 3 engine. (Actually, it’s closer to 70 seconds, but still…) Except for the fact that Hamlet sounds 12, it’s pretty neat!(Louis Wu 12:43:53 UTC)

It was up yesterday, but there was nobody at HBO around to post it. Hawty McBloggy put together a collection of 8 Halo 3 screenshots perfect for your mom. Here’s hoping you found something nice!(Louis Wu 12:42:41 UTC)

bryan4208 told us about a Halo 3 Mothers Day Special he and his friends made. I guess it can tell you what NOT to do today. (And with that… I’m out. Lots of mothers need attention…)(Louis Wu 15:14:48 UTC)

Cyclone 75 put together a video that incorporates music, the Halo 3 ODST trailer, and a poem he wrote – see what you think!(Louis Wu 15:10:32 UTC)

GamesRadar has an article about video game guns that fire something other than your standard bullet. Halo’s Needler makes the list. (I kinda like the Land Shark gun better…)(Louis Wu 14:49:04 UTC)

UNSC_Trooper applied the Political Compass to the factions of Halo – and posted the results over at the Halo Story page. Go see what you think!(Louis Wu 13:22:58 UTC)

Anthony Rapitis III let us know that the Halo 3 Gophers have fixed their website for Internet Explorer users. If you were interested in their Forge contest, but couldn’t get the info… try again.(Louis Wu 13:22:05 UTC)

Once again, it’s chris10023 with word of the latest Halo 3 Fails: Halo 3 Fails Episode 19 contains some seriously bad luck. (I have to say, though, my favorite clip in the entire film is the first one after the credits start – it’s not a fail at all, it’s an amazing win.)(Louis Wu 22:35:32…

If you swing by Bungie.net, you’ll see hints of a new challenge; use this week’s Double XP list (Mythic Brawl) to take some cool screenshots today… you’ve got a shot at Recon. Read the post for full details!(Louis Wu 18:58:18 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk wrote up a huge description of the work that’s gone into recording the Halo and Halo Wars cutscenes in the past couple of years. It’s probably WAY more information than you want… but it contains lots of fun stats about the projects, and it provides some useful workflows for anyone looking to record HD…

Leviathan posted what he calls a short comic. I’d say it was more of a story with pictures. Has the feel of the Halo Believe ads. (If you hate the music, blame me, not him; he just suggested it, I added it.) (Louis Wu 15:11:13 UTC)