Author: halo@bungie.org

HaLo2FrEeEk posted a meaty monster in our forum – it contains links to all the Halo Wars cutscenes, downloadable in both SD and HD, in both WMP9 and QuickTime. In fact, he’s put so much work into this, we didn’t feel like we couldn’t offer a permanent page for these videos. (We’re not hosting them;…

A really short comic list today – all we’ve got for you is 2501 Episode 50 (thanks, urk) and Reclaimer Episode 183 (thanks, TTL Demag0gue). Guess it’s gonna be a small cup of coffee…(Louis Wu 12:19:04 UTC)

retinence whipped out a brand-new Halo-related Bionicle – this one’s a Jackal. Extra pictures here. Where’s my carbine?(Louis Wu 12:18:38 UTC)

GeneticSpartan dropped by with word of ‘Colors’, a Halo music vid he made based on the song by Kira Willey. Works well – very mellow! (Looks like Hawty McBloggy liked it too.) (Louis Wu 11:43:38 UTC)

RogueDarkJedi stopped in with word of Mindless Intentions Episode 3: Martyrdom. It looks at what might happen if a couple of the most popular XBL games were merged… I think my head might explode.(Louis Wu 11:43:01 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has another round of Friday Caption Fun for you – highlights from last week, plus a Guardian shot just waiting to be defiled. See what you can do! (Louis Wu 11:42:23 UTC)

Halo0001 X sent word of Mandlbaum in: “White Bomb” [Part 3 of 3] – it’s a tribute to all those “so bad they’re good” movies from 20 or 30 years ago that you stumble across while you’re channel-surf, and then find yourself strangely unable to turn off. Starts a little slow… but it definitely picks…

Podtacular 188 has been released – it discussed customs and creations from the Mythic maps (with a heavy focus on Sandbox, for obvious reasons). Guests are PainKilla05 and Captain Planet. 52 minutes, 24 mb.(Louis Wu 11:40:57 UTC)

A solid seven new pieces are available for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read! (Louis Wu 11:40:35 UTC)

A new ‘Breaking In’ article went live at Bungie.net yesterday – Jason Sussman, Finishing Artist, discusses what he does at Bungie, and how he got there. Wanna join him? Read and learn!(Louis Wu 11:38:58 UTC)

BungLog™ Goodies:Forgebattle.com is hosting a Mythic Map Friday – join them for custom games on Forged Mythic mapsProject Rooster has O 2 the T – a Halo rap full of smacktalkHerbal T goes HD, for some montage goodnessShould keep you busy for a little bit…(Louis Wu 22:05:06 UTC)

A very unreasonable man sent along this link – jastonlabostar sings ‘Playing Halo ODST Remix’, a parody of Mariah Carey’s ‘Touch My Body’. The floral wallpaper and fairy figurines add the finishing touch…(Louis Wu 17:28:42 UTC)

A Deaf Boy has whipped up a screenshot montage showing off the best shots from the first four Aesthetic Artist Interviews – take a look. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:20:49 UTC)

It’s Thursday, so RandomSauce has whipped up another Director Dialogue – this discussion is with Anoj, the guy behind the nearly 3-dozen-strong Top 10 Halo 3 series. Go see what drives him, and how he does what he does!(Louis Wu 11:49:44 UTC)

BlackLightProductions stopped in with word of Phil – Day Eight. Phil and company do their best to ascertain whether the legend of the Ghost of Blackout is real… or something else. I dunno… it made me laugh. Go watch.(Louis Wu 11:44:19 UTC)

If you’re anywhere near College Park, Maryland this weekend, you might want to swing by the Spring Concert of the UMD Gamer Symphony Orchestra – the 90 instrumentalists and singers will be performing selections from many games, Halo among them. Admission is free. There’s a downloadable flier on that main page, and the Recordings page…

Hawty McBloggy brought a new video by KillPie to our attention – Top 10 Halo 3 Ricochets, in HD. Go watch sniper bullets (and a rocket) fly in directions that have nothing to do with the way their guns were pointing.(Louis Wu 11:36:17 UTC)

The overseers of the Bungie Favorites for this two-week span, The PraetoriaGuard, have rolled over the contents to their second batch. Swing by and see what they’ve posted! While you’re there, read about the map ‘Access’.(Louis Wu 18:46:45 UTC)

The BungLog™ is full of new montages today: Fiesta Madness, filmed by Tomas Panoramic Screenshots from the Haloramics team Brute Shot Mania, from M1STA WU1FY Go montage yourself!(Louis Wu 17:46:24 UTC)

Odd, but cool – there’s an article written by Jack Shulze, discussing his influences for the Here & There project, over at his firm’s website. The project presents urban spaces in a combination of third-person overhead and first-person plan views – and the end result, a horizonless projection, looks a lot like a ringworld. It…