Author: halo@bungie.org

Bryan Simon’s running another contest – submit your best beatbox/beat to any of of his songs by May 8… and you can win a gigantic box of Hostess Twinkies. (If you’re not hungry, don’t worry – they’ll still be good in a few years.) Watch the video for all the details!(Louis Wu 18:49:40 UTC)

The PraetoriaGuard is this week’s spotlighted community group – read about ’em, and then check out their favorite files in the Bungie Favorites section! (Louis Wu 18:45:58 UTC)

Forge Cafe is running a map making competition – make something cool, win something secret. More details at Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 18:45:40 UTC)

Stuff highlighted on the Bungie Blog this afternoon:A Cuban Cat gives you Colors, ep 1 “Avalanche” – a visual screenshot tutorial Goose Golfin’ – smacking geese with hammers, just to watch ’em fly The Living Dead Montage, put together by Higher Octane The First Ma-Ma Montage, collected from Matchmaking by iCoxxy (or ganit appleby, or…

An article on Able Gamers takes Bungie to task for its neglect in providing ways for disabled gamers to play the Halo franchise games. Deserved? You decide.(Louis Wu 13:48:56 UTC)

Podtacular 187 has been released – it covers multiplayer tips for Assembly, the map of the month. Plus, guests include XerxdeeJ (from Tied the Leader) and Smackified (from PraetoriaGuard). Close to 2 hours… go listen! (Louis Wu 13:46:56 UTC)

Halocharts is issuing a new Campaign Challenge – 7 of ’em, in fact, in honor of the seventh level of Halo 3, The Covenant. Go read about ’em, and see how many you can manage! Thanks to urk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:46:36 UTC)

A new Average Joe article went up on Bungie.net yesterday – Go read about BigCountry1369, a Bungie.net denizen and member of the Halo in the Work Place group. Go see what makes him Average Joe fodder! (Louis Wu 13:45:44 UTC)

Bunch of new comics for you today:2501 – Episode 46 is out – thanks, urk.Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 65 (By any Other Name) is live – sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.TTL Demag0gue is still on break – but guest artists continue to stand in for him. Yesterday, he…

The Running Riot is hosting another live podcast, kicking off tonight at 9:30 EST. Insane54 and Shock Theta from Forge Hub will be the guests. Swing by to participate! Thanks, Kete.(Louis Wu 17:16:07 UTC)

Bryan Simon continues his guitar tutorials – the latest one covers how to play ‘I Bought My General’. Check it out! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:51:48 UTC)

Chuck’s got a cat? Oozer3993 noticed a Halo 3 Legendary helmet in the background of a shot during last night’s episode of Chuck – I guess that increases geek cred!(Louis Wu 16:07:21 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy continues her look back at the high points of Halo 3’s multiplay – today’s article covers her Top Ten Interactive Features on Halo Multiplayer Maps. Great list – lots of thought! Go discuss. (Louis Wu 13:06:58 UTC)

Adam Grumbo let us know that the first official podcast of the 405th is now online. (This is not the same as his video podcast; it’s an audio podcast, and it’s specific to the 405th website.) This covers the community, a bunch of projects, Dragoncon, and more. 50 minutes, 46 mb – go listen!(Louis Wu…

Bungie’s Blog highlighted a new racetrack last night – this one is put together by the crew at HaloEvolution, and it’s called ‘Triton’s Twist’. Attached YouTube vid looks pretty nice! If you’re new to racing, you can download a good Racetracks gametype from the folks at HaloTracks. (Louis Wu 13:05:07 UTC)

Looks like someone created a map based on High Ground for the online game ‘Roblox’; it’s Windows-only, and I don’t have a PC nearby to test it with, but if you feel like it, swing by and check it out!(Louis Wu 20:44:40 UTC)

The newest Tag and Release is now up at Bungie.net – the tag was ‘Arbiter’ this time around, and the shots range from awesome to weirdly funny. Go look!(Louis Wu 17:50:32 UTC)

Hard Justice Season 2, Episode 3 is now live – things are pretty odd. Hairballs in corn flakes… ew. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:50:14 UTC)

Lando Griff1n let us know that Halo3montage.com has posted a new video montage as a farewell for a soldier in the United States Air Force. H3M Nomi had a series of clips left on his fileshare that he wanted to share before he shipped out; the resulting montage, as edited by HAZMAT v2, is heavy…

Hawty McBloggy has put together a list of her Top Ten Halo Multiplayer Maps, culled from all three games. Go see if you agree with her reasoning!(Louis Wu 14:39:08 UTC)