Author: halo@bungie.org

Vociferous has penned another rich article at Ascendant Justice – weaving together tidbits from games and books to provide a cohesive picture of Thel ‘Vadam, the Elite soldier who eventually became the Arbiter we know in Halo 2 and 3. It does a great job of providing background for the motivations that would lead this…

Hawty McBloggy found a very cool picture that was created as a wedding present for a pair of Halo fans – check it out!(Louis Wu 13:07:08 UTC)

Pyrosmile Productions posted the next episode of Master Chief Theater 3000 – this one covers the cutscene from Assault on the Control Room. (There’s a post on their website that explains what happened to Silent Cartographer.)(Louis Wu 13:05:22 UTC)

Couple of late-posted movies at BUngie.net yesterday – another screenshot montage, this time from A Deaf Boy, containing shots grabbed in April… and a pretty crazy-looking puzzle map with lots of death traps (and a video showing you how to get through them). It looks pretty danged hard even WITH the tutorial… (Louis Wu 13:04:15…

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time to update Bungie Favorites – and there’s a Q&A with the The Spartan I Project group that populated it again. Check it!(Louis Wu 19:17:52 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles sent word that (as most of us had surmised, but didn’t know for sure) the ‘Halo Chronicles’ project from Peter Jackson, announced at X06 (almost three years ago!) is ‘on hold’, according to Weta Studios. Till when? Well… probably until the Halo movie comes out. (Or doesn’t.) (Louis Wu 19:08:10 UTC)

Cybrfrk sent us this link to ‘Halo Less Than 3’, a new song from YouTube phenom zendulo. (Never heard of her? Check out this profile piece at G4’s Attack of the Show.) A beautiful girl singing about Halo and boobs? What’s not to love?(Louis Wu 18:18:32 UTC)

TheDuoGroup has put out some of the most professional-looking Halo machinima… and they’re back with an ad for the Halo Warthog. The challenge? How good could they make it… in one day? Go see. (I give ’em 3 thumbs-up.) Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:03:48 UTC)

Back in February, we mentioned that the next short-run Halo-based comic series, Halo: Helljumpers, would be coming ‘this summer’ – according to 1UP.com, that’s now been narrowed down to ‘July’. Good deal!(Louis Wu 18:00:50 UTC)

Halo3Infinity.net interviewed Tobias Buckell about his Halo novel, ‘The Cole Protocol’. You can read it in English… or French! It’s a great read – contains lots of insight into what Buckell liked about the Halo universe (and what he thought was missing). Thanks to CaLL Me ZeNy for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:48:57 UTC)

urk highlighted a cool racetrack on Avalanche – swing by for a video and a downloadable map for Halo 3!(Louis Wu 17:24:02 UTC)

CMNeir created a video that celebrates Earth Day 2009 with some great footage from the Halo 3 Earth-based maps. Reminiscent of the ‘Oh So Beautiful’ series from Jamie98s – except it’s Earth-only. Great stuff! Thanks to the Bungie Blog for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:23:43 UTC)

thebest233 stopped in with word of Erwins Great Adventure… a very strange machinima. (Nice cinematography, though.)(Louis Wu 17:12:18 UTC)

Gilver was watching the WCG Ultimate Gamer last night on SciFi – and noticed that Halo 3 was part of their ‘Gauntlet’ episode. Slayer, BR starts, all night long… standing on pedestals. Ouch! (I have no idea how it ended; there’s no mention in the post.) (Louis Wu 16:51:02 UTC)

Bunch of comic links for you today: Hawty McBloggy noticed that a recent episode of Copper (A Bolt City comic) follows some rules she laid down last year… Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 64 – Admiration is live – and the Search and Rescue team is learning to admire our lost marines.…

Kooberz (the guy who built a huge model of Zanzibar out of LEGO pieces) stopped in to our forum today to tease us with a link to a trailer for an upcoming 30-minute stop-motion film made with that model. It looks to be amazing! Check out his website for more details.(Louis Wu 18:07:02 UTC)

urk wants you to get to know the Bungie.net ninjas (aka moderators) – the latest spotlight rests on Skibur. Swing by and see what his interests are! (His Halo haunts read like a who’s who of Halo community sites. Well, except for us. Sadface.)(Louis Wu 18:02:03 UTC)

According to the Bungie Blog, the Running Riot is recording another live podcast… and they want your help. Swing by their site for full details – and reserve April 28th, 9:30 EST for the recording!(Louis Wu 17:58:56 UTC)

Black Six noticed a LEGO Hornet on The Brothers Brick – pretty slick work!(Louis Wu 15:55:36 UTC)

The first Halo Wars expansion pack, including 3 new multiplayer modes and 100 achievement points, was announced today – no pricing info yet. Thanks, GrimBrother One. (Louis Wu 15:54:05 UTC)