Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

Hawty McBloggy has pulled together 16 Halo 3 Forge screenshots about TV shows. Why? You gotta ask her. Some cool ones in there, though!(Louis Wu 14:42:27 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed some new McFarlane figure prototypes from Chiller, posted at the Halofigures.com forum. ODST and Halo Wars stuff – pretty cool!(Louis Wu 14:42:02 UTC)

For folks not planning to pick up the fourth issue in Marvel’s Halo: Uprising miniseries, Avateur has written a pretty comprehensive summary. You miss the pretty pictures, but all the plot points are there. (It shouldn’t need to be said, but of course this means it’s loaded with spoilers.)(Louis Wu 14:41:35 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen has commented (at length) on an article written by N’Gai Croal (normally of Newsweek, this time writing in Edge Online), about realism in games, and what we really want. Both the original article, and Narc’s musings on the topic, are interesting reading, if only tangentially Halo-related. (Halo is mentioned, though not…

It’s Monday, so Bungie.net has another Tag and Release feature – this time, the search term was ‘Banshee’. As always… great pics.(Louis Wu 22:45:43 UTC)

Couple of new vids for you today, courtesy of the Bungie Blog – another Rube Goldberg contraption on Sandtrap, and a slo-mo montage. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 22:43:21 UTC)

Kevin Larrabee let us know that Part Time Gamers is back with Episode 1 (the last time we mentioned them, it was Episode 0, the Beta Test). This episode again has Kevin and Bungie’s Seth Gibson discussing everything from GTA: The Lost and Damned (and some of its similarities to Halo 3: ODST) to discounted…

We found out that Greg Bear had signed on to write 3 Halo novels a couple of weeks ago – but yesterday the Seattle Post-Intelligencer put up some of the backstory about how that happened. Fun read! (Louis Wu 13:30:56 UTC)

T07WRX5 really liked the Vulture from Halo Wars (you can see some design shots at the Halo Wars website) – so he built one out of LEGOs. Looks like a lot of detail! (Louis Wu 13:30:15 UTC)

The Lead Technical Designer on Halo Wars wrote up a Developer Blog post describing the combat system’s core principle. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:29:27 UTC)

It’s been rumored for some time, but it looks like it’s finally been announced – Microsoft is offering a ‘Game of the Year’ edition of its Xbox 360 Elite console. You get the console, plus Halo 3 and Fable II, all for $399. Not a bad deal!(Louis Wu 13:28:25 UTC)

Dusty Boy T (the subject of the last Aesthetic Artist Interview we posted) stopped in with word of a screenshot montage made up of his screens, and edited by RogueDarkJedi – and it tells a story. Check it out. (Louis Wu 13:27:31 UTC)