Author: halo@bungie.org

Kral, from Halo.fr, sent word of a collection of mishaps and bizarre moments he calls the ‘What The… ‘Tage!’ This was put together by him and a buddy, KA0Sskill. Just under 4 minutes, available in HD. (Louis Wu 06:50:13 UTC)

Tyler Anderson sent us pics of a wall mural he’d done – the power outlet in the ‘final’ pic should give a sense of scale. Work took about a month. wall – left half (206k) | wall – right half (302k) | wall – final (218k)(Louis Wu 06:49:23 UTC)

The latest Top Story at Bungie.net is a recounting of an impressive feat – the total Campaign Kill Count from Bungie fans has exceeded ten billion. More… it took only 565 days. Read the article for more details.(Louis Wu 20:20:17 UTC)

Some cool stuff from the Bungie Blog today: HaloTracks is hosting an interesting challenge: see what you can build with a limited supply of materials. Go try your hand!americanista123 continues his coverage of Bungie Bloopers – he’s whipped up a new montage using clips from Bungie employees’ fileshares.The latest Tag and Release feature focuses on…

I’m far from home, so updates are a little harder – Monday’s comic update is a bit later than usual. Dilly discovered a comic from Patrick Alexander with Halo content. (Beware of the rest of the stuff on that site, if you’re at work.) anthraxgoon told us about X36 Chapter 2 Issue 10 – PDF…

I enjoyed a pair of picture-filled retellings of epic battles this evening – I appreciated them both, though I must say the Avalanche piece was more satisfying. Hawaiian Pig told the story of a flag battle on Facing Worlds, and reminded us that for every winner, there’s a loser. And GhaleonEB created a chronicle of…

Video Games Live will be playing an extra concert in Los Angeles during E3 this year… and special pre-sale tickets are available right now. (Use the word ‘HALO’ in the ‘Promotions and Special Offers’ box in order to activate the pre-sale.) Hear lots of great video game music (including a significant Halo segment) at the…

Doom3killer drew and handpainted a mural of Master Chief on his wall. Way to go!(Louis Wu 06:50:55 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned the Bungie writeup of a matchup between Bungie and Joystiq – it’s only fair to show you the Joystiq writeup of the same event. Condolences go out to Dustin “SuperDunner” Burg, who is apparently still without Recon.(Louis Wu 06:45:28 UTC)

Z sent us on a nostalgic journey – he pointed out a thread on Halo3Forum.com of videos he’s never hosted, and specifically a ‘behind the scenes’ vid made by OscarMayerNinja and SnapTactics back in 2005, just after the release of ‘Ninja Tactics’, a Halo 2 montage they’d made. It’s a fun film, showing their hijinx…

This news made the rounds of the big gaming sites, but I saw it first at Joystiq. They’d run across a job posting at CareerBuilder.com that looked for people to “blend console, web, and mobile to create an immersive Halo world that follows the dedicated Halo fan wherever they go. We need engineers that can…

I The Slushy I sent word that he’d created a new screenshot montage – nice effects, great shots. Swing by YouTube to watch it. (You should watch it in HQ – the standard version has different music.) It’s sort of a ‘love’ montage, in honor of Easter.(Louis Wu 06:38:01 UTC)

These… are weird. (The second one’s quite good – but weird.) Enjoy your Easter – see you Monday!(Louis Wu 05:41:31 UTC)

Z let us know that over at Halo3Forum.com, there’s a new dualtage from Fragtality and Sticktality, edited by Fragtality. It’s called (not surprisingly) ‘Dualtality’. The hi-def version is an enormous 600 mb… but quality’s great. Go watch!(Louis Wu 05:32:32 UTC)

CaLL Me ZeNy stopped in to announce a pair of interviews of interest to the Halo community, done by Halo3Infinity.net – they talked to both Dave ‘Evil Otto’ Candland, Bungie UI guru, and Eric Nylund, Halo novelist. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 05:31:43 UTC)

Urban Reflex pointed out an article at Blue Realm Studios with lots and lots and lots of details on how to create a Spartan helmet. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 05:30:16 UTC)

AvatarAang pointed out that there’s a new interactive video experience from Machinima.com – they’d created one back in February, this one is less like a ‘choose your path’ and more like an actual shooter. Apparently, not everyone’s enthusiastic about this. (Louis Wu 05:29:29 UTC)

Halo0001 X let us know that he’s starting a ‘Bungie Favorites Archive’ on YouTube – he’ll be downloading Bungie Favorites films, recording them, then uploading them to YouTube. He plans to upload a few sets a week until he’s got them all (he’s already got the current set plus 3 sets back) – and you…

MtM9157 sent us links to a couple of movies – they have nothing in common but their maker, but they’re both fun to watch. Gears of Halo Theft Auto 5 is just a ridiculous concept for a game (that would probably make a fortune if it actually existed), and Lost World is… just strange. It…

Heh – for those who feel that Bungie’s limits on Rank (Grade 4? pfft) are too hobbling, HaloCharts has cranked up the options – to Grade 7. Or even higher! Swing by this page for details on these expanded ranks. Thanks, Pete Venkman.(Louis Wu 04:26:13 UTC)