Author: halo@bungie.org

NartFOpc noticed an article over at Cracked that looks at 7 ads they think take themselves too seriously. One of the offenders is the Halo 3 Believe ad. Yeah, well…(Louis Wu 18:09:31 UTC)

A couple of montages for your viewing pleasure, courtesy of the Bungie Blog: some friends got together for the Vidmaster Annual Achievement… then put together a montage of the best bits. Also, Nv1ncible and Poisonous Slinky created their second dualtage – it’s called ‘Ignition’, and it’s a mix of MLG and non-MLG play. Go watch!…

WCG’s The Ultimate Gamer was on last night – the episode focused on Halo 3. Our forumites had some comments about the choices in the show. There are clips available on both SciFi.com (here, for example, is the final match that decided who was leaving the show this week) and WCG.com (here’s the episode page).…

Justin Laboy pointed out a story on ESPN’s website – looks like Heath Bell, replaced Trevor Hoffman as the San Diego Padres relief pitcher, has chosen Breaking Benjamin’s ‘Blow Me Away’ (from the Halo 2 soundtrack) as the song that brings him out onto the field. Nice!(Louis Wu 14:26:28 UTC)

Laird stopped in with some disheartening news; he’s admitting defeat, and closing down Halo: Unyielding. He did provide a Word document containing the rest of the story, however… go see how it would have turned out. (He’s still planning on finishing the first 4 minutes.)(Louis Wu 14:10:18 UTC)

gunluva pointed out an article at Kotaku about the upcoming ‘Halo Encyclopedia’ coming from DK Publishing. Should be chock-full of goodies for the Halo story enthusiast! (This clarifies a post made by petin yesterday – this will NOT be a public release of the ‘Halo Bible’, but it WILL contain a large amount of background…

We missed it yesterday – but luckily, you’ve got until tomorrow morning. The 7 on the 7th list went live this month – jump in for 7v7 action on Avalanche, and a chance to grab the 7 on the 7th Achievement! (Louis Wu 13:50:45 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped by yesterday with a pair of photos – looks like work on his real-life Warthog is continuing apace! (Louis Wu 13:44:34 UTC)

PsH Bling sent along a link to a High Impact Halo thread which includes pictures of some store stand-up displays for Halo Wars… that for some reason are missing the Spartans’ heads. (Apparently, the STORE did this.) Weird! Update: AnTi PRO let us know that Gamespot policy requires destruction of those displays when they’re no…

Yay! It’s Wednesday, so there are a bunch of Halo Comics to tell you about!Fried Cookie789 told urk about 2501 Episode 37 – Not Much Luck.Dennis Powers sent word of Shipwrecked Episode 62 – A Drive in the Park (I’d have shot it).Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater 168 – Jinx. I’m not sure what’s…

The latest episode of Bungie’s Tag and Release feature collects Ghosts – some great shots there! Go see what you can find.(Louis Wu 17:57:34 UTC)

According to the Bungie Blog, Podtacular 184 was released a few days ago. Despite the date of April 1, it seems to be a legitimate show… (Louis Wu 17:54:44 UTC)

toadking07 let us know that he’d uploaded Robot Halo Chicken 5 – a collection of short skits (in the style of Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken) filmed in Halo 3. If you find one silly, don’t worry – there’ll be another one in a few seconds.(Louis Wu 17:37:51 UTC)

Clantacular.com is hosting a Birthday Bash on May 25 – if you’re part of a Halo community, you can participate! (Top prize seems to be cake.) Swing by the announcement page to read the details. Thanks to urk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:23:08 UTC)

Heh – Joystiq and Bungie are facing off in a Mythic Halo 3 challenge this week… and Joystiq is trying to make sure their deck is stacked. They’re looking for the best Halo 3 players in the community to play on their team – chosen members will receive a Mythic Map Pack code for their…

It took longer than we’d expected, because we were waiting for one of the winners to respond to us – but we’re finally ready to announce the winners of the HBO Mythic Movie Contest. Swing by the winners page for full details, including downloadable versions of the movies!(Louis Wu 16:04:49 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy was at the Emerald City ComicCon, as well – and she met a CQB Spartan there! Check out her pics.(Louis Wu 14:47:18 UTC)

Kevin Larrabee let us know that a new podcast has kicked off – Part Time Gamers is a group of gamers that simply don’t have the time to play as much as they used to, but they still love games. (How much? Well… several of them are actual game developers from studios like Bungie and…

Just a few new comics this MondayElnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with Episode 167, Blue Nude – the crew gets help from an unexpected quarter.The Catfish let Bungie.net know that 2501 Episode 36 (Intentions) was live.TTL Demag0gue dropped in with word of Reclaimer 173 (Matchtwins) – be careful what your Cavalcade members get up…

InnerRayg noticed a post at Spawn.com discussing an exclusive McFarlane figure to be offered at the San Diego ComicCon – a Grifball Spartan! I wonder if Rooster Teeth gets royalties? (Louis Wu 14:39:17 UTC)