Author: halo@bungie.org

finalcutmin stopped in with word of the second episode of 10 Ways to tell if you’re a Noob (Halo 3). Make sure you know what sort of equipment you’re carrying! (Louis Wu 14:39:34 UTC)

ODST Sarge let us know that the first three episodes of Sovereign are now up (we mentioned a teaser back in January) – go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:37:58 UTC)

Ritz let us know that GameDibs has announced its winner for its Mythic Map code giveaway (we mentioned it last week), as well as provided info on new giveaways, in this week’s Dibcast – swing by and listen!(Louis Wu 14:28:51 UTC)

Bungie put up an official page on Facebook – you can join them as a fan there, if you so choose. Today Facebook, tomorrow… the world. (Louis Wu 14:28:31 UTC)

Eight new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:27:34 UTC)

Yesterday was Thursday, so it was time for another Breaking In piece at Bungie.net – this week, it’s Christian Diefenbach, a Senior Software Engineer. Go see how he got there!(Louis Wu 14:25:49 UTC)

The Cyberline Films guys put together a second ‘My Halo Life’ collection – the Bungie Blog brought it to our attention.(Louis Wu 14:23:34 UTC)

Dan Amrich, who’s one half of Palette-Swap Ninja (a parody band), sent word about Halo ((All I Play-Oh)), a Halo parody of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ “Snow ((Hey Oh))”. I grabbed a local copy; we’ll host this if the site goes down, because it’s AWESOME. Go listen. (Anyone giving props to John Frusciante can’t…

This Halo 3 Dragon optical illusion is quite cool. (Be sure to check out the blog post for the origin of this particular style of illusion.)(Louis Wu 19:17:01 UTC)

LoneRanger 2.5 noticed a press release announcing the fact that Halo Wars has sold 1 million copies. Not bad for three weeks! (The ‘Best-selling RTS’ claim came with an additional qualification – “on any current generation console.” I guess that means there might be a PS2 RTS that sold more…)(Louis Wu 19:11:59 UTC)

Was out this afternoon, came back to a monster collection of material on the Bungie Blog:Jamie98s (or Koko98s, as he’s known on Bungie.net) has released The Unlucky Elite 5 – that poor dude can’t catch a break. Great effects.Halo3BigApple whipped up a montage from Mythic map footage – seriously short (it’s 1:40 long, and the…

Kotaku Australia is hosting a giveaway in which the top prize is a 360 console, a copy of Halo 3 Legendary Edition, and a copy of Halo Wars Limited Edition. Write a Halo haiku before tomorrow, and you’ve got a shot. (Well, if you’re an Australian resident.) Get to writing!(Louis Wu 11:34:07 UTC)

Scotty stopped in to announce that the Virulent Aesthetics blog is planning on giving away a copy of ODST the day it’s released – just swing by and add a comment (with your email address), and you’ll be registered for the drawing. (Louis Wu 11:30:43 UTC)

The Bungie Blog pointed out a Halo 3 Machinima called ‘Friend’ yesterday – great music, great camera work, touching story. Go watch!(Louis Wu 11:28:37 UTC)

Trunks stopped in with three goodies for you: the first is a Half-Life 2 Deathmatch map for which he took inspiration from Wizard and Derelict, the second is some fanart, and the third is a wallpaper created from the Halo Wars artwork we mentioned this morning. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 21:15:26 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped by to announce that there was a new update on the Warthog being built for Operation Chastity – scroll down to ‘UPDATE 16th MARCH2009’ for full details on the blog. The framework is looking great!(Louis Wu 20:49:23 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another update of Bungie Favorites – this is the second week of material from the Halo 3 Wheelmen. Swing by Bungie.net to read about one of their custom maps!(Louis Wu 20:48:53 UTC)

The folks at xDead at Dawnx Films wonder if signs have a purpose. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:45:40 UTC)

Hmm… General Vagueness found an old post on ComicMix discussing a comment made by a consultant at the New York Comic Con in 2008. Apparently, a company called Starlight Runner Entertainment was commissioned by Microsoft to create a ‘bible’ for the Halo universe. There’s nothing on Starlight’s website about this project, and as far as…

Psdtuts put up an article called the ‘Top 40 Video Game Covers of All Time’ – the three Halo FPS titles came in at #13. Thanks, Tech Artist.(Louis Wu 14:37:41 UTC)