Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy was the first to let us know about ODS Steve #13 – I gotta say, I have no idea what’s going on.(Louis Wu 13:33:49 UTC)

FyreWulff and Beserker Barage will be hosting a podcast soon… and they’re looking for a guest that has submitted a map to ATLAS (Bungie’s community mapmaking group) who wants to discuss their work. Read his forum post for details on how to get involved!(Louis Wu 13:33:02 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has kicked off a community eValentine project – create a cool Halo-themed eCard you can give to a loved one, send it along to Hawty, and she’ll publish it on Friday. (Well, she’ll publish ‘worthy submissions’ – so try to avoid sending in naked pictures of yourself.)(Louis Wu 13:31:06 UTC)

Last night, Bungie put up a question and answer session with Tyson ‘Ferrex’ Green and John ‘JonnyOThan’ Cable, about the limits in Sandbox… or more accurately, the limits in Forge. Worth a read, if you’re considering building maps! It also contains every Forge object that will be available in Sandbox – and the list includes…

Anton P. Nym noticed that Halo Wars got a review at CTV.ca – it’s pretty positive. Take a look. (Louis Wu 13:22:15 UTC)

Spawn.com likes to make mini-sites for their collections of action figures; they’ve already done one for the Halo 3 Series 1 and Halo 3 Series 2 (never frontpaged here) figures. There’s a new one up – for their Halo Wars figures. Slick way to see what’s available! Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:19:38 UTC)

kabu let us know that the HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week for the submissions on February 6 went up a couple of days ago – read the details from baneofdeath.(Louis Wu 21:08:53 UTC)

Adam Susskind told us that Chaos Theory Episode 11 is now up – go read!(Louis Wu 21:06:46 UTC)

Machinima’s Adam Kovic let us know that the last episode of Inside Halo (the 30th) is now online… and as a final ‘we love you’ to the fans, they’re giving you the option of watching the episode hosted by either sodaGoD or The Dead Pixel. Inside Halo is morphing to Inside Gaming… and sodaGoD is…

Goodies courtesy of the Bungie Blog: a ‘Goosetage from Nysco and iScotteh entitled ‘Twisted Metal’, a very cool Average Joe segment (It spotlights TTL Demag0gue, and the interview is built as a comic), and a new song from Bryan Simon – this one focuses on Neighbor, the pro Halo 3 player. Thanks for making my…

Electricpig has posted some impressions of the Halo Wars game (full, not the demo). Go see what they thought! (Louis Wu 20:51:53 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of a new article at Halo 3 Webcomics – this one helps you come up with pretty sets to take your screenshots on. Check it out! (Louis Wu 20:49:42 UTC)

The Halo 3 Mythbusters team is back in action – Episode 9 is now online. I think these guys have passed out of the ‘busting myths’ territory and into the land of “really cool stuff you never knew about Halo 3”. Some of these tidbits are just intriguing, others are actually useful in gameplay. Great…

If you have Xbox LIVE, you have access to a resource called ‘Inside Xbox’, which is content generated by the Xbox.com team to help you get more out of your console. One of the features put up recently was an Insider Moves episode that focused on Halo Wars, and provided a few controls and features…

cd andrews sent word of a 30th birthday cake created for a friend who probably has a number of betrayals under his belt. Check out the pics! one | two | three | four | five (Louis Wu 13:55:47 UTC)

The Catfish let us know that 2501 Episode 13 is now up – time may be running short. (Louis Wu 13:54:49 UTC)

There’s a new piece over at Tied the Leader – it’s a discussion about how games can keep the interest of players who have achieved all there is to achieve. Halo doesn’t have a ‘Prestige’ system like Call of Duty… so some players resort to a second gamertag to extend their interest in the game.…

For those having trouble understanding how Sandbox’s Sky Bubble and its ground floor will interact, Fyrewulff made a simple but elegant diagram. The only bit of info that isn’t really conveyed by the picture is that players CAN pass downward through the kill volume… just not alive. (Louis Wu 13:39:09 UTC)

Sarge Tomzilla was the first to notice that the first episode of Rooster Teeth’s newest miniseries, ‘RvB: Relocated’, is now online (for sponsors and the general public alike). In the words of Burnie Burns… “less plot, more stupid”. I gotta say… the formula works nicely here.(Louis Wu 13:37:58 UTC)

IGN promised to put up the second part of their spotlight on Sandbox, the new Forgeable map coming in the Mythic Map Pack – and they kept their word. In an interview with Dan Miller and Chad ‘Shishka’ Armstrong, some of the coolest aspects of Sandbox are revealed… go read for info that will make…