Author: halo@bungie.org

newguy2445 dropped in yesterday with new details about ‘Out With a Whimper’, the upcoming Halo sidescroller from TriBlox. (We mentioned this game back in December, when a demo was released.) In newguy2445’s forum post, you’ll find a link to a new trailer (in HD), a bunch of cool screenshots, and links to a FAQ, their…

The Catfish stopped by to announce that 2501 Episode 4 is online – the story continues to unfold. (Louis Wu 15:10:57 UTC)

It’s been a really, really long time (over 2 years, in fact!) since we’ve received a new article from Stephen Loftus – but the dry spell is over. He’s recently sent along a monstrous treatise on the Pillar of Autumn, as an indicative example of the Halcyon-class cruiser – he’s analyzed it down to its…

Google News (and shortly afterwards 2900d4u) pointed out an interview with Joseph Staten, over at GamePro.com… some tasty little tidbits in there (and some crackpipe-induced speculation on our forum about some of the vaguer bits). Give it a read!(Louis Wu 02:12:23 UTC)

pete_the_duck has some bad luck sometimes… he shows you why you should always check your corners after you spawn!(Louis Wu 02:11:04 UTC)

oriol003 wants to help you promote your machinima; he’s got a YouTube channel with 4800 subscribers and would love to offer your content to those eyeballs. Check out his forum post for details on how to accomplish this! (Louis Wu 02:09:06 UTC)

The Bungie Blog has a pair of fan-written reviews of some recent machinima – swing by if you’re looking for stuff to watch. The first is yet another version of the Discovery Channel’s ‘I Love the Whole World’ vid (some great choices of clips!), and the second is an interesting little zombie short, created by…

Ross Mills pointed out a thread on the Penny Arcade forums showing off a collection of artwork painted by a woman raising money for Oxfam Unwrapped – she was taking requests until recently (the queue got too long, so she froze it), but the existing collection is pretty amazing to look at. Obligatory Halo 3…

Bungie.net has put up a tutorial to help you take super-cool screenshots, written by a community member that’s made a bunch of super-cool screenshots. Give it a read – it’s got some great tips!(Louis Wu 19:59:47 UTC)

GameDaily, clearly desperate for ‘new’ content, has posted a piece called ‘Iconic Video Game Headgear’, rating hats/helmets of various videogame characters. MC’s helmet makes the list (though it’s not the number-one topping). Thanks, Morpheus.(Louis Wu 19:15:20 UTC)

2900d4u provided some information about the TheFinalFight Clip of the Week, Round 2 (of 3) – you can submit 2 clips per round, and 2-month Gold memberships for LIVE are on the line. Check out TFF’s forum for full details!(Louis Wu 19:06:03 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 138 is up – and another character enters, stage left. I’m not sure I trust this one…(Louis Wu 18:54:12 UTC)

z0mbyjr let us know that PreGame Lobby Episode 19 (weighing in at a really hefty 17:25 in length) is now online. You’ll learn things you never knew about Hannah Montana…(Louis Wu 14:57:53 UTC)

cbwilliams17 stopped in to point out a teaser for his new series, ‘The Sierra Conspiracy’ – forum response is pretty positive! Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:57:16 UTC)

Looks like Hawty McBloggy is going to be keeping track of the ‘Halo 3 Fails’ series… and that’s fine, because it’s pretty funny. Check her writeup for Episode 6. Go watch all the crazy things that can happen when an attack goes wrong…(Louis Wu 14:53:21 UTC)

HeavenlyYeti pointed us to The Sound of Music, Episode 1, from IceXP. Personal opinion: clever idea, taken much too far… but watch it and decide for yourself.(Louis Wu 14:52:21 UTC)

Wow, very cool – swing over to Music 4 Games for news that should please Seattle residents. At the Video Games Live performance coming up next Saturday (the 24th), Marty O’Donnell will be on hand for the live world premiere of the music from Halo 3: ODST. Lucky! (There’ll be plenty of other celebrities there…

The last episode of Darkspire’s Matchmaking series was released a couple of months ago – but Episode 18 is up now. Vince and John find themselves in a dangerous place… filled with needles and horchata. Funny stuff! Thanks, Master Ph0bia. (Louis Wu 14:27:00 UTC)

Last month, we mentioned a wedding that would be centered around Halo – yesterday was the big day. Apparently, it went pretty well. Thanks, Hawty!(Louis Wu 14:26:39 UTC)

shisno34 was the first to let us know about Arby ‘n’ the Chief S3E06 – Arby’s upset with NXE, and the Chief is very very sad that some armor is missing. Do you have YOUR katana?(Louis Wu 14:26:18 UTC)