Author: halo@bungie.org

The XBL Marketplace Deal of the Week this week is Halo: Combat Evolved – according to Major Nelson, it’s half off, starting today. 600 MS Points… that’s just $7.50 for the game that started the Halo magic! Thanks, DiscipleN2k.(Louis Wu 13:15:28 UTC)

geekinabox was the first of many to point out to us a pretty amazing piece of machinima – swing by YouTube for Reilly311’s ‘UT3 vs Halo Dance Off’. You can probably figure out how it ends, given geekinabox’s post title, and the fact that the machinima was created in the UT3 engine (described as ‘the…

ZZoMBiE13 sent along some Christmas Wallpaper for you to enjoy (in a couple of resolutions – swing by and grab a copy!(Louis Wu 20:37:44 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that the Halo Custom Edition 2008 Map Favorites List is now online – based on user votes, it will show you the top 50 maps for the year in various categories – there are still a few days left if you want to cast your own votes!(Louis Wu 20:35:29 UTC)

The Tag and Release series (cool screenshots collected with absurd ease) has a new entry – Jackals. Awesome pics. (Louis Wu 19:22:11 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked 48 is now up – it’s a holiday wish from him to you.(Louis Wu 19:20:30 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a pretty fun video montage showing off a nice selection of clips that do a great job of nailing down just WHY Halo 3 is so much fun.(Louis Wu 15:40:22 UTC)

If you missed the great sale at Amazon on Halo goodies last week, you missed a chance to buy the Jasman Covenant Plasma Pistol game for $12 – but never fear, they’re still on sale, just not quite so good. (Now they’re $15.) Thanks to LazerBlader for the reminder.(Louis Wu 15:32:14 UTC)

BrickArms, the company that makes cool add-ons for LEGO creations, is coming out with a bunch of Halo stuff early next year – you can see details on The Brothers Brick. (While you’re there, check out a cool LEGO Hornet they posted a couple of days ago.) Thanks to Bongo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:15:45…

MTV’s Stephen Totilo listed his 10 Favorite Gaming Moments of Years Past – the article currently contains lists for 2005, 2006, and 2007, with 2008 coming later today. A powerful mechanic in Halo 3 made the list for 2007. Go read the full lists!(Louis Wu 15:12:20 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue announced that Reclaimer 127 is live – this one’s… weird.(Louis Wu 15:09:32 UTC)

John_117 let us know that he’s put together a gift for the Halo community – some of our forumgoers had trouble finding the overall message, but you can just enjoy the scenery, it’s a pretty vid!(Louis Wu 15:06:44 UTC)

hubristes stopped in with word of some images he put together for a 2old2play clan calendar – he’s not selling it, but you can easily upoad the images to a photo printing site and make your own using these pics. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:42:20 UTC)

Bryan Simon let us know about a new song he’s just posted – ‘I Wanna Be An MLG Pro’ discusses the pros of being… well, a pro. You can also grab an MP3 version from us, if you like (3.6 mb).(Louis Wu 14:23:55 UTC)

411Mania.com has another round of ‘What If?’ questions, asked by readers and answered by staff – this week’s episode includes the question “What if Sony had acquired Bungie Studios instead of Microsoft?” Go see if you agree with their answers. (Louis Wu 14:23:31 UTC)

MonsterVine is hosting a third week of a ‘Caption This’ contest – prizes include 1000 Microsoft Points and three months of Xbox Live. (Full rules are here.) It’s a winter-themed pic this time around… go throw in your thoughts!(Louis Wu 14:23:12 UTC)

Over at the Bungie Blog, Yoozel pointed out a holiday-themed mosaic made up of Halo 3 screenshots, created by PFK_647. Happy Halodays! (Louis Wu 14:22:55 UTC)

The Kansas City Star has an article that suggests that full-length, full-price games might be on the wane – and points to Bungie’s Halo 3: ODST as a prime example of a potentially more successful model – shorter gameplay, less cash. (Louis Wu 14:21:55 UTC)

Adam Susskind stopped in to point out his ‘Halo Graphic Series’, Chaos Theory – a different take on the Halo screenshot comic. It comes out once a week, in PDF format, and is about 20 pages long. Episode 4 is up now – but back issues are available from the navbar on the left. Check…

Heh – Stephen Loftus shows that, as mentioned in the Art of Halo 3 book, a UNSC Pelican is large enough to fit an Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tank in its troop bay (though Bry would argue the semantics of ‘fit’). Fun discussion!(Louis Wu 23:49:08 UTC)