Author: halo@bungie.org

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)

ZZoMbiE13 was inspired to add a new installment of Another Halo Comic Strip after playing Mirror’s Edge… I think he’s got a point.(Louis Wu 23:48:13 UTC)

I ran across Dimensions Halo 3, a Halo 3-themed template for Joomla-based websites. If you’re using Joomla as a content management system and you’d like your site to have a pretty clean Halo 3 look… check this out!(Louis Wu 14:24:36 UTC)

kr-1426 pointed out that the HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week for this Friday’s stories is now online on the HBOFF forum – give it a read!(Louis Wu 14:24:12 UTC)