Author: halo@bungie.org

mendicantbias00 let us know about his nephew, who created a pretty cool Halo-based oil painting… at age 12. Swing by the thunder and the surf for full details. (Louis Wu 16:44:34 UTC)

MTV’s Stephen Totilo has a few previously-unknown tidbits to share about Halo Wars – one of the hero units available will be a female spartan, for example, and the Halo Wars story will explain how canon is not broken between Halo and here. Go read the rest! (Louis Wu 16:43:36 UTC)

Firestorm12 let us know that the HaloPen Pencast Episode 3 is now online – comments can go on their forum. Discussion revolves around their newest projects – Quixotical and Quixotical: {CITIZEN TRANSFER} (you can contribute here, or learn more here).(Louis Wu 16:43:00 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to point out Reclaimer 124 – and more of Ferial’s machininations become clear.(Louis Wu 16:42:26 UTC)

Halo music fans have been waiting for Halo sheet music for a long, long time – and it looks like it’s finally coming. (There’ve been fan-arranged releases… but it’s not quite the same thing.) Marty O’Donnell pointed out that One Final Effort (from Halo 3) is now available from Sheet Music Plus – and he…

Hawty McBloggy has spotlighted one of her readers in her latest article – CrazedOne1988 has put together a series of images that represent various Nintendo games… using Halo screenshots. Interesting concept!(Louis Wu 15:18:28 UTC)

GamesRadar has a piece explaining why 2008 sucked compared to 2007 – and the hoopla that accompanied the launch of Halo 3 is part of what they liked.(Louis Wu 15:16:38 UTC)

Wow. The team working on the campaign modifications for HaloCE has released a video showing off SPV2 Gameplay footage, specifically the beginning of the Silent Cartographer level. I must say, I’m stunned. Go watch (the commentary is great). Thanks, Botolf.(Louis Wu 22:09:26 UTC)

Whoa… urk is working weekends? World domination is nigh! A new entry in the Bungie Blog highlights a newish movie from The DuoGroup, called ‘Duel with the Duo’. Awesome choreography, and some funny situations. Check it out!(Louis Wu 21:58:19 UTC)

DASH wrote to us to point out that the promotional website for the movie ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ contains a list of the earth’s 12 most vital items (as judged by what people who visited the site thought they needed to keep). Number one on the list? Halo 3! (Huh? The Bible comes…

jonny12guage stopped by to point out a clan montage he put together with the help of his 2old2play buddies – quality’s nothing to write home about, but gameplay’s fun, and the timing on some of the clips is great. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:53:04 UTC)

Wow. I don’t know how long this deal is going to last… but Amazon is having a huge sale on Halo goodies; if you haven’t bought Christmas presents yet, now’s a good time. Some figures are as much as 70% off. Go look!(Louis Wu 18:43:02 UTC)

AnTi PRO let us know that Arm The Flag is hosting a t-shirt design contest – if your design wins, you get some cool prizes. Visit their forum for full details.(Louis Wu 18:33:47 UTC)

Wanna keep your employees happy and productive? Let ’em play games! redOrbit has an article about how gaming can keep employee motivation high and turnover low. Halo makes your employees work better!(Louis Wu 18:14:37 UTC)

mrsmiley is pretty unhappy that the second round of Halo Babies’ Happy Halodays art contest has exactly ONE submission so far – the deadline is tomorrow night at midnight, and all you need to do to win 1600 MS Points is turn in the coolest Traffic Cone screenshot! If you’re interested in participating, swing by…

Bungie’s blog highlights a montage of fun driving clips – check out Silver 772’s Major League Driving.(Louis Wu 17:44:43 UTC)

GamesRadar put together a list of non-playable characters they wish they could play… and a major NPC from Halo 2 made the list. Thanks to NickLee808 for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 17:43:51 UTC)

MTV’s Stephen Totilo is going to be playing Halo 3 against rapper Soulja Boy next week – so he went to Bungie’s Luke Smith for some pointers. We’ll have to wait until the showdown to see if Luke’s advice can turn the tide! Thanks, urk. (Louis Wu 17:43:24 UTC)

The Weekly What’s Update is up – and while it’s not really loaded with info about what the Studio’s been doing this week, it DOES have some interesting info about Halo 3: ODST, as well as a bunch of Questions asked by B.net regulars with answers given in Bungie style. As usual, it can be…

Darknesshasfallen suggested a holiday-themed emblem for your Spartan – and Shishka liked the idea enough that he’s going to give Recon armor to the emblem he likes the best by the end of today. Read his post for full details.(Louis Wu 21:13:11 UTC)