Author: halo@bungie.org

Paul Mattson noticed that you can get a gander at the upcoming Halo Deluxe Hunter boxed set available in a couple of months from McFarlane Toys – just swing by the Spawn.com forums. Start saving some green – these puppies will retail for $19.99, and I know I’m gettin’ some!(Louis Wu 19:31:45 UTC)

Bungie.net has updated the assets available on the Halo 3: ODST page – you can now grab high-quality stills from the official trailer. (they’re not really new shots – just prettier than what you had before.)(Louis Wu 19:29:18 UTC)

Zandax’s Art of War (gameplay by Markoftheb3ast) combines nice gameplay with some snazzy editing – go watch in widescreen at YouTube. Thanks to urk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 18:05:44 UTC)

IGN has posted a ‘grudge match’ in which four editors look at the relative strengths and merits of the three Halo games. It’s not anything that you can’t find on any thinking Halo forum around the net – but it IS restricted to Insiders only. Thanks to Morpheus for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:57:10 UTC)

Figures.com has a pretty detailed review of the newest McFarlane Halo 3 figures – check it out for details about the figures and the equipment they come with. Thanks, InnerRayg.(Louis Wu 14:52:19 UTC)

Bungie’s blog highlights a ‘Fun-tage’ put together by the ‘Halo 3 In The Work Place’ group – betrayals, lag fun, and general overall shenanigans. Give it a look-see!(Louis Wu 14:50:31 UTC)

Mjolnir Battle Tactics have updated their Favorites in the Bungie Favorites section – and Guardian Hunter talks about District 49. Go check Bungie.net!(Louis Wu 19:20:24 UTC)

The newest Top 10 collection from Anoj is Top 10 Halo 3 Betrayals – some are fun, some are just frustrating. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:59:41 UTC)

Tim Urban let us know that the January issue of the Official Xbox Magazine contains some pictures of Orbital, one of the Mythic Maps out this spring. More details when we get ’em!(Louis Wu 16:48:42 UTC)

kornman00 reminded us that his one-of-a-kind auctions (with some proceeds to charity) are coming to an end today – swing by for some pretty amazing stuff you won’t find anywhere else! Roughly 6 hours left on each of these.(Louis Wu 16:40:10 UTC)

calmkiller provided video footage of the Halo piece played by the WVU Marching Band last night (looks like many on our forum watched it live) – we’ve put up some local mirrors that are much easier to download. Grab it in QuickTime format (41.2 mb) or WMP9 format (41.1 mb). (Louis Wu 14:48:22 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to announce that Reclaimer 119 is live – things are getting bigger. (Louis Wu 13:17:24 UTC)

Over at Hawty McBloggy’s, it’s Wednesday, so it’s time for another ODS Steve – what a great use of the Superintendent! (Louis Wu 13:17:01 UTC)

It’s that time of year again… Bungie.net has posted a preview of the Winter Pentathlon – good stuff is coming soon! Go read.(Louis Wu 13:16:29 UTC)

calmkiller let us know that the West Virginia Marching Band is doing a live webcast of their Keynote performance this evening – stream goes live at 7:15, the Halo theme that will be performed should go on around 9 or so. Go listen!(Louis Wu 22:38:25 UTC)

The Average Joe series continues over at Bungie.net – today’s entry looks at Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), a regular on our forum and a Bungie.net moderator. Go see what got him involved in Halo, and what keeps him juiced!(Louis Wu 19:48:14 UTC)

Bungie.net has posted a link to ‘Facility B5D Mishap Montage’ – lots and lots of ‘WTF’ moments. Fun!(Louis Wu 19:34:18 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 44 is up – hunger can make you do things.(Louis Wu 19:32:52 UTC)

baneofdeath wrote this week’s Fan Fic Pick of the Week – go see what he liked. Thanks, kabu. (Louis Wu 19:32:25 UTC)

Gamasutra has a great article about a study that used biometric feedback to measure how much various action games (including Halo 2) engaged players – go see what drives us to play! (Seems like risk plays a pretty big part in how much reward we perceive, and Halo does a decent job at balancing things.)…