Author: halo@bungie.org

I stumbled across a blog entry from someone named Ryan Fitzgibbon, who highlighted a short video created by Nicholas Werner called ‘Break: Halo 3’. It’s a short Halo machinima, no voice acting at all… but he’s done a fantastic job of tying together the multiplayer maps in a way that feels right. I enjoyed the…

ReleasetheMonk created a cutscene montage tied to the St. Crispin’s Day speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V. It works surprisingly well. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:46:11 UTC)

The Winter Pentathlon finished in spectacular style, apparently – complete with the presence of a live goat. (No word on whether the goat was eaten after the festivities.) Pictures and results are now in the updated Bungie.net article. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 13:45:42 UTC)

The Winter Pentathlon is now in full swing at Bungie Studios – Newbies take on Grizzled Ancients for glory and the power of the Bungie Fist. Go read about it! (Because of this competition, there won’t be a Weekly Update tonight – this is the last you’ll hear from the crew until next week… at…

Looks like The Cole Protocol is a hit – Tobias Buckell points out a few sites with bestseller lists. It’s #4 on the New York Times Trade Paperback list, #6 on the Publishers Weekly Trade Paperback fiction list, among others. Nice! Thanks to TTL Demag0gue for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 19:14:59 UTC)

Computerworld’s Dan Tynan found a site hosted by a conservative Christian investment group which rated recently-released videogames on their child-unfriendly content. Dan was offended by what he saw as a narrow-minded attempt to apply morality to video games – but I think I have to agree with the first commenter, who saw the Timothy Plan’s…

Hawty McBloggy hijacked a bungie.net thread for her community feature today – go see what she wants you to think about!(Louis Wu 14:45:41 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to let us know about Reclaimer 120 – we’re getting more of the big picture.(Louis Wu 14:45:22 UTC)

Bungie.net continues their ramp-up to the 2008 Winter Pentathlon – there’s a short preview of the events in this year’s competition up now. Halo (the first one) is one of the games. Check out the nice poster!(Louis Wu 14:44:59 UTC)

Seven new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:44:19 UTC)

RandomSauce sent word that the fifth Real7alk.com podcast is out – it’s a monster, nearly 2 hours long. You can grab it from their podcast feed – it’s 135 mb, and contains an interview with Hawty McBloggy, a new song from Bryan Simon, and an interview with the Halo 3 Mythbusters! (I’m only a few…

There’s a new ‘Breaking In’ article up at Bungie.net – Tam Armstrong, one of Bungie’s Animation Engineers, talks about what he does and how he got there. It’s not really Halo-related, but it’s an interesting read – so go read it! (If you’re looking to follow in his footsteps… I’m pretty sure the bike crash…

The latest Double Experience Weekend is now live – Rocket Race, Legendary Maps required. (Ladies can play too. I just couldn’t come up with a gender-neutral version of that title that didn’t sound stupid.)(Louis Wu 19:33:50 UTC)

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)