Author: halo@bungie.org

Last week, Joystiq put up some pics of the Halo Interactive Strategy Game – yesterday, Kotaku did the same (more pics, though). Thanks, Schedonnardus. Update: looks like you can GET this game for free by visiting Daily Game. They’re giving away a copy in a sweepstakes. (Louis Wu 13:39:07 UTC)

Plastic Panic! Figure Reviews has put up a look at the McFarlane 12″ Master Chief – lots of pics. Might help you decide to buy one! (Louis Wu 13:38:28 UTC)

ARxXInSaNeMiXx sent word that he has a small gallery at Photobucket – ever wonder what Michaelangelo’s and Da Vinci’s works would look like with a Halo slant? Now you don’t have to. Check it out!(Louis Wu 20:13:39 UTC)

urk has continued the ‘Average Joe’ interviews over at Bungie.net – first we had Bryan the Singer, today, we have Pete the Duck. That name might be more familiar to HBO readers than B.net readers… but not after this! Go read the Q&A – he talks about what keeps him involved in the Halo community,…

Hawty McBloggy wants to make sure you understand the issues before you cast your ballot for the next president of the United States. (Assuming, of course, that you CAN cast a ballot for the next president of the US – sorry, kids/people in other countries). She’s put together a comparison of candidates… using Halo resources.…

The next chapter of Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris’ Solo Legendary All Skulls On guide to beating Halo 3 on the toughest possible difficulty is now live. The Ark is a massive level, and requires a LOT of video content to get you through. There are twenty separate videos for this one – the level has been…

This weekend, the Machinima Filmfest 2008 was held in New York City, and the Mackies were awarded to the best films. Although a number of Halo works were nominated (we mentioned them last month), only one came home with an award – congrats to This Spartan Life, winner of Best Series!(Louis Wu 16:09:14 UTC)

aerzy created a video to show off what Halo3RPG.com has to offer; if you’ve read the front-page mentions, but haven’t felt like registering to see more, this can give you a glimpse into the site. Thanks, Linken91. (Louis Wu 16:08:36 UTC)

Two thousand people tossed their votes into the hat for our Guilt O’ Lantern contest in the first 24 hours (literally – the count at this moment is 2000, even) – but I’m sure there are more people out there. If you haven’t voted yet, swing by and take a look – there are 3…

VelocityTino let us know that you can watch a video tutorial showing you how to build Halo armor – Indy Mogul’s Backyard FX tackles the pepakura technique. The guest expert is Erica Langworthy (aka ‘Skullcandy Girl’ over at the 405th Forums, and the awesome animator behind Drawn by Pain), and the video will give you…

The Handmade Hero pointed out a trick jumping vid made by a group called Jump Theory, called ‘Circatage’. It shows off some amazing jumps. Clearly many of them were done with non-standard settings (‘standard’ meaning ‘base matchmaking’)… but all of the tricks are pretty incredible. (The cone-jumpers were definitely some of the most impressive.) Check…

XerxdeeJ stopped by on this special election Tuesday (don’t forget to vote, if you’re a US citizen over 18!), with news of a writeup for ChicagoLANd 3.0, a LAN party that gathered a few dozen Tied the Leader Gunslingers (and friends) for three days of cameraderie, carnage, and comestibles. There’s a video recap, as well…

During the Tokyo Game Show, some Halo Wars footage was released showing the buildup of Alpha Base, and the kickoff of the game. It was watchable live, and later archived on GameTrailers – but it was recorded in the room, off the screen, so audio is a bit hollow, and video is darker than it…

Azrael let us know that the latest HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week is live on the HBOFF forum. Go see what was good, and why.(Louis Wu 14:42:40 UTC)

Narcogen took exception to the points made in yesterday’s editorial, over at Cinema Blend, that Halo is ‘killing console gaming’. When Narc takes exception to something, he often offers a rebuttal – and this time he doesn’t disappoint. Swing by Rampancy.net for a well-written, 2200 word treatise on where multiplayer stands in the heirarchy of…

MasterCheifn noticed a small Flash piece over at DeviantART – Night-Strider wanted to see what Halo would look like with Mirror’s Edge’s Freerunning style. Interesting!(Louis Wu 14:39:36 UTC)

The newest Bungie.net blog piece is a ‘tag and release’ article – trolling the community fileshare for cool ‘Sniper’ pictures, maps, and game variants. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 21:40:33 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent along an October update for the Halo Custom Edition game Archive – there were 66 new maps and assets added during the month, bringing the total to over 3600 items. Two notable additions: Island Hopping by SiMuLaCrUm, and Snowcast by Sasc/Çound. Go look!(Louis Wu 21:38:57 UTC)

New project just went live over at I <3 halo 3 screenshots – Halo video game cover art. That’s right – they want you to build video game covers, using Halo 3 screenshots. Get to working! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 19:44:49 UTC)

Cinema Blend (a website that has not shown a lot of love for Halo in the past) has a new editorial up – this time, they’re claiming that Halo 2 and Halo 3 multiplayer are stifling your online gaming options. The argument is that since everyone online is playing Halo 2 or Halo 3, there…