Author: halo@bungie.org

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…

Mondo J. Gecko stopped in with word of a montage of gameplay from him and his brother – mostly vehicle stuff, but also some clutch multikills. It’s not very long – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:04:22 UTC)

Even though we didn’t list prizes until the last minute, we STILL got 53 entries for this year’s Guilt O’ Lantern contest (one fewer than last year). Some of them are truly amazing; all of them are fun. Take a few minutes, look through the entries (be sure to click on the thumbnails, because the…

My7hos has relisted several items that didn’t sell in his last round of charity auctions to raise money for the Tied the Leader Foundation. Swing by his eBay page to bid on these Joyride Limited Edition figures! You’ve got a couple of days to decide.(Louis Wu 15:43:48 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue posted to say that Reclaimer 107 is now live – the Reclaimer has taken advantage of a side effect, and we now see where a recent wallpaper came from! (Louis Wu 15:38:43 UTC)

ReleasetheMonk is creating a machinima project that parodies both the Saw franchise and the obsession with Recon armor – go watch the trailer! He’s looking for feedback.(Louis Wu 15:36:27 UTC)