Author: halo@bungie.org

Hawty McBloggy is running a fun art activity – swing by and create a Halloween-themed Mister Chief image! As Frankie has said numerous times, drawing Mister Chief takes absolutely no artistic skill – so anybody can play! (Louis Wu 13:12:22 UTC)

Weird – Wired Magazine has put up a Wired Science story about the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (a facility on a tiny island at the end of Long Island, in New York) – and the background music during the entire piece is ‘Covenant Dance’, from the original Halo soundtrack. It works, I guess… just…

TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 106 – something odd is going on. He’s also been playing with Photoshop – some of those pics are great!(Louis Wu 13:10:28 UTC)

Taco Power points out that Bizarre Magazine has rated Halo among the Top 5 Scary Games (due, in large part, to a particularly scary level in the first game). Warning: the magazine (linked in his forum post) is not particularly safe for work. The Halo story is on page 21, if you want to use…

John_117 put together a new montage – he calls it a ‘funtage’, and it is. Some nice display of skills, but also lots of funny stuff; grenades not doing what was expected of them, vehicles falling out of the sky, etc. There’s a moment, about a minute and a half in, where I was flabbergasted.…

Merc noticed that Joystiq has a gallery of pictures of the Halo Interactive Strategy Game – you can get a decent look at the pieces. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:08:54 UTC)

pete_the_duck stopped in to mention that he wrote up a pair of neutral-bomb Assault games he and friends played on LIVE a couple of weeks ago. There is nothing really special about the pair, other than that they were lots of fun for the (winning) team that played – but the writeup is great, and…

Six new pieces are up in the Fan Fiction section. Surprisingly, only one of them has been submitted for the “You’re Doing It Write” challenge… go read. (There’s just over a week to submit entries to that challenge – go spend Phædrus’ money!)(Louis Wu 13:03:54 UTC)

The finale for Rooster Teeth’s Red vs Blue: Reconstruction is now available for all to watch – and it’s a doozy. Nearly ten minutes long, it wraps up almost all loose ends in the series… almost. Effects are really well-done… if you’re not paying close attention, you won’t even realize some of them are effects.…

Just a reminder – our Guilt O’ Lantern contest will accept entries only until Midnight, eastern time, tomorrow night! That means you have a little less than 33 hours to submit your creation. We’ve posted a prize list, finally – go see what you can win!(Louis Wu 19:10:05 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a clever little video on YouTube (okay, not little – 7 minutes) – it’s like a Halo rave.(Louis Wu 18:36:18 UTC)

It’s Thursday, which means it’s time for a new Double XP Weekend to kick off. Ranked Halloween-themed games… mmmm, brains!(Louis Wu 18:16:37 UTC)

Over at Modacity, Masterz1337 has posted a bunch of pictures showing off the latest work in a Halo Custom Edition single-player mod… I have to say, I’m impressed. Go check ’em out! Thanks, Botolf.(Louis Wu 15:39:29 UTC)

Tim Munro sent us a link to a YouTube video showing off his latest Halo project – a 1:1 scale wearable Hayabusa helmet replica. He’s only about halfway done… but it definitely looks great so far! Check it out. As we hear about its progress, we’ll keep you informed!(Louis Wu 15:35:15 UTC)

Wow, sort of an odd set of creations… but it works pretty well! Over at Bungie.net, I khriz I posted a series of films that can help you test a 5.1 surround sound system – shots from different sides, sounds from various distances, ambient sounds… download ’em and give ’em a try!(Louis Wu 15:32:40 UTC)

MLGPro.com’s released another MLG/ESPN Top Ten video – #12 has 3 minutes of some pretty amazing gameplay. Check ’em out. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 21:23:48 UTC)

Bungie Favorites, the ever-changing fan-created collection of maps, gametypes, films and screenshots highlighted by Bungie, has been updated with a second batch of material from the NeoGAF community. If you want to learn a little more about the community and how they use Forge, urk has talked TJ Captain Blood about his map, Arabella (and…

Treeskunk Productions has released Outpost: Isil Episode 10 – it’s all about the evil clowns. And stuff. Available in about a million formats, from a million different places. Thanks, shiruken.(Louis Wu 16:33:53 UTC)

Dragoncoals told us about Forge Like a Pro, a new contest from ForgeHub. Make a map, win 1600 MS points (there are three categories, three separate prizes). Runners-up get honorable mentions. You’ve got a couple of months – get Forging! (Louis Wu 14:16:46 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy sat down with Predator5791, a Forge artist who’s created some amazing work. Swing by and read about what drives him! (Louis Wu 14:16:19 UTC)