Author: halo@bungie.org

We got word of ‘Indestructible’, a Halo music vid set to music from Disturbed done by Luck0, of HaloGrid. You can watch it on YouTube, or discuss it on the HaloGrid forum. Really nice camerawork, and great attention to detail – this one really works! Thanks, Jordan Pimentel.(Louis Wu 23:51:46 UTC)

A Bungie artist, who shall remain nameless (beyond his rather vague gamertag), replied to a whole series of questions over at Bungie.net (none of which really had anything to do with art). His answers are pretty interesting… but it’s possible that the information he provided was presented in a way that might make things hard…

We mentioned a few weeks ago that Bungie’s sound team won the Creative Achievement in Interactive Entertainment Sound Production from the Mix Foundation – what we didn’t notice (until Marty pointed it out) was that they’d posted the awards acceptances online. Here’s the clip of Marty and company accepting this TEC Award – check out…

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to announce that Reclaimer 104 is online. We’ve learned something intriguing about Viper… (Louis Wu 17:59:18 UTC)

GotGame considers Halo 3 to be one of the top 3 games to play while drunk. Having done that, I’d have to say I disagree. Go see what you think. (Louis Wu 17:58:37 UTC)

We got word of a new service purporting to help you get together with friends to play online (lots of games, though the press release mentioned Halo 3 specifically) – I haven’t tried it, but anyone who does, and wants to share their experience, our forum is open!(Louis Wu 17:58:07 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty bizarre-looking female Spartan custom figure on eBay – I don’t think she’s happy with the EVA helmet. (Louis Wu 17:57:43 UTC)

maximumfear let us know about a new contest at Gamers in Action – Let’s Get Creative raises money for Child’s Play, and you can participate in a number of different ways. Swing by the page for full details!(Louis Wu 17:57:10 UTC)

RandomSauce let us know that the Halo 3 Mythbusters are looking for people who’ve used tricks they’ve learned from the Mythbusters movies in Matchmaking. Send fileshare links to halo3mythbusters@gmail.com, and you may find them used in a montage called (appropriately) “Using Myths in Matchmaking.(Louis Wu 19:27:25 UTC)

DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice: Episode 3 is now online. I’m thinking this is one society that SHOULD collapse on itself. Thanks, UnSiLeNtSlAyEr. (Louis Wu 18:49:32 UTC)

Decommissioner found an article at Gamepro that delineates the 38 Most Memorable First Enemies (why 38? you got me…). Halo’s Elites make the list at #22.(Louis Wu 18:43:34 UTC)

Wow… I’m floored. Hawty McBloggy enlisted the help of a LOT of friends to create an amazing montage of pictures showing off Fairfax the Bunny in a variety of Halo-related situations. Photoshop for the win! Fairfax is Marissa’s Bunny, and he’s out there to build awareness for infantile spasms – Hawty has shown that when…

Alex Costa, of WinMicrosoftPoints.com, is running a new contest – this one is called ‘Halo 3: I R Pro’ and if you send in your best kill clip by November 7, you’ve got a chance of winning 1600 Microsoft Points. Read the contest rules for full details, including how to upload clips.(Louis Wu 18:01:40 UTC)

The latest version of Master Chief Theater 3000 – Episode 207, covering Sacred Icon – is now up on YouTube. Go watch! Thanks to Pyrosmile Updates for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:58:27 UTC)

When it was announced, back in June, that Tobias Buckell was going to be writing the next Halo novel, I visited Amazon and picked up his existing work; I wanted to know what we were getting into. What with new novels from Richard Morgan, Alastair Reynolds, Jim Butcher, and others, I didn’t finish the last…

Forecast The Series: Episode 7, from Young Street Productions, is now online for your viewing pleasure. Time to set up a new defense system! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:07:58 UTC)

AvatarAang let us know that Inside Halo 26 is now up – news (most of it about Machinima.com) jokes, and the Top 5 Plays of the Week. (Number One was pretty cool.)(Louis Wu 17:24:51 UTC)

jake108 is back with anther Teabag Prevention article at Geekscape – this one looks at Standoff, and helps you find ways not to suck. Go read!(Louis Wu 16:19:30 UTC)

Dragoncoals let us know that ForgeHub is running a Rube Goldberg contest right now – build a really cool and clever map, win account upgrades. Read the contest page for full details! (Louis Wu 16:19:08 UTC)

Yes, HBO got hacked last night. No, no permanent damage was done. Some pages might not work right for a little while, but please be patient. Thanks!(Louis Wu 16:17:36 UTC)