Author: halo@bungie.org

Been frustrated by the Alas, Poor Yorick achievement, and the scarcity of oddball games on appropriate maps? Be frustrated no more – the latest Double Experience weekend has just kicked off… and it’s 3 Ball. An entire playlist devoted to gametypes involving 4 teams and 3 balls… yummy. Go read about it at B.net, or…

Remember when Fairfax the Bunny showed up here? Fairfax is Marissa’s Bunny – he travels around the world, making people happy and building awareness for Marissa’s infantile spasms. (He’s got a whole website – you should visit it, if you hadn’t before.) When Fairfax left here, he headed north, to Boston. Where he hung for…

You might or might not have noticed an upgrade just applied to Tyrant’s Mythic Walkthrough here on HBO – yesterday, we added streaming embedded versions of all vids to all existing pages. The download versions are still there, for anyone who wants them (say, if you want to watch them offline, or because you don’t…

Bryan Ojeda found a very funny video on YouTube – LigerKG got stuck at the same moment that the host of his game quit… and the result was a blue spider that stayed with him until he died (well, even longer than that). (Louis Wu 13:34:49 UTC)

Wow… this thread made me very, very sad. A denizen of the Bungie.net forums was served divorce papers this week… because he spends more time with video games than with his wife. (I think what REALLY threw me for a loop, though, was the response – when faced with the loss of his wife and…

Mid7night posted a 41 mb, 2.5 minute video showing off his X-Plane Pelican flying around the ‘Lost Isles of the Pacific’ – I’m sure glad I wasn’t in the back! (Louis Wu 13:20:46 UTC)

pete_the_duck has posted a video showing the solution to his Flaming Ninja Challenge 2 – do not watch this if you’re trying to work it out for yourself, but if you’ve given up, or if you want to make sure that your solution matches his, check this out. (I looked at the Challenge when it…

BuckyStudios let us know that Flip Your Banshee is now up on YouTube. A musical tribute to one of the more flexible vehicles in the Halo 3 armada, it contains some really beautiful Banshee moves! Definitely worth the two minutes of your time it takes to watch it.(Louis Wu 12:43:56 UTC)

Just a reminder – the orange Hayabusa figure being auctioned off for charity (we mentioned it a couple of days ago) will sell today – auction ends in 11 hours or so. Current price is $220.27 – get your bid in!(Louis Wu 12:31:43 UTC)

According to the Detroit Free Press, there’s a Halo tournament coming up this Saturday in Ferndale (a suburb of Detroit) – admission is $20 in advance, $25 at the door, top prize is $100… but you get to play on 65 inch screens. Swing by if you’re in the area!(Louis Wu 12:26:39 UTC)

Gah! I totally forgot to post the fourth installment of Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris’ SLASO walkthrough of Halo 3 yesterday – but you can read (and watch) The Storm right now. 9 movies, and 3500 words worth of tips, should get you through this level without dying! Check it out.(Louis Wu 12:23:43 UTC)

pete_the_duck is back with another obstacle course – the Flaming Ninja Challenge 2 is a for-fun romp through a modified Blackout, doing your best not to die. Check out his post for full details!(Louis Wu 20:05:14 UTC)

ConK3rS has been building a pepakura Master Chief helmet – he sent us a bunch of pics. Amazing to follow the progress!(Louis Wu 19:53:29 UTC)

InnerRayg made mention of this a couple of days ago, but KP pointed out today that it really hasn’t been announced on our front page: there’s an eBay auction going on right now for a sealed McFarlane Orange Hayabusa figure, packaging signed by Bungie employees. A signed figure by itself is worth something… but the…

In honor of its first birthday, ZZoMBiE13 has created a new episode of Another Halo Comic Strip – I had to laugh. Check it out.(Louis Wu 15:45:01 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty funny parody vid – OtherJesus says that if playing Halo is wrong, he don’t wanna be right. (If you’re not familiar with the Amy Winehouse song he’s parodying, you can find it here.) Hawty assures you that any similarity between the addiction described by the song and her own Halo…

Over at Tied the Leader, you can read about the 1st Annual BTB Invitational, organized by the SBG clan. The final match has now been played, and friends were made across the net. If you want to know who WON, though… well, XerxdeeJ makes that a little bit of work. Read the article for details.(Louis…

Red vs Blue: Reconstruction Chapter 18 is now online for sponsors and the public alike. The story is being brought to its conclusion (only one more episode in the series), and things are heating up – but there’s still plenty of comedy to keep things light! Go watch. (They’ve also completely overhauled their website, so…

MLGPro.com has posted its 11th MLG/ESPN Top Ten – as always, some really nice clips. (The 3-shot extermination commentary made me laugh.) Thanks to urk, now firmly ensconced in the Bungie web content booth, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:27:55 UTC)

UnSiLeNtSlAyEr let us know that DigitalPh33r’s latest chapter in the Arby ‘n’ the Chief series is now live on YouTube – Episode S303 is called ‘Professional’, and introduces Craig, an MLG Pro. Well, in his own mind. Just over 7 minutes.(Louis Wu 19:49:44 UTC)