Author: halo@bungie.org

Halo 3: Recon has brought another long-retired artist out of hiding – there’s a new One One Se7en today. I think Stuntmutt nailed it…(Louis Wu 17:21:31 UTC)

Over at Geekscape Games, the Teabag Prevention Team takes a look at the Recon trailer, and tries to figure out what it means for gamers – give it a read. Thanks, jake108.(Louis Wu 17:16:40 UTC)

Luke Neill pointed us to a blog post written by his wife Sarah – it’s entitled ‘Why Every Wife Should Buy Her Man an Xbox360’, and I think a lot of married gamers would be happy if their spouse saw things this way. It’s actually solid reasoning for ANY non-Halo-playing spouse – male or female.(Louis…

Hawty McBloggy is back with another round of Friday Caption Fun – great submissios for last week’s pic, and yet more Spartan pr0n for this week’s pic. Go tell her what you think!(Louis Wu 13:41:53 UTC)

Only five pieces this week in the Fan Fiction section – and two of them are poems! Go read.(Louis Wu 13:37:54 UTC)

TG HellJumper stopped in yesterday to announce that PreGame Lobby Episode 7 was posted yesterday. Melander and his crew are up to something… go watch!(Louis Wu 13:13:23 UTC)

Here are some of the articles covering Luke Smith/Brian Jarrard interviews in Tokyo:Guardian.co.uk has a 9 and a half minute video interview with the pair – lots of tidbits, including “Mythic Map Pack is coming early next year” and “Recon is a labor of love for our fans” (and that Luke is just in Tokyo…

Clever fan ‘7heSuper’ is back with another fun post – see if you can figure out what he’s saying!(Louis Wu 20:24:05 UTC)

Bungie’s Double XP weekend went live a couple of hours ago – it’s Rocket Race this weekend, and you can earn double experience until Monday morning at 2 am PST. Go Goosin’!(Louis Wu 20:21:47 UTC)

sniperX47 sent word that Halo 3 RPG is having Brute Appreciation Weekend – Brute Shots and Maulers for Double XP. (Louis Wu 20:21:14 UTC)

OddGodHMK let us know that The Biased Chapter 1, Page 10 is online – Red doesn’t totally buy Blue’s story. (Louis Wu 20:20:55 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned pete_the_duck’s writeup of a night of shenanigans with some HBO forum regulars in Halo 3 Matchmaking. One of the popular incidents involved pete jumping off his mongoose just in time to be flattened by a teammate’s Warthog – it was such a beautifully bone-headed move that Blackstar created…

Not everyone thinks Halo 3: Recon is a good idea – a writer at CNET believes that it’s a clear selling-out of Bungie’s once-proud position in the gaming community. He even thinks it’s coming out too soon – he thinks it’s being rushed for the money. Go see if you agree!(Louis Wu 16:58:16 UTC)

For folks worried about what’s been said (or, more accurately, what HASN’T been said) about Halo 3: Recon – Luke Smith stopped in to the NeoGAF forum with a couple of notes – he and Brian Jarrard have a bunch of interviews lined up tomorrow, so we should be getting more info then, and he…

Sgt_Hartsock let us know that This Spartan Life has been nominated for two Mackies (the Machinima Film Festival awards) – it’s up for Best Series, and Best Original Music. If you want to learn more, he’s set up a club for the show at 1UP.com. Other Halo content up for Mackies this year: Smooth Few…

onebitrocket was the first to let us know about a new trailer at GameTrailers.com, showing off the Halo Wars demo at TGS (including the Flood reveal). Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:30:23 UTC)

Warm Machine, over at NeoGAF, noticed that Amazon is listing a book entitled ‘Art of Halo 3’, to be released next month. No real details yet (other than that it’s hardcover, written by Fernando Bueno, and is being published by Prima). The Prima site itself lists a publication date that’s one week later than Amazon’s.(Louis…

The discussion continues about the Halo 3: Recon trailer – but other Halo news doesn’t stop when big stuff shows up. Yesterday, Gizmodo posted an article about a Dutch study that linked quick reflexes (in, say, video games like Halo) to premature ejaculation – maybe fodder for the losers in a postgame match? Some entertaining…

A few weeks ago, the KEEP IT CLEAN teaser was released on Bungie.net – and then there was nothing. No comments from Bungie, no explanations… nothing. Until tonight. The Tokyo Game Show keynote kicked off at noon, October 9 – which translates to 8 PM PST October 8, or 11 PM EST October 8 (about…

One thing that Halo 3 lends itself to very nicely, what with the saved film feature and built-in screenshots, is storytelling. Over at the NeoGAF forum, GhaleonEB has been entertaining the troops, weaving fascinating tales of heroism and carnage. (Here’s a recent one.) On our very own forum, pete_the_duck has been doing the same thing…