Author: halo@bungie.org

Over at NeoGAF, Bryant pointed out that he’d created a fun little Java applet for a Computer Science class at school – no actual image files used. We’re mirroring the content, to save his bandwidth. Take a look – it’s great!(Louis Wu 14:27:05 UTC)

Decommissioner ran across a t-shirt at Split Reason that pays homage to the ever-so-satisfying Kill from the Grave. I might just buy that…(Louis Wu 14:24:57 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has invited a guest writer who looks at what he considers flaws in the Halo storyline, and how it turned out. Give it a read, and see if you agree! (Louis Wu 14:24:28 UTC)

Decommissioner noticed a Top 50 Xbox Characters article at Gameplayer – Halo provides entries on pages 5 and 11. Not bad!(Louis Wu 14:21:23 UTC)

The next Game with Fame event involves playing Halo 3 with Esc ape the Fate – check out this page on Xbox.com for full details.(Louis Wu 19:09:16 UTC)

If you’ve been playing Halo 3 on Xbox LIVE today, and haven’t seen your EXP going up – don’t panic. There’s a problem, but they’re working on it. Check this post at Bungie.net for details.(Louis Wu 18:57:18 UTC)

HBO has a long history of helping fans get through the toughest parts of Halo Campaign play – Asmodeus wrote up a Legendary Walkthrough of Halo, and Mike Miller put together a much-lauded guide that could get you through Halo 2 on Legendary. For Halo 3, Daniel Morris (AKA Tyrant) has upped the ante -…

Red vs Blue: Reconstruction Chapter 16 is now live – both the free public version and the extended cut for sponsors. Things are getting a little crazy; Washington does a lot of explaining, and while we won’t post any spoilers, if you’ve watched it and are trying to figure out what the implications are, there’s…

XerxdeeJ stopped by early this morning to announce new content at Tied the Leader – it’s a look at a recent study of gaming and American youth, putting the findings into perspective that the Halo community can appreciate. An interesting read! (Louis Wu 13:18:29 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte sent word that he’s finished another render. This one is entitled ‘RRTU Scorpion Group’ – that’s not a team I’d mess with! Check it out – and look through his whole gallery if you haven’t seen the rest of his stuff! (Louis Wu 13:18:03 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a Cafe Press shirt inspired by a Newgrounds Halo Flash vid – and it tickled her fancy. I’m pretty sure I’d never actually WEAR it… but it’s funny.(Louis Wu 13:17:30 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent us the September Update for the Halo Custom Edition game Archive – there are 60 new maps and assets, bringing the total up to 3,555 items. Highlights this month include Painball beta, a mountaintop level by halorider, Insomnia, a nighttime map from GAIGHER, and Peril, a mountainside level from Higuy. Check ’em…

Crispy stopped by to announce a new website that contains at least three comic series – with potentially more on the way. Go see what he’s got to offer! (Louis Wu 13:16:37 UTC)

UnSiLeNtSlAyEr pointed out that Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 204 is online, covering the Whisper in the Storm cutscene.(Louis Wu 20:42:51 UTC)

More new comics, listed on our forum – anthraxgoon let us know that X36 Issue 3 is online, and Raulboy posted the first two ‘White Space’ strips.(Louis Wu 20:40:30 UTC)

That woman… she’s gonna be the death of me. A risqué title for a new article over at Hawty McBloggy’s leads to a discussion about a fan-made grenade that started life as a Christmas ornament. This somehow got her to dreams of sticky blue balls – oh, man. Go read.(Louis Wu 20:31:17 UTC)

It’s Monday, so TTL Demag0gue let us know there’s a new Reclaimer up – Episode 93 shows that the Reclaimer doesn’t think a lot of the Cavalcade’s ability to help him. (It’s also a day for Chapter 1, Page 7 of The Biased, from OddGodHMK – lots of dead people.)(Louis Wu 17:49:24 UTC)

Rockslider has stopped into our forum with word of a redesign of Bad Cyborg (his website devoted to Halo campaign shenanigans), and a walkthrough of a solo attack on the third tower of The Covenant. Check ’em out! (Louis Wu 17:43:26 UTC)

A Halo fan has created a Halo mod for LittleBigPlanet – check out the video at GameXtract.(Louis Wu 17:42:48 UTC)

The newest Bryan Simon tune is now up on YouTube – it’s an ode to The Banhammer, and heeding its advice will keep you playing Halo 3 on Xbox LIVE. (There’s even a kind word for my current situation.) If you’d rather have an MP3 version of the tune, grab it from us here (3mb).(Louis…