Author: halo@bungie.org

Cocopjojo has posted the next installment of ‘Hindsight’ at Ascendant Justice – this one looks at The Covenant. As always, the coverage is ridiculously complete; unless you’re EXTREMELY observant, you will find tidbits you never noticed before in this writeup. A fantastic look back at one of the most varied Halo 3 levels… go give…

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to let us know that Reclaimer 90 is online… it sneaks in a Dark Tower reference. (If you check the news post attached to the comic, you’ll find links to fan art created for Reclaimer, as well.)(Louis Wu 12:05:49 UTC)

quinion reminded us that the Make-A-Wish auction (we mentioned it when it went live) for the Bungie-signed console is ending today (in about 7 hours, in fact). Current bid is $11,465.99 – that’s a lotta dough for charity!(Louis Wu 12:00:11 UTC)

Cody Miller pointed out that the next Gamer’s Edition from the Guinness Book of World Records folks will include high-score listings for Halo 3 levels – and they’re going to grab the data from High Speed Halo. Deadline hasn’t been reached yet – so if you want to submit a run, read the post for…

My7hos has posted Round 2 of his charity auction for the Tied the Leader Foundation – swing by eBay for the listings, which include out-of-box figures, and a couple of new-in-box figures, all for Halo 2. You’ve got until Sunday to make your decisions.(Louis Wu 11:32:45 UTC)

Josh Braybrooke let us know that the next three episodes of Veracity are now available on YouTube (we mentioned the first two here). Again, the easiest way to find them is via the playlist; each episode is more than one video.(Louis Wu 21:43:42 UTC)

Jamie98s just let us know about ‘Knocking on Heaven’s Door’, a music video set to an Eric Clapton version of the song. It tells a sad story. You can stream it from Jamie’s website, or you can download it from us (WMP9 format, 54.3 mb, or QuickTime format, 52.3 mb). Nice cinematography!(Louis Wu 14:41:07 UTC)

smiley let us know that Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 203 is up now – it covers Halo 2’s Outskirts and Metropolis. If you’re a member of the site, the extras for the episode are up, as well.(Louis Wu 14:02:22 UTC)

Mingadolin ran across a Halo-themed t-shirt at J!NX – some of our forum members are unimpressed. I’d have to agree that the weapons are rather stylized.(Louis Wu 13:54:37 UTC)

dreamwhispering stopped by with a video of himself playing One Final Effort on piano. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 13:51:56 UTC)

Important news about the ‘Take Our Stuff’ contest… please read! Apologies for any inconvenience – but due to the overwhelming flood of submissions, we need an extra day to process entries; we’re moving the ending deadline back 24 hours. Entries must be received by 9 pm PST TONIGHT, SUNDAY, or they will not be accepted.…

Lord Osiris noticed that DigitalPh33r has a new series coming next week – a promo is up now on YouTube. A tad over-the-top for me, but check it out for yourself! (Louis Wu 13:58:28 UTC)

D&R Lineups is offering a Pink EVA exclusive McFarlane figure – you can see what it looks like here. Shipment arrives next week – get your preorder in now!(Louis Wu 13:58:05 UTC)

Grunts R Us has posted Halo 3 WTF & Funny Moments 4, a collection of unexpected outcomes. Some clips are simply too fast to really appreciate, but overall it’s a pretty funny watch! Thanks, oriol.(Louis Wu 13:57:47 UTC)

So the big news last night was the return of the Superintendent. (I suppose he’s never really left; he pops up on Bungie.net’s logo to this day. But we haven’t HEARD a lot from him since the aborted attempt to reveal a new project at E3 this year.) There’s a lot of speculation on our…

Elnea’s posted a new Halo Action Figure Theater – and in honor of it being International Talk Like a Pirate Day, it’s all in Pirate-ese. I mostly don’t like this holiday… but I have to say, the third panel made me laugh. The fourth one, too.(Louis Wu 19:38:15 UTC)

FreeeK ShoW noticed that TechRadar included Halo in its list of ’48 things we hate about tech’. (Number 21 is technically ‘Online Gaming’ – but the picture on the first page of the article references Halo directly.) Overall, a pretty funny article!(Louis Wu 16:32:55 UTC)

Gamasutra is speculating that the Internal Halo team at Microsoft Game Studios might be called ‘Spawnpoint Studios’ – go read their rationale! (Louis Wu 15:30:57 UTC)

Seven new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 13:53:14 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted the results of last week’s gamer survey (are you left-brained or right-brained, and how does that affect your Halo playing?), and has put up a NEW one – how fast is your reaction time? Go test yourself. You’ll finally know why those other guys keep getting the drop on you. (Louis…