Author: halo@bungie.org

evildoctorwill noticed that the seventh MLG/ESPN Top 10 is now vieweable at MLGPro.com. Ten pretty cool clips, and an amazing Moment of Zen. Go watch! (Louis Wu 11:52:14 UTC)

Terminal Failure pointed out a very funny ‘Stump Speech’ over at the New Yorker – it could be Obama, until about the third sentence. The Halo reference that makes this mentionable here shows up about halfway through, but the whole thing is worth reading. Give it a look! (Louis Wu 11:51:37 UTC)

There are eight new pieces up for your reading pleasure this week in the Fan Fiction section – go get ’em!(Louis Wu 11:50:27 UTC)

Team Snipers Double Experience Weekend has started – go shoot someone!(Louis Wu 19:39:57 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Chamellion posted what looks like a press release for an event at the Arlington Park Racetrack near Chicago. (I hunted around, but couldn’t find the original.) This Sunday, July 27, Steve Downes (voice of the Master Chief) will be on hand to sign autographs and any Halo merchandise you bring him, and…

Scotty wrote to let us know that Halo 3 RPG is now online – sign up to play Halo in this web-based RPG. There’s a guest account if you want to see what you’re getting into. Just tried it out… not sure I understand how it works. (I picked a playlist, it said I won.…

Bungie’s posted a note about their involvement at PAX, the Penny Arcade Expo coming up at the end of August. They’ll be on the show floor, and they’ll be showing off some brand new Halo 3 multiplayer content, among other things – w00t! On a sadder note, the huge fanfest they’d been planning has been…

Weta, the New Zealand studio that created all those cool props for the Neil Blomkamp Halo shorts (along with other little tidbits like, say, the Lord of the Rings movies), has announced a new line of Halo collectible statues. These will be on display this week in San Diego (during the Comic Convention) – you…

Pretty interesting article over at Gamasutra – Bungie’s Steve Scott gave a talk at Microsoft’s GameFest 2008 on the importance of effects artists for today’s videogames. Lots of cool Halo 3 details. Give it a read! (Louis Wu 15:25:37 UTC)

Google Alerts brought me news of a Halo 3 Campaign review from Captain Spark – but before I could post it, Rockslider pointed it out in our forum. Go read the musings of a longtime HBO contributor! (Louis Wu 15:23:20 UTC)

Eurogamer’s posted their full post-E3 interview with Don Mattrick, and Halo comes up quite a bit. Very little new information, really, but the wording is interesting.(Louis Wu 15:22:58 UTC)

TheGuardian let us know he’s been working on some new Halo 3 Panoramas – you can see them over at DeviantART. I really like ‘The Gap’! (Louis Wu 15:20:50 UTC)

HeavenlyYeti wants to build your next Forge project. Swing by NinjaCritic for the details.(Louis Wu 15:20:33 UTC)

G4’s Awards show, G-Phoria 2008 is open for voting – Halo is up for a few categories. Best Downloadable Content, Best Online Multiplayer, Best Shooter, Stride Longest Lasting Game, and Game of the Year. Vote now – winners announced on August 7th at 8 pm! Thanks to General Vagueness for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 15:11:48…

BlackLightProductions let us know that Phil – Day Three has been posted. Phil learns about the Juggernaut gametype, America’s Top Model, and hand lotion. And other stuff. Pretty funny – go watch!(Louis Wu 23:43:11 UTC)

wwm0nkey1 wrote to let us know about an in-game glitch that can create some pretty bizarre Halo armor variants; start with two turrets, placed one on top of each other, and then two players, one on each turret, and you get some wild results! Lots and lots of examples, plus a map variant already built…

tg sneak stopped in to point out that PreGame Lobby Episode 6, ‘dDrunmk!’, is now up on YouTube. Drinking and Zombies… mmm. (Louis Wu 20:30:47 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a video where someone picked up an astoundingly lucky snipe – three bounces, and then the head of an unsuspecting (and totally unseen) target. Should sniper bullets bounce this much? Tell Hawty what you think!(Louis Wu 19:35:23 UTC)

EazyB recreated Valhalla using the Wii’s Boom Blox. Amazing! (Even more so when he blows it up!)(Louis Wu 18:19:10 UTC)

Geez, this is a little twisted… Creative Coffins will let you be buried in a casket that reflects your life loves… including Halo 3. LackOfKnowledge found this at Gizmodo. (It’s unclear whether these are real, actually; the Creative Coffins website contains no mention of the video game choices, and the coffin SHAPES shown there are…