Author: halo@bungie.org

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 106 is now online – 38 minutes, 15 mb, full of Halo, Bungie, and beer. Go listen! (You might have missed 105 last week, because we did – mostly because Sigafoos did. Yes, our secret is out – we don’t actually pay attention to the community unless someone…

Ross Mills noticed that Video Games Live is releasing Greatest Hits, Volume 1 in a couple of weeks – and Halo will be among the games featured on the disc. Ross provides an Amazon.co.uk link to purchase – or you can grab it from the US Amazon. Details on the recording itself can be found…

In honor of Bungie Day, c0ld vengeance has created another Puzzleball map – go play with it!(Louis Wu 21:47:32 UTC)

Wow, cool. 3of9 pointed out that not only is today Bungie Day – but it’s the 7th anniversary of the birth of Subnova! (This was their first day of news, back on July 7, 2001.) Happy Birthday, guys! They haven’t been very vocal recently… but Subnova was home to the hardest of the hardcore Bungie…

Matt Sayar let us know about some guys playing Halo 3 all day and raising money for Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play charity, in honor of Bungie Day. If you want to join ’em, the gamertag to send a request too is BDay2008.(Louis Wu 19:02:03 UTC)

Appreciation On this very special Bungie Day, vociferous posted a thank-you note to Bungie – and Ascendant Justice opened a new gallery devoted to the beauty of the Halo universe.(Louis Wu 18:42:54 UTC)

bman3737 stopped by with a batch of Cold Storage-based Bungie Day wallpapers (and then added some text-free versions on request) – go look!(Louis Wu 18:25:36 UTC)

Bungie’s posted a Q&A for Cold Storage, with answers coming from the guys who worked on the map. Give it a read! Thanks again, mendicantbias00.(Louis Wu 17:20:32 UTC)

On March 22, Bungie released a podcast, with special guest Chris Butcher – and then the Bungie Podcast went dark. Added work, and the loss of Frankie, conspired to keep Bungie from revisiting this beloved outlet for community enlightenment… but now, three and a half months later, just in time for Bungie Day, it’s back.…

Okay, let’s start at the beginning. Back in October of last year, McFarlane released a schedule for Halo action figure release in 2008. Littlebigman transcribed the Spawn.com list, which is good, because it’s been edited since then. At that point, the plan for vehicles was a Series 2 release in June, consisting of a Scarab,…

UNSC Trooper let us know that the Fan Fic Pick of the Week for last Friday’s fiction release is now up on the HBOFF forum. Thanks to J.D. Ford for the work!(Louis Wu 16:31:24 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that you can grab Shipwrecked Episode 35 from his site.(Louis Wu 16:27:07 UTC)

Lordstemplar1 stopped in to point out Blackstone [Log 1] – a simple recon mission goes awry. Available in downloadable and streaming formats. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:44:00 UTC)

Back in January, a European contest sponsored by Xbox.com started up – Halo 3 Recut was looking for short movies showing the off-screen antics of the Halo characters. Winners were just announced (thanks, Planet Halo, who found the announcement at TeamXbox) – congrats to Scott Robertson, whose “Master Chief’s Day Off” won Scott a four-week…

Hawty McBloggy compiled thank-you notes from a huge number of community members in honor of Bungie Day – swing by and read the outpouring of Bungie Love. I wish I could say my thanks were included – but I forgot to send them to her. (On the bright side, I ate a LOT of barbecue…

Obienator has released Little Red Adventures Episode 3 – there’s a YouTube link available on his website, or you can download a higher-res WMP9 version (63.3 mb) or QuickTime version (63.1 mb) from our servers. Great cinematography, a new character, and a scary cliffhanger! Go watch. (Louis Wu 15:07:40 UTC)

The Wallpaper queue is quite long, and contains stuff that is many, many months old – and for that, I apologize. We’re putting up a single entry today, though, because it’s Bungie Day – thanks to ZZoMBiE13 for whipping it up! It’s 1440×900, widescreen format. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 14:54:23 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 62 is online – and an unknown entity is joining the action. If you can’t guess who it is, you’ll have to wait for an unveiling…(Louis Wu 14:44:04 UTC)

A bunch of our forumgoers immediately started playing with the Pan-Cam as soon as they got their hands on Cold Storage – go check out the panoramas (and the empty canvas map from pete_the_duck!) in this thread.(Louis Wu 14:42:09 UTC)

TheAdventuresOfRon stopped by to announce The Adventures of Ron, III – you can watch this promo clip on YouTube. I did… lots of movie references. I don’t think there was ever a first or second part.(Louis Wu 14:41:53 UTC)