Author: halo@bungie.org

Over at the newly reskinned Rampancy.net (nice work, Blackstar!), you can find a full score transcription of Finish the Fight (woodwinds/brass/percussion/choir/strings). The work was done by Jonathan Churchill, and as always, you’ll need to be logged in to actually download the files. Pretty nice work! (This was originally released in late April, but it wasn’t…

Mrguy ran across a pretty cool piece of concept art created by Ed Lee, who worked on the Halo Graphic Novel, and Halo Wars. (Not sure where this picture fits in – I’d GUESS Halo Wars, but that could be wrong.) He found it on the Gnomon School website (where Ed is an instructor), and…

Whoa, very cool. The Halo Wars website has started to post info about the UNSC Arsenal on their website – check this page here. There are still some ‘hidden’ sections – but those will probably come online in the near future, as we ramp up to E3. Thanks, Botolf.(Louis Wu 21:06:38 UTC)

NOKYARD pointed out that Grifball Summer League has been announced – there are some interesting changes (there will be a veteran tier and a rookie tier, for example), so go read the note. The official game variant and the official map are, as always, on the top of Grifball.com. Go sign up!(Louis Wu 18:25:20 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue mentioned that Reclaimer 58 is now up – what’s going on?(Louis Wu 16:45:37 UTC)

MffnMn was the first to point out a Halo reference on last night’s The Daily Show – you can watch the whole 5 and a half minute segment on Comedy Central’s site. If that’s more than you want, the video-game-related part of the McCain/Obama comparison can be downloaded from us (1:15 long, about 11 mb…

Xmoosev3 noticed that over at Kotaku Australia, they’d gotten their hands on a Microsoft marketing survey… asking what sort of Halo games you might be willing to buy in the future. It’s a pretty wide list!(Louis Wu 16:37:02 UTC)

Yesterday, Gavino, a well-known fixture in the Red vs Blue community, posted a Halo Compilation. (Most of us call those things ‘montages’ – but hey, he’s a brit.) Now, normally, I wouldn’t even mention stuff that’s posted in RvB journals, because they’re not visible without an account… but this vid is pretty fun, so we…

ZZoMBiE13 has cause for celebration in today’s Another Halo Comic Strip – go see why.(Louis Wu 20:02:17 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 104 is now up – Halo talk, as usual, plus MGS4 spoilers (no, neither Sigafoos nor Brathnok have played the game) – 21 minutes, 9 mb. Tuesday? These puppies are slipping…(Louis Wu 14:25:15 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy pointed out an amazing guitar she found at the Halo Museum (a site, by the way, that I’d never heard of, but that has some pretty fun stuff in it) – go check out the story of this custom-painted, Halo-themed, flame-bodied, Steve-Vai-signed guitar! (Louis Wu 10:24:18 UTC)

We’ve gotten a number of emails about a challenge put forth by Sir Killalot33 over on the Bungie.net forums – in light of the fact that a few days ago, the number of Campaign kills surpassed the population of this planet, and the fact that Bungie Day is just 13 days from now… can we,…

The HBO Fan Fiction Forum is running a contest – prove how knowledgeable you are about Halo canon! Go read the rules (and the questions) at the HBOFF forum. Thanks, UNSC Trooper. (Louis Wu 10:09:04 UTC)

At the end of May, a whole lot of TTL Gunslingers got together in Florida and partied for a weekend. They had fun, they raised money for charity, they played a lot of Halo. They filmed the whole shebang. Swing by Tied the Leader for a writeup, and a link to the video, either streaming…

Bootstrap Boon recreated the WALL-E trailer… with a more familiar cast of characters. Nice job!(Louis Wu 09:54:42 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 31 is up – the Guardians have taken an interest. (Louis Wu 09:54:25 UTC)

xupaosso found a slideshow on Maxim (pages aren’t SFW) showing off their choices for The Greatest Video Game Heroes of All Time. Master Chief is on the list.(Louis Wu 09:53:36 UTC)

Yesterday, SinisterSamurai asked about recommended reading – it started off as a ‘what are some books recommended by the Bungie dudes who worked on Halo?’, but has since branched off a bit – the thread is FULL of recommendations of all sorts of good Sci-Fi (and other stuff). Dave Candland tossed in a list he…

Over at Bungie.net, you can see a screenshot that recreates the very first Halo screenshot ever released – in a slightly updated engine. Go look!(Louis Wu 09:52:17 UTC)

K8lunch noticed that there’s a new Larry the Marine up – Larry needs to work on those instinctive responses.(Louis Wu 09:51:46 UTC)