Author: halo@bungie.org

The latest Inside Halo (Episode 16) is now up for downloading on YouTube – they’re still in Mexico, it’s still surreal, but they’re coming home. News, video picks, top plays. What more could you want?(Louis Wu 20:42:28 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 takes a break from his break to bring you rules about how to submit Guest Strips for Another Halo Comic Strip. Go read ’em… then get to composing!(Louis Wu 20:40:55 UTC)

Grunts R Us has put together a Halo 3 Meta Game guide – point values for everything are laid out for you to study. Plan out your high score today! Thanks to Bungie’s new blog for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:36:26 UTC)

Looks like your next good look at Halo Wars is going to come from GamePro magazine… check out the July issue for details!(Louis Wu 19:50:46 UTC)

PEZ let us know that halowiki.net has a new article on effective vehicle usage – go read it, and see your vehicles do more!(Louis Wu 19:22:08 UTC)

I’m a little nervous front-paging this, because we’re talking about four and a half gigs worth of videos… but you guys are gonna be gentle, right? Cody Miller stopped by to let us know that High Speed Halo has posted four-player Coop Speedruns from six of Halo 3’s 9 levels (all on Legendary). You can…

Heh – Conscars, over at Modacity, did a bit of editing to come up with a fun 12-second clip – swing by to check it out. The engineers seal this one. Thanks, rob oplawar.(Louis Wu 16:32:49 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer #51 has been released – Resplendent Legacy clears up some sticky points for our hero. Also, there are fan-created wallpapers for download – go see!(Louis Wu 12:23:12 UTC)

The Jasman Plasma Pistol laser toy has been out since last fall – but until now, it’s been $80 or so per unit, a pretty steep price to pay. According to this new post on The Xbox Collector, though, Jasman is releasing a pair of pistols for $40 – either it’s a huge discount, or…

PFG let us know that he’s listed two unreleased Halo figures on eBay – the first is a prototype White Spartan with funky mismatched emblems, the second is a Battle Damaged Halo 3 Master Chief created by Joyride before they backed out of the Halo 3 license – there are very few of these out…

Bungie’s hiring again – this time, they’re looking for a User Experience Designer. The listing on the Jobs page is… extensive. Go see what they want!(Louis Wu 21:23:14 UTC)

Kotaku has an interview with François Boucher-Genesse, mission designer on Halo 3, who’s left Bungie to enter the world of academia. Go read why!(Louis Wu 21:17:58 UTC)

Today’s Guest Edition of Another Halo Comic Strip comes from Lafinman – does the UNSC need to work on its hardware?(Louis Wu 20:28:25 UTC)

Game Guru, in India, has listed their 6 ‘Chumpions’ of 2008 – games that have no chance of living up to the hype. Halo Wars is on their list, because they don’t believe a Real Time Strategy game will work on a console. Hmm…(Louis Wu 20:28:14 UTC)

2P START! has another Halo-related comic (it was posted in April, but Don just brought it to our attention today) – pretty clever!(Louis Wu 17:07:49 UTC)

Terminator182 let us know that his HBO RSS News Widget has gotten a few minor tweaks (version number is now 2.22); looks like fonts have been cleaned up. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:03:55 UTC)

Sigafoos pointed us to The Riot 102 – 21 minutes, 9 mb, full of challenges, videos, and – mudkips? WTF…(Louis Wu 12:25:44 UTC)

XerxdeeJ stopped by with word of a Tied the Leader update – no writeup on the LAN festivities yet (hey, they spent a couple of weeks partying, it might take a few days to recap the fun!), but there are two new articles: a new panel discussion about the parts of Halo that might be…

Captain Spark figured out a way to break Sierra 117 – nice going, dude. Who’s gonna pay for that? (Louis Wu 12:10:34 UTC)

Simpsons Rule was the first to notice an article over at Kotaku about Balloon Guy… and his amazing talents with balloons. (Check out his Featured Images slideshow – there’s some really cool stuff in there.)(Louis Wu 12:08:07 UTC)