Author: halo@bungie.org

Whoops, I saw this yesterday and forgot to post it. UNSC_Trooper mentioned on our forum that the FanFic Pick of the Week has been posted. Go check ’em out!(mnemesis 17:42:44 UTC)

Our last mention of the CollegeHumor-created Halo movie was back at the end of April; it’s been released now, and can be viewed on the CollegeHumor website. Halo 3 Homicide Detective follows a team investigating a mysterious death… there are some interesting notes on the blog of the director. Thanks to all the people who…

Google Alerts pointed out a movie called ‘Halo 3 Master Chief in Mario 5 (Part 2)’ – and yes, there are a lot more (linked in the description of the film). I haven’t watched them all – but the idea seems clever!(Louis Wu 16:00:03 UTC)

Chris Page put together a mock commercial based on a problem experienced by many Halo players. Go watch it at YouTube!(Louis Wu 15:57:45 UTC)

FireDragon04 let us know about a new project for which a trailer has just been released – it has no name yet, but it ends with the message ‘Simulating Soon’. Go watch!(Louis Wu 15:57:20 UTC)

Worth Playing has a piece on the “US Open”, one of the walk-in tournaments leading to the building of Team USA for the World Cyber Games. Go read about how to get there, and what you can win! The games kick off on May 31 in New York City.(Louis Wu 15:56:05 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned a newspaper article in which Jen Taylor stated that she didn’t get any fan mail related to her voice work as Cortana; some decided that might be because nobody knew where to send it to. Xorian did some leg (finger?) work, and got a mailing address, courtesy of her agent. Feel…

The US Army MWR (Morale, Welfare, and Recreation) is hosting a series of tournaments open to single soldiers in selected locations – see the promotion page for a list of locations and prizes!(Louis Wu 15:36:43 UTC)

There’s a new Bungie Publication over on Bungie.net, Halo 3 Flood Alien Level Autopsy by Environment Artist Vic DeLeon. Take a look, it’s a massive (150mb) amount of information spread over PDFs, PowerPoint presentations and a couple of videos. Very interesting and in-depth stuff, with plenty of humor interspersed throughout to keep you interested. Jordan117…

Marc Swint wrote this morning to let us know that Gray Team Transmission 2 is complete. Too complete, in fact, so much so that they’ve decided split it into two episodes. You can watch it and read about it on their blog, and if you missed the first one you can catch it here.(KP 17:57:19…

pete_the_duck dropped by the forum earlier to show off some beautiful panoramics he made. Nice!(mnemesis 14:42:27 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to announce Reclaimer #48 – back to the Reclaimer. Check it out!(mnemesis 14:37:26 UTC)

Digikid dropped us a note to let us know that Spriggs Episode 10 is available (in both Divx and YouTube varieties). Go check it out!(mnemesis 14:33:04 UTC)

Today’s episode of Another Halo Comic Strip is again from Keith Jones – and not only is it clever, but the art is spectacular. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 21:44:17 UTC)

Just a quick note – if you have Halo news you want us to post in the next few days, you should either post it in our forum, or mail it to halo@bungie.org; if you send it anywhere else, it’ll likely be missed until next week. You’ve been warned!(Louis Wu 17:51:12 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy noticed a Halo 3 ModTage on YouTube – a collection of Halo 3 mods, from a variety of sources. The soundtrack is entirely dumpable; play the movie silent, and you’ll be happier. Mod work’s pretty impressive, though!(Louis Wu 16:25:56 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked 23 is up – folks aren’t always what they seem…(Louis Wu 16:22:21 UTC)

Sigafoos sent word that The Riot 101 is now up – 21 minutes, 8.5 mb of Halo, Pokemon (yes, Pokemon), and Halo. Go listen!(Louis Wu 12:19:25 UTC)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer blogger 8bitjoystick has an interview with Marty O’Donnell, recorded last week (also available at 8BitJoystick.com) – lots of discussion about intellectual property, why the split with MS happened, and what they’re thinking about going forward. Halo (not surprisingly) is mentioned a few times.(Louis Wu 11:56:00 UTC)

mrsmiley wrote to say that the Halo Babies comics are back online (apparently, they’d disappeared for a bit), and if you chose, you can download all the strips in a single archive. Go read more details at halobabies.net!(Louis Wu 09:04:12 UTC)