Author: halo@bungie.org

Whee doggies! I love leaving the country. This morning, I got an email from the company that hosts the files*.bungie.org servers. One of their data centers had an explosion that knocked out several walls and an electrical equipment room. All servers are fine… but those hosted in that building are not accessible until (at the…

Stuntmutt’s ‘helping out’ again with today’s Another Halo Comic Strip. You’ve been warned.(mnemesis 22:32:09 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 49 – the Reclaimer meets one of the AIs, and begins to understand the problem of the Cavalcade. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:22:42 UTC)

Travis, from Darkspire Films, let us know that Matchmaking Episode 15 is now up (on YouTube and Machinima.com) – on the quest for the Bulldozer, the crew attempts to fulfill the wishes of the Guardians. Has Travis met his match in lagtrocity? (Louis Wu 14:18:04 UTC)

It’s Friday, so it’s time for Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s. Results from last week’s pic (well over 100 of ’em), plus a new shot that should garner a number of fun captions – go join in! (Louis Wu 14:17:31 UTC)

Tyler, from Young Street Productions, let us know that the first couple of episodes of the machinima ‘Forecast’ have been posted on YouTube (Episode 1 | Episode 2) – and if you poke around, there are other related films, as well. Follow the story of Craig and Eugene as they look for ways to stay…

nomis78 announced a few new panoramas, along with some observations about the process, at his new Wordpress site. Go look! (Louis Wu 14:15:56 UTC)

leftysrevenge pointed out Kung Fu Grip’s discovery of the lost audition tapes for GTA IV’s Niko. As left.e points out, it is slightly NSFW (for language, and naked barbies)… but Halo DOES play a part. (Louis Wu 14:15:12 UTC)

Shishka stopped by yesterday to point out the online portfolio of Chris Wood, the Art Director for Certain Affinity’s Blastacular Map Pack for Halo 2 (Desolation and Tombstone). There are some neat shots of the maps themselves (including concept art), along with tons of non-Halo material – good stuff! Go look. (Louis Wu 14:14:03 UTC)

Dennis Powers wrote to say that Shipwrecked Episode 24 is up – things aren’t going so well for our marines. (Louis Wu 14:13:14 UTC)

A few days ago, we mentioned a thread with writeups from pooberry’s DixieLAN event – pooberry added his own yesterday, but since he started a new thread, I feel obliged to point it out again. Silly man… but a silly man with an overactive camera. LOTS of pics. (Louis Wu 14:12:20 UTC)

Looks like the Fan Fiction dry spell is definitely over – there are 12 new pieces for you for reading over there today. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:10:21 UTC)

Bungie.Net has come through the far side of another overhaul. Tagged news, blog-style formatting, Silverlight media player, and so much more! Go check it out! Also, Legendary Brawl is up as this weekend’s Double EXP playlist.(mnemesis 19:49:57 UTC)

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…