Author: halo@bungie.org

Ma1agate was the first attendee to speak up, but a recent LAN party hosted by pooberry saw a number of HBO regulars partaking in activities as diverse as playing Halo, eating Tijuana Mamas, and drinking Dave’s Ultimate Insanity (or not, in Mintz’s case). sorahn took some pictures, and pooberry himself will be adding a writeup…

A few months ago, we mentioned a plan by Universal music to find some monks to record an album, after Halo’s theme song revved up the public demand for chanting. Apparently, they succeeded – and the album is climbing the European charts as we speak. Thanks, Anton P. Nym.(Louis Wu 08:58:22 UTC)

Rockslider found a way to double your Arbiter fun on Covenant – go read about it at Bad Cyborg if you want to battle your way through with two sidekicks.(Louis Wu 08:51:49 UTC)

nomis78 stopped by to point out that all of his panoramas have been organized on a Wordpress site, for easy browsing – check it out!(Louis Wu 08:46:09 UTC)

Scotty let us know that The Social has recreated the classic Flash project ‘Tankmen’ (see Newgrounds for the original) as a Halo machinima. If you’ve never seen this before, be aware that dialogue is probably NSFW (but then, it’s the evening of a holiday, so you’re probably not working…).(Louis Wu 21:56:53 UTC)

Larry The Marine has been updated with a Memorial Day message – go see.(Louis Wu 21:55:48 UTC)

Rooster Teeth has kicked off Red vs Blue: Reconstruction – the extended version of the first episode is available on the Sponsors forum, but the final version should be available on the front page (for everyone, sponsors or not) soon. This is NOTHING like their last RvB series… but quality is amazingly high. Go download…

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer #47 is now up – and the Reclaimer website is sporting a new look, and a new forum. If you’re losing track of the storyline, this episode is for you.(Louis Wu 16:30:27 UTC)

Ascendant Justice continues their look back at Halo 3 – their analysis of The Storm went up last night. A well-written analysis, as usual, chock-full of great observations and connections. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:40:13 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, there are new posts for sheet music – Perilous Journey and Unforgotten, both transcribed by Devin. (You need to log in to see the attachments, and even then, there seems to be nothing attached to the Unforgotten post – but that might change later today.)(Louis Wu 12:39:57 UTC)

tombodemon added himself to a number of Halo scenes for some sort of academic project – fun stuff!(Louis Wu 12:25:55 UTC)

big appleton created a Memorial Day tribute, using cutscene footage along with footage from other trailers and promotional material – very nicely done. A fitting video as the US takes a day to remember those who’ve sacrificed to protect her. (If you choose to respond to his forum post, please remember our rules regarding political…

DigitalPh33r (and Lemur) have put together Arby ‘n’ the Chief: The Movie; it’s 30 minutes, and there seems to be a problem with the full YouTube version, but if you watch it in two parts, it works fine (Part 1 | Part 2). Master Chief gets a taste of Hollywood… and then some. Thanks to…

NZ-TK’s added another couple of progress shots for his EOD helmet – you can find them at the 405th Forum, or you can find them in his gallery here.(Louis Wu 21:36:08 UTC)

Maximum Fear pointed out a small gallery he’s put up for a Master Chief sculpture created by Jason Evans – great job! (Louis Wu 21:34:20 UTC)

In the last few months, we’ve posted links to lots of panoramic shots (and collections of panoramic shots), and one of the more common questions we see these days is “how do you use the pan-cam feature/how do you get outside of the levels to take those pics?” pete_the_duck has kindly written up an easy-to-follow…

Halo.fr interviewed Adam Grumbo, armor maker extraordinaire. If you’d rather read it in English, the original is here. Thanks, LastSpartan.(Louis Wu 17:30:11 UTC)

Ragegummy, from The Social, let us know about a new gametype they’re promoting – it’s called ‘Dodgeball’. I’ve played a few different gametypes where the goal was to stick the opponent (including the Bungie Favorite ‘Nades and Spades’), and I love them… this one seems seriously polished. Check out the rules and guidelines – then…

Yesterday, we got a note from Stephen Loftus – he’d used a tool pointed out on our forum to add some previously-unknown measurements to his Halo Scale Comparison charts. The UNSC Albatross Dropship has been added to the UNSC Vehicles page. Nice! (There might also be some new articles on the way, soon…)(Louis Wu 16:06:38…

I stumbled upon ‘Honoring Bungie’, a group at Bungie.net that has done some interviews with Bungie personnel – there’s a three-parter with Luke Smith (Part One | Part Two | Part Three) and another three-parter with JonnyOThan (Part One | Part Two | Part Three). Go see what drove these guys to get jobs at…