Author: halo@bungie.org

RVideo pointed out Jump Theory, a movie released on High Impact Halo and on Halo3Forum yesterday. Some amazing jumping! Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:22:14 UTC)

Rockslider has managed to make use of a tip he received that lets him remove the Arbiter entirely from The Storm – go read about it!(Louis Wu 19:14:25 UTC)

Underdawg253 let us know that Etzun Films has put out The Third Temptation of Paris, a music vid. It’s way, way, WAY too big (250 mb for 4 minutes, and it’s only 720×480), and the story makes very little sense without the explanation at HaloGrid… but the filming’s pretty nice.(Louis Wu 15:47:33 UTC)

AnTi PRO decided to bequeath you with the benefits of his naming skillz (see what I did there?) – over at Arm the Flag you’ll find AnTi PRO’s 8 Step Guide to Making a Pro Gamertag. Follow this guide, and in no time you’ll have the coolest gamertag out there!(Louis Wu 14:45:48 UTC)

A moving Bungie Weekly Update tonight… it’s the end of an era, of sorts. Go read. (If you’d rather, you can do so in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 00:15:50 UTC)

Bungie Favorites has been updated again, and for the second week in a row the content comes from RunningRiot.com – go check the link at B.net, and then get to downloading!(Louis Wu 20:06:44 UTC)

Over at Grifball.com, a new contest has kicked off – take a cool screenshot during Grifball weekend, top shot wins a Grifball t-shirt. Go read the rules, then get to screenshotting!(Louis Wu 18:03:15 UTC)

A Roanoke, VA TV station posted a story about foul language from Halo 3 players on Xbox LIVE – the reporter claimed it was ‘an eye-opener’ for him, and that his son would no longer be allowed to play against random people, but that just tells me that he didn’t do any homework before buying…

About a month ago, Dobermann posted a beta test of Halo Zero 2 (a followup to a sidescroller released a couple of years ago) – you can try out the weapons and AI for the newest iteration. Looking good! Thanks to cupalloymk.vii for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:34:43 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 20 is up – Taylor and Johnston continue to explore.(Louis Wu 17:34:19 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned the US Army Halo 3 Championship, and the controversy that existed in the Pacific region. A spokesperson from Microsoft NZ has made a statement that it’s not just rank that matters – you had to properly register (by downloading the gamerpic within a small time window), and the…

ryu9921 let us know that there’ve been a couple new Larry the Marine strips posted since the last one we mentioned (How it all began Part 6 and Part 7) – glad SOMEONE’S keeping up! (Louis Wu 16:25:19 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted Friday Caption Fun, Round 8 – this contains the cream of the crop from the nearly 200 captions posted LAST week, plus a new shot (again with the perspective tricks) for you to grace with your wit. (Louis Wu 16:21:26 UTC)

Backward Compatible has a Halo-themed comic up today.(mnemesis 16:05:53 UTC)

Daolpu, the artist we mentioned yesterday whose time-lapse drawing of Cortana was available on YouTube, has posted a much higher-res version on FileFront. Grab it if you want to see a creation come to life before your eyes!(Louis Wu 16:00:15 UTC)

GhaleonEB stopped by to point out a post by Shishka over at NeoGAF – it contains details about some new entries in the Ranked Big Team Battle playlist that should make BTB enthusiasts really, really happy. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 15:47:05 UTC)

Planet Halo noticed a blog post on a blog called ‘The Space Oddity’ which suggested that Gearbox is working on a new Halo game, a prequel to the existing Halo trilogy. This is strongly into ‘rumor’ territory, so take it with a grain or two of salt… but it’s something to keep an eye on.(Louis…

Just a tiny Fan Fiction update this week – only three new pieces. Shouldn’t take you long at all to read ’em!(Louis Wu 15:34:35 UTC)

Music 4 Games sat down with Marty O’Donnell to find out what drives him, what inspires him, what got him started. Fun read! Go check it out. Thanks, Greg. (Louis Wu 19:41:49 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 has posted Episode 100 of Another Halo Comic Strip – and announced a hiatus. (Not so much for the strip – he’s found someone to fill in for him… just for himself, to reenergize and become reinspired.) And I’d just like to say, on a personal note… those aren’t my eyes.(Louis Wu 19:04:17 UTC)