Author: halo@bungie.org

Just four new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – but hey, there’s a new chapter from Jillybean’s ‘The Priestess and the Warrior’ series. Go read!(Louis Wu 11:23:31 UTC)

Decommissioner reminded me that Xbox360Fanboy is giving away a McFarlane Chopper this week, as part of their ongoing Fanswag program. Go register to win!(Louis Wu 20:42:44 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 didn’t think the stunt double gag was done after his last installment of Another Halo Comic Strip. (Heh.)(Louis Wu 18:38:56 UTC)

RotaJota reports that there’s an interview with Bungie’s Mike Zak in the May 2008 issue of Game Developer Magazine. It’s possible that this will show up on Gamasutra at some point, but for now, if you want to read it, you’ll need to find the dead tree edition. RJ says it’s a great read.(Louis Wu…

The Double Experience Weekend has kicked off a little early – Team Snipers is now live, and will be until Monday morning (early). Are you a sniper?(Louis Wu 18:25:14 UTC)

Another advertising award for the Halo: Believe campaign – The 2008 One Show offered ‘Best of Show’ to the campaign, saying that it “catapulted Halo 3 from an ordinary video game into a worldwide cultural phenomenon due to its ability to build an emotional rapport with the audience. The innovative stream of interactive TV, Web…

Dream053 has released a second audio teaser for his upcoming machinima project; you won’t be able to get the plot from this, but it should definitely leave you wanting more…(Louis Wu 17:10:44 UTC)

KRoNIC let us know that Halownage.com is hosting an 8-team double-elimination 4v4 Halo 3 tourney on May 23 and 24; very few slots, so get over and sign up! (Louis Wu 16:25:42 UTC)

Merc noticed a Halo-related comic over at TGSA – it’s from last month, but it’s new for me. A little disturbing, maybe…(Louis Wu 15:36:13 UTC)

Grand Theft Auto IV beat all sorts of sales records – first day, first week, units, dollars, whatever. I don’t think anyone was surprised by this; the franchise has sold a staggering 66 million copies in previous iterations, and this version is, by all accounts, the best yet. However, N4G has found a way to…

Hawty McBloggy has come up with another batch of Halo pick-up lines – this one’s lewder than the last. I’m thinking you’re asking for a smack if you try using these…(Louis Wu 20:41:07 UTC)

lou stopped by with a trailer for The Gaussness, a Halo 2 tribute to the Gauss Hog. It’s been a long time in the making – read his post for details.(Louis Wu 15:45:00 UTC)

HeavenlyYeti reports that the most recent Beat the Yeti challenge went well – Team Yeti beat Team FetalKittens in a nailbiter. Read the details at NinjaCritic.(Louis Wu 15:43:41 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to let everyone know that Reclaimer #45 is now online – the first meeting between Reclaimer and Ferial. He’s also trying to gauge interest in a PDF version of his comic – if you’d like to see that, stop by this thread and leave a comment.(Louis Wu 11:30:38 UTC)

The GamingTV Laughs for Cash Awards Ceremony was held last night, live… but if you missed it, you can download it (or stream it) today from the GTV website. Congrats to the winners, who took home a total of $200 in cash and 1600 MS points. Thanks to trigger119 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 11:30:20 UTC)

Terminator182 let us know that version 2.21 of his HBO RSS News Widget, for Mac OSX’s Dashboard, has been available since late March. (We haven’t mentioned it since March 8.) Just installed the update – nice changes! Go read the details.(Louis Wu 11:28:54 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk let us know that Clan Infectionist is holding a panorama contest – winner gets frontpage mention on their website and a custom forum title. You’ve got until May 18.(Louis Wu 11:28:35 UTC)

Heh – Xbox360Fanboy found a funny Halo version of the A-Team intro… wow, the memories. If you remember this from when it wasn’t on TV Land… you’re old.(Louis Wu 18:25:42 UTC)

When you can’t buy a plush grunt from Bungie, someone else will step in, eventually, and fill the void. Hawty McBloggy found someone who did that – check out the denim grunt you can pick up on eBay.(Louis Wu 17:37:57 UTC)

XerxdeeJ popped in with news of an interesting piece over at the Tied the Leader blog – it’s a panel discussion about downloadable content, where a large number of TTL stalwarts weigh in about whether they’d rather see totally new and fresh maps… or reimaginings of older favorites. While there is definitely a range of…