Author: HBO

Over at IGN Comics, there’s a nice interview with Brian Jarrard (aka SketchFactor) about the Halo Graphic Novel – including a few new art tidbits. Go learn new stuff about this project. Lots of people sent this in – looks like BitMaP was first.(Louis Wu 03:37:58 UTC)

Sbear pointed out that there are pictures and a sponsors-only video of the recent A-kon event in Texas over at the Edgeworks/Codex web page. Check it out!(Louis Wu 03:31:42 UTC)

smudge man wrote to point out a big Halo 2 tourney at Halo Jungle – top prize is a full year of free hosting with Web Frenzy. Swing by this forum post for more details and full rules.(Louis Wu 03:28:10 UTC)

Quick word of warning – looks like I’m busier here in Seattle than I’d expected; keeping up on the forum is going to be rough. If you have something you think is newsworthy that’s posted on the forum – please, send it via email to halo@bungie.org. Thanks!(Louis Wu 15:22:47 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that Halo2Wiki’s podcast, WikiRiot, has released episode 4. You can also download it from iTunes.(Louis Wu 15:20:31 UTC)

Dennis Powers pointed out that FireDragon04 has celebrated his 23rd birthday by releasing 6 new Halo CE maps: Desolate, Deceit, Denial, Defy, Ceaseless, and Shockwave. Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 15:18:02 UTC)

While Louis Wu is in transit we bring you cosplay, graphic novel and butterflies as presented in the Weekly Update? Take a look into the mind of Frankie and run away before the butterflies get you. For those in San Diego this is a must read.(Cybrfrk 02:22:06 UTC)

Oleg stopped by our forum to point out his blog (it’s in french), which contains information about a set of spartan armor he’s building (follow the ‘Projet’ link in the navbar). Great start!(Louis Wu 16:19:02 UTC)

In the past couple of weeks, there’ve been a few debates about some oddly-dressed characters visible for a few seconds in the Behind The Scenes documentary. Stuntmutt lays their identity to rest in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 14:44:00 UTC)

Over at High Impact Halo, S.O.G. pointed out a scar on Miranda’s cheek that looks an awful lot like a ‘7’. Is this an easter egg? Unofficial word from Bungie: “maybe”. (Yeah, I found it unsatisfying, too.)(Louis Wu 14:31:48 UTC)

Captain Spark submitted another couple of dozen dialogue snippets – you can find them on his website, or browse them individually in our Dialogue Databank. Lots of the timid marine today!(Louis Wu 14:07:41 UTC)

The Player of the Week over at MLGPro.com is Naded – check out this member of Storm Ventures as he prepares for Anaheim. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:38:45 UTC)

Twenty new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section – busy week!(Louis Wu 13:18:36 UTC)

MLG PwnCast has released episode 17 – it focuses on Anaheim, not surprisingly. 11:38 long, 13.4 mb (the ‘enhanced’ version is a third as big – I’m not sure I understand that). Go listen.(Louis Wu 13:07:56 UTC)

oriol003 suggested swinging by his article collection – there are quite a few of them, mostly looking at strategies or specific weapons. Text suffers from the Block of Doom syndrome (no line breaks), but there’s some interesting content there. Take a look!(Louis Wu 12:52:54 UTC)

Yesterday, Bungie took on the Xbox MVP group in their weekly Humpday Challenge… and for the first time in a long time, they came out on top. The writeup is notably harsh… methinks there’s some good-natured ribbin’ going on in there. Takeaway message from this set? Don’t let Frankie pick the gametypes.(Louis Wu 20:59:47 UTC)

Charliez, a RedvsBlue community member, sent along this link to Hallo, a new comic that will be coming out every Sunday. Cortana installs Vista…(Louis Wu 14:17:05 UTC)

Over at Halo Planet, I read about another Halo Armor effort – check out LinkProductions (go to ‘Props’, then ‘Halo Props’; there’s a full outfit, plus plasma and human pistols. (This is the same plasma pistol as we saw on eBay a few months ago. At that point, I hadn’t realized there was more that…