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  • Tuesday Montage Mania

    A couple of new montages for your viewing pleasure, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Top 10 MLG Plays, Episode 10, from B Mc Gann, has (as you’d expect) some impressive matchmaking play. (I sort of wonder what other players on a team are doing when someone’s getting back-to-back exterminations…)pTw’s Tunnel Vision is 90 seconds of noscopes.…

  • OC’s Spike Grenade

    You might remember smick6 – he created a pretty cool Brute Spiker last year. He’s back, with a spike grenade he whipped up for the Operation Chastity crew – he sent us some pics. (It’s hand-crafted, its design a combination of the Weta and in-game versions. The version you see here is ABS plastic -…

  • Co-Optimus: Firefight High Score Night

    Co-Optimus is going to be running a new monthly gaming event in partnership with Halo Waypoint – Halo-themed co-op events that will be featured on Waypoint. First up – Halo 3: ODST Firefight Highscore Night. It’s this Friday night, November 13, at 8 pm EST – go learn how you can play!(Louis Wu 16:02:30 UTC)

  • Try not to get that on your shirt.

    Hawty McBloggy highlighted a paper-mâché Master Chief Helmet – pretty cool!(Louis Wu 15:41:30 UTC)

  • Frigid Warmth

    Bry noticed a new piece of artwork from Rahll (we’ve got some of his stuff in our Miscellaneous Art section, but he’s got TONS more at DeviantART) – it’s got influences from Halo, Mass Effect, and Star Wars, among other sources. And it’s gorgeous. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:41:05 UTC)

  • BladedExpert’s 3 Minute Montage

    BladedExpert posted what he thinks is his last Halo 3 montage – it’s 3 minutes long, full of combo-kills, and is very nicely timed. Not a lot of fancy editing – but a good montage doesn’t NEED fancy editing, it needs good clips, and good timing. This has both.(Louis Wu 15:40:39 UTC)

  • The natives are getting restless

    Fans are getting loud – I guess they want to be heard. A couple of days ago, Hawaiian Pig kicked off a large thread on our forum, asking how many people were still playing Halo 3: ODST? Various arms of the thread debated the replayability of the game, the weaknesses of certain choices Bungie made,…

  • Chattering Chabobs of Chegativity

    Out all afternoon, here’s a quick roundup of the new stuff on Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter:Crazy Fish Productions released a splatter montage. I can’t tell you about it, because YouTube seems to be down at the moment.Today’s Tag and Release feature spotlights images taken on the Lost Platoon Firefight map. ‘Epic’ comes to mind.HaloCharts’ Sticktoberfest contest…

  • Happy Birthday, Halo 2.

    Today marks the fifth anniversary of the release of Halo 2 – go play a round on Sanctuary to celebrate! (Avateur kicked off a thread in our forum, if you feel like sharing your views…)(Louis Wu 17:41:24 UTC)

  • Waypoint content grows

    Halo Waypoint continues to churn out new content – today a video interview with Frank O’Connor went live, explaining how he found himself in his current position as ‘King of Halo’ (I made that up). The rest of the week will see a new PSA from Red vs Blue, a collection of Screenshots, a strategy…

  • Guilt O’ Lantern Contest: Results Posted

    After a week of voting, the results are in – and our winners in the 2009 Guilt O’ Lantern contest have been posted! Swing by the Results page for full details. Congrats to EVERYONE who entered – it’s because of insanely cool content like yours that we keep doing this every year! (And thanks, once…

  • Oh, Hayabusa! (Halo 3 Noob Song)

    patfan8326 and skullkruncher13 put together a song that will drill its way into your skull and eat your brains. It will make your dreams come true.(Louis Wu 14:42:16 UTC)

  • Keep It Clean… and Tasty

    A Hawty McBloggy fan named Skittles created a cool timelapse construction of the Superintendent… built out of Skittles. Bonus: You can eat your work when you’re finished! (Louis Wu 14:41:37 UTC)

  • MLG Anaheim: tD beats Str8

    Congratulations to Triggers Down, who beat Str8 Rippin 6-5 in the finals at Anaheim to walk away with the MLG First Place finish – and $20,000 – in the last regular-season event of the year. Full results and (rebroadcasts of the matches) can be found at MLGPro.com. (Louis Wu 14:40:22 UTC)

  • Hints of future greatness

    Adam Grumbo tells me it’s not really news, but I think I disagree. He’s posted some pre-production test footage the 405th crew put together while trying to see what sort of low-light capabilities their camera had. The answer seems to be ‘pretty nice!’ There’s no script, no real plot – it’s just a few minutes…

  • Monday Comic Roundup

    Bloogyo’s back with a new chapter of Rat’s Nest (the first three episodes are up), and yesterday’s Grin + Bear It contains a double-whammy – condom talk and a shot at the French. Whee doggies!(Louis Wu 14:33:49 UTC)

  • PA Forums 5th Year Anniversary Contest

    FyreWulff stopped in yesterday with word of a screenshot contest running on the Penny Arcade forums – it’s to commemorate 5 years of Halo love there. Swing by and read the rules – you might win yourself 1600 points!(Louis Wu 14:32:39 UTC)

  • Cutting Remarks.

    Stuntmutt simply couldn’t resist the bait offered by 343 Industries with The Babysitter; a special Sunday One One Se7en looks at the issue. (Personally, I’d hesitate making comments like that next to a guy who obviously knows his way around a sniper rifle…)(Louis Wu 16:49:28 UTC)

  • Star Fell Teaser

    A week or so ago, FireDragon04 told us about a teaser poster for an upcoming machinima project, Star Fell – today, there’s a Teaser vid up on YouTube. Nice work, if a little light on content! Take a look – it’s only a minute long.(Louis Wu 16:01:58 UTC)

  • All people needed to do… was believe.

    DesignCritique has a look back at the Halo 3: Believe ad campaign, to see how it worked with the benefit of hindsight. Not surprisingly, it holds up, two years later. Amazing stuff!(Louis Wu 15:58:08 UTC)