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  • Tuesday’s Video Offerings

    Videos available today, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:The Lighthouse is a machinima from Euphoria Films – a spooky story just in time for Halloween. (Nice Forging!)Laser-Tek 3000 is an ad for a big laser. Could use better voice-acting.ForgeHub has a new map – The Hollow – with a video showing it off. Go play Conquest!Go…

  • Printable Warthog Poster

    Boxer stopped in with a printable Warthog poster that he’d originally created for Pete Cooper’s Operation Chastity unveiling at the MCM Expo – now you can have one for YOUR wall!(Louis Wu 14:15:18 UTC)

  • Star Fell

    FireDragon04 wrote to let us know about a machinima/CG hybrid project that’s been in the works for quite a while – it won’t be released until later this year, but a teaser poster went live today. Looks pretty nice! (Louis Wu 13:53:09 UTC)

  • Helljumpers Pumpkin… and shoes.

    Hawty McBloggy has a very cool ODST-themed pumpkin on her front page today – go check it out! (I haven’t looked yet to see if it’s been submitted to our Guilt O’ Lantern contest… but it would be a real shame if it’s not!) While you’re over there, check out the pretty slick-looking Nike Dunk…

  • Where would Halo be if…

    The Toronto Globe and Mail have used Halo as a jumping-off spot for a discussion about gaming on the Mac, and where it might be going in the future. The article’s title is ‘What if Halo had launched on a Mac?’ – but really, that’s pretty much the extent of the Halo content of the…

  • Think You Know Someone

    The finale of this season of Red vs Blue: Recreation is now up for sponsors on the Rooster Teeth site – it’ll be live for the public in just a couple of hours. Lots of violence… not that many answers! Looks like Recreation is not over yet! (While you’re there, you might want to check…

  • Tag and Release: Rally (Night)

    Today’s Tag and Release offering at Bungie.net looks at shots taken on Rally (Night). Great shots!(Louis Wu 19:14:22 UTC)

  • ODST

    Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte has created a new render – this one based on an ODST model created by Nate Rogers. Very nice work! Go see it in his gallery here.(Louis Wu 18:44:57 UTC)

  • THI Montage Competition

    The Halo Insider is running a montage competition – win and you get $300 in cash, plus a bunch of intangible goodies, too. Go read the full details at TheHaloInsider.com! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:53:43 UTC)

  • Monday CC Video Offerings

    New vids for you today, courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter: MLG Requiem v3 Teaser promotes a new map available at Forge Hub (map link is in the post, too), and The Chronicles of Lyle: Chapter 3 (Part One) is a new episode of the Lyle saga, in which Lyle loses some friends. Go watch!(Louis Wu…

  • Halo Love in Music Awards

    The Hollywood Music in Media Awards & Conference is happening next month – November 19th, in Hollywood, CA. Lots of Halo content in the Video Game categories: both Stephen Rippy (Halo Wars) and Martin O’Donnell (Halo 3: ODST) are up for ‘Best Original Score’, and Marty’s also up for ‘Outstanding Music Supervision’. (These final nominations…

  • Monday Comic Roundup

    Stuntmutt sent along one final strip, for posting yesterday – I managed to screw up and forget it. You can read it now on the One One Se7en page. There was also a new grin + bear it posted at Hawty McBloggy’s yesterday – I think it was Punday! Go read ’em both.(Louis Wu 15:55:24…

  • Does he have to pay for the damage?

    Cracked.com has posted the ‘8 Manliest Images on the Internet’ – and Bungie’s head of Security Jerome Simpson appears in #4, with a Gravity Hammer. Nice! Thanks, elpolloguapo.(Louis Wu 14:37:51 UTC)

  • Guilt O’ Lantern: Prizes Announced

    There are currently only eight entries in the Guilt O’ Lantern contest – and we’ve finally gotten around to posting the prize list. You can win some pretty sweet schwag, just for creating a cool Halo-themed pumpkin – so what are you waiting for? Don’t forget, we recently posted both Halo 3 Emblems and Halo…

  • Do Zombies have Bone Marrow?

    Nori ‘kilaMOMjaro’ Fox reminded us that the time is fast approaching for the 2nd Annual HALOween Zombies Charity Tournament – have you registered yet? There are plenty of goodies to win, and all proceeds go to Be the Match Foundation – play Halo, kill zombies, help people who need bone marrow! The first day of…

  • What are you doing when you’re not decimating the Covenant?

    bildinabubble created some artwork showing off some of the lesser-known aspects of the Master Chief’s life – and Hawty McBloggy has collected them for your viewing pleasure. Who knew?(Louis Wu 12:39:09 UTC)

  • Hard Justice S2: Ep 9

    Looks like there’s a new episode of Hard Justice online – Season 2 Episode 9 can be found on YouTube. Bernard and Eddie are being chased by some pretty bad dudes. Are they going to live through the night? And who’s living in that cave?(Louis Wu 22:20:33 UTC)

  • Operation Chastity Warthog at MCM

    Nick Singer pointed out an article about the Operation Chastity Warthog, which made an appearance at the London Expo – pics and a short writeup are online. Looks amazing!(Louis Wu 14:40:22 UTC)

  • ASE Ep 11: Halo

    The final episode of Rampancy.net’s Anger, Sadness, and Envy – Episode 11, Halo – is online. This podcast covers the final level of Halo 3, and has Narcogen, Blackstar, and Miguel ‘Freewill’ Chavez discussing the level, how it fits into the game, and how it compares to Halo 1. 90 minutes, 90 mb; go listen!(Louis…

  • The One

    Tommy92L told us about ‘The One’ – a player who’s more than a man, less than a god, and does things with toothpicks you don’t want to know about. Here’s hoping you never meet him… (Louis Wu 14:32:12 UTC)