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  • SIP – Helping with Annuals since… well, a while.

    Need your Annual Achievement, but can’t find three friends who have the time to run through it with you? The Spartan 1 Project is here to help. Swing by their Bungie.net Group page to find willing helpers – or swing by this Bungie Blog post discussing their achievements to download a sub-15-minute Annual run!(Louis Wu…

  • The Gophers Want You!

    The Halo 3 Gophers have kicked off a new website – and are hosting a Forge contest to celebrate. Swing by and check ’em out – and if you like to play with Forge, take a look at the contest. The best multiflag Sandbox variant wins either Microsoft Points or an action figure. You’ve got…

  • Halo Wars HD Cutscenes (from Infectionist.com)

    HaLo2FrEeEk posted a meaty monster in our forum – it contains links to all the Halo Wars cutscenes, downloadable in both SD and HD, in both WMP9 and QuickTime. In fact, he’s put so much work into this, we didn’t feel like we couldn’t offer a permanent page for these videos. (We’re not hosting them;…

  • Friday Comic Roundup

    A really short comic list today – all we’ve got for you is 2501 Episode 50 (thanks, urk) and Reclaimer Episode 183 (thanks, TTL Demag0gue). Guess it’s gonna be a small cup of coffee…(Louis Wu 12:19:04 UTC)

  • LEGO Bionicle: Jackal

    retinence whipped out a brand-new Halo-related Bionicle – this one’s a Jackal. Extra pictures here. Where’s my carbine?(Louis Wu 12:18:38 UTC)

  • Colors

    GeneticSpartan dropped by with word of ‘Colors’, a Halo music vid he made based on the song by Kira Willey. Works well – very mellow! (Looks like Hawty McBloggy liked it too.) (Louis Wu 11:43:38 UTC)

  • Mindless Intentions Ep3: Martyrdom

    RogueDarkJedi stopped in with word of Mindless Intentions Episode 3: Martyrdom. It looks at what might happen if a couple of the most popular XBL games were merged… I think my head might explode.(Louis Wu 11:43:01 UTC)

  • Friday Caption Fun, Round 46

    Hawty McBloggy has another round of Friday Caption Fun for you – highlights from last week, plus a Guardian shot just waiting to be defiled. See what you can do! (Louis Wu 11:42:23 UTC)

  • Dunh dunh dunuh dun dun dun duh…

    Halo0001 X sent word of Mandlbaum in: “White Bomb” [Part 3 of 3] – it’s a tribute to all those “so bad they’re good” movies from 20 or 30 years ago that you stumble across while you’re channel-surf, and then find yourself strangely unable to turn off. Starts a little slow… but it definitely picks…

  • Podtacular 188

    Podtacular 188 has been released – it discussed customs and creations from the Mythic maps (with a heavy focus on Sandbox, for obvious reasons). Guests are PainKilla05 and Captain Planet. 52 minutes, 24 mb.(Louis Wu 11:40:57 UTC)

  • Friday’s Fan Fiction

    A solid seven new pieces are available for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read! (Louis Wu 11:40:35 UTC)

  • Fake Arms in the Dishwasher

    A new ‘Breaking In’ article went live at Bungie.net yesterday – Jason Sussman, Finishing Artist, discusses what he does at Bungie, and how he got there. Wanna join him? Read and learn!(Louis Wu 11:38:58 UTC)

  • urk makes my afternoons easier

    BungLog™ Goodies:Forgebattle.com is hosting a Mythic Map Friday – join them for custom games on Forged Mythic mapsProject Rooster has O 2 the T – a Halo rap full of smacktalkHerbal T goes HD, for some montage goodnessShould keep you busy for a little bit…(Louis Wu 22:05:06 UTC)

  • Playing Halo ODST Remix

    A very unreasonable man sent along this link – jastonlabostar sings ‘Playing Halo ODST Remix’, a parody of Mariah Carey’s ‘Touch My Body’. The floral wallpaper and fairy figurines add the finishing touch…(Louis Wu 17:28:42 UTC)

  • Aesthetic Artist Montage

    A Deaf Boy has whipped up a screenshot montage showing off the best shots from the first four Aesthetic Artist Interviews – take a look. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:20:49 UTC)

  • Director Dialogues – Anoj

    It’s Thursday, so RandomSauce has whipped up another Director Dialogue – this discussion is with Anoj, the guy behind the nearly 3-dozen-strong Top 10 Halo 3 series. Go see what drives him, and how he does what he does!(Louis Wu 11:49:44 UTC)

  • Phil – Day Eight

    BlackLightProductions stopped in with word of Phil – Day Eight. Phil and company do their best to ascertain whether the legend of the Ghost of Blackout is real… or something else. I dunno… it made me laugh. Go watch.(Louis Wu 11:44:19 UTC)

  • Gamer Symphony Orchestra – Free Concert Saturday

    If you’re anywhere near College Park, Maryland this weekend, you might want to swing by the Spring Concert of the UMD Gamer Symphony Orchestra – the 90 instrumentalists and singers will be performing selections from many games, Halo among them. Admission is free. There’s a downloadable flier on that main page, and the Recordings page…

  • How did that hit me?

    Hawty McBloggy brought a new video by KillPie to our attention – Top 10 Halo 3 Ricochets, in HD. Go watch sniper bullets (and a rocket) fly in directions that have nothing to do with the way their guns were pointing.(Louis Wu 11:36:17 UTC)

  • GoGuard

    The overseers of the Bungie Favorites for this two-week span, The PraetoriaGuard, have rolled over the contents to their second batch. Swing by and see what they’ve posted! While you’re there, read about the map ‘Access’.(Louis Wu 18:46:45 UTC)