Check this out:

mythicmoviecontest.bungie.org

What is this, you ask? Simple: it’s a new contest looking for fan-made trailers showing off the Mythic maps… with winners getting all sorts of goodies (Recon armor, Bungie Pro for their File Share, extra Mythic codes for friends). The rules are all there – read ’em. Read ’em carefully, because we’re going to get a lot of submissions, and I promise you, if we can weed your entry out because you didn’t read the rules, we’re gonna. (No, we’re not mean – we’re just doing all of this under a little bit of time pressure, so we can’t afford to be flexible.) Make your trailer, upload it to us, and then wait until next week for the results! Do it quick – submissions end late Sunday night/early Monday morning (depending on where you are).(Louis Wu 17:51:06 UTC)

Good stuff today over at the Bungie Blog:

• americanista123 whipped up a second Bungie Employee Bloopertage – fun (silly) moments culled from Bungie employee fileshares.
• Greenskull and SMG90 shared a machinima they call ‘What The…’ You’ll probably say the same thing if you watch it.
• ooohemgeeeFTW compiled a short montage of footage from the Valentines Day Massacre weekend – fun in HD.
• Today’s Tag and Release term is ‘Commando’… wow, what pics.

That’s it, until urk finishes his coffee…(Louis Wu 17:45:41 UTC)

If you hadn’t been clued in by the postscript on last Friday’s Bungie Weekly Update, Major Nelson spells things out for you this morning – the Mythic Map Pack drops on Xbox LIVE Marketplace on April 9, for 800 points. Thanks, onebitrocket. (Louis Wu 14:19:07 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word that the Floodgate Mythic Challenge he issued last week was met… by many. Over 100 entries were submitted, with several times around 4:10… but Xd Bud bX pushed past the crowd with a time of 4:06 – faster, even, than any of the current Mythic Conquerer times! For his efforts, Bud gets a Mythic Map code from Tyrant – congratulations! (And remember – the next full challenge kicks off on April 1!) (Louis Wu 14:17:17 UTC)

Lightweight Halo comic update today – just a couple for you.

• Elnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with #162: Chuck Roast. Now that Norris is down… what’s going to happen to the poor little Pokemon?
• TTL Demag0gue stopped by with word of Reclaimer 169: An Offer Refused. Portent doesn’t trust Ferial enough to accept gifts…

My guess is, Wednesday’s update will be larger.(Louis Wu 14:16:13 UTC)

spartanx5 stopped in to point out that he’s started modeling a Recon helmet – you can see the WIP images over at 3dtotal.com.(Louis Wu 14:14:56 UTC)

I was sort of joking about being sad that there were no prizes to give out for pete_the_duck’s Flaming Ninja Challenge 3… but FyreWulff stepped up anyway and is offering a 1200 MS Point card to the fastest time submitted to him by midnight Friday. Read his post VERY carefully for rules – it would be no fun to be disqualified because you were careless. This is NOT a bungie.org contest, and we have nothing to do with the prize distribution or winner picking – but we do think it’s pretty cool when fans jump in like this. (Louis Wu 14:13:22 UTC)

You might remember ‘Look Before You Leap 2’, a wild Halo 3 jumping vid released a month or so ago. Yesterday, urk linked to a pretty cool followup – it’s called ‘Look Before You Leap 2: First Person View‘, and it shows the same jumps, but from the viewpoint of the jumper. If you’re trying to learn to DO some of these jumps… this is the film for you. (Louis Wu 14:12:34 UTC)

Home just in time for one more cool project today – swing by our forum and check out pete_the_duck’s ‘Flaming Ninja Challenge 3‘. I promise you, you’ve never navigated a Halo 3 obstacle course like this one. I wish we had great stuff to give away to folks who complete this – but we don’t, so you’ll have to do it for the bragging rights alone. (Those should be pretty amazing, though.)(Louis Wu 22:56:00 UTC)

No Halo news today – today’s a day for travelling long distances to buy a cool birthday present for a teenager. Enjoy your Sunday, play lots of 3 Ball, and we’ll be back with some pretty exciting stuff tomorrow.(Louis Wu 13:00:18 UTC)

Halo 3 Fails, Episode 14, is now live – you can watch it on YouTube, but it uses music that the creator’s not happy with. It’s also streamable (and downloadable in hi-res for members) at Vimeo, with original music, and downloadable from FileFront. Some great clips this time around. I loved the heat-seeking fail on Valhalla, and the flag offense win on Standoff. Thanks, Chris10023!(Louis Wu 12:37:03 UTC)