You’re a busy person, and we have a thing for releasing as much Halo-related content our multi-fingered appendages can handle. That means—assuming you aren’t a speed reading super-soldier—you probably missed a few stories along the way. Not only do we forgive you, but we’ll also happily provide a convenient weekly wrap-up of absolutely everything we covered during the last seven days. Don’t worry about saying thank you. We’d rather you spend that time soaking in the goodness that is this entertaining collection of articles. Off you go!

News
The Halo Bulletin: 5.9.12
Halo 4 Concept Art Premium Theme
Titan Books Signs Up Lavish Art Book of Halo 4
Super Jackpot Weekend: May 11-13
Reach Weekly Challenge – 5.7.12

Videos
zCensor – A Halo: Reach Montage
The Halo Council’s Top 5 Halo Plays 2
Seekers 1 – A Halo: Reach Machinima
Kampy MLG FFA – A Halo: Reach Montage
Audacity SX – A Halo: Reach Racetrack Review
Super Space Gordon vs. the Angry Truck from Outer Space – A Halo 3 Machinima
Astronomic: The Epic Scale of the Halo Universe – A Halo Machinima
Killballs – A Halo: Reach Epic Forge Tutorial
Life Is a Game – A Halo: Reach Funtage
Wings of Equilibria 4 – A Halo: Reach Machinima
Halo: Reach – Achievement HORSE #74
Best Man 2 – A Halo: Reach Montage
Tyrant’s Halo: Anniversary Legendary Walkthrough – The Pillar of Autumn
Shafted – A Halo: Reach Map
Fails of the Weak 86

Fun Stuff
Weekend Webcomic: Rampancy
Spartan Sniper – Halo Cosplay
Taking Back the Universe – A Halo/Star Wars Fan Painting
Tattoo Tuesday: Legendary Ink
Halo IRL: Anchor 9
Friday Caption Fun 51

Community Happenings
The Italian Translation of A Fistful of Arrows
Community Member of the Week: DecepticonCobra
Halo 4 Game Night – A Tale of Two Fans
Test Night with a Cartographer: 5.9.12
Podtacular 287 – Halo 4 Armory
Halo Ring Updated
Forward Unto Dawn Podcast Episode Five
Community Customs Spotlight: SEspider

Halo: Reach Screenshots
Iron Man Comes to Halo – Simply Amazing
When Moas Attack – Absolutely Hilarious
Sniper Attack – Simply Amazing
Halo 3 Trailer – Simply Amazing
Space – Scenery

HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!

Author: PaperThinWalls

Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a Spartan with a rather interesting sniping technique. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!

 

“This takes no scoping to a whole new level.” –QueenlyTree124
“I throw my rifle in the air sometimes and say Ayo… I’m playing Halo!” –stumpyandjay
“Sometimes, Dr. Halsey wondered if her Spartan III’s ever got the correct gun training the UNSC promised.” –Ninjaman3250
“Nothing short of a Covenant invasion was going to stop the Reach Olympic games!” –SP4C3C0WB0Y84
“Halo 101: How to keep those pesky Grunts from taking your rifle.” –cyberty62
“With his analog stick’s up and down capabilities being broken,
Johnny was still desperate to get the 20 Brute headshot challenge.” –Thomassaurus
“Though it looked good on paper, the “Rhythmic Gymnastics” section of the Spartan-III program
resulted only in tragedy and humiliation when applied to actual combat.” –MacTavishW3
“Press RB to… OWWW, MY WRIST!” –ArchedParasite
“Trust me. In my hands? This is more effective.” –Coux73

Now that we’ve wrapped up that picture, let’s start a new one. Up for your captioning pleasure this week is an image featuring an unusual Drop Pod situation. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!

Author: YourUncleBob

 

From Rooster Teeth:

Jack and Geoff make it all the way to 86! Enjoy this week’s awesome Fails of the Weak!

Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.

Fails of the Weak 86

From Hyokin:

It would seem that this past weekend was the annual celebration of the “Coming of the Giant Banana Bushel” for the Space Monkeys, for they all lay passed out in their cages after a little too much feasting. But all is not lost, as they have enlisted the temporary aide of the Flaming Purple Mongeese to assemble this week’s batch of questions and thus make this dreary Monday a might bit cheerier. Of course one cannot expect the Flaming Purple Mongeese to do a task such as this for free. Thankfully the Space Monkeys have thought ahead, and left a large supply of cheddar cheese bricks as payment. And so the Space Monkeys get an extra day of rest while the rest of the world must contend with being fed this slightly singed and cheesy smelling round of questioning!

This week our Community Spotlight is on SEspider: artist, perpetual forger, and finalist in Pete the Duck’s Last Forger Standing contest (if you haven’t seen it, you really must)! Spider is never one to shy away from a challenge and is always trying something new in Forge. If you play with us on Friday, you’re guaranteed to be a participant in at least one playtest. So just what does our resident eight-legged Spartan have to say about, well, everything? Let’s find out! Remember kids, the Spotlight burns through questions at a rapid pace, it can’t exist without fuel from the community. Drop by this page here and add anything you want to know to our stack!

Community Customs Spotlight: SEspider

 

From DuelWieldingGamers:

This map is Shafted by EpicChief117. To download the map, go on Reach, click Start, click File Browser, click New Custom Search, click File Share Search, and then type in “EpicChief117.” Enjoy!

Shafted – A Halo: Reach Map

If capping flags and arming bombs is your idea of fun, hop into Team Objective this weekend because starting today and ending on Sunday, games played and completed within that playlist will present you with the chance to receive a 24,000-credit bonus. So stop reading, and go get some!

 

From MythicTyrant:

Welcome to my Halo: Anniversary Legendary walkthrough! First up on the agenda is battling our way through the doomed Halcyon-class cruiser “Pillar of Autumn” as she’s boarded by Covenant forces. Your mission? Get Cortana safely off the ship to keep the Covenant from getting their filthy paws on Earth.

GAME: Halo: Anniversary
MISSION: The Pillar of Autumn
DIFFICULTY: Legendary
SKULLS: Iron, Boom, Grunt Birthday Party

Tyrant’s Halo: Anniversary Legendary Walkthrough – The Pillar of Autumn

HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!

Author: kiknwing11

 

From Alex:

This is the second Halo: Reach minitage of MLG pro Best Man, edited by Chaos. The gameplay is good, featuring a lot of nice Multikills and a ton of known names. The editing is good too, showcasing good syncing and a lot of wonderfully done transitions. Enjoy!

Best Man 2 – A Halo: Reach Montage

From Slightly Live:

Dave joins Ben, Dani, and Issac to talk about War Games, poo monsters, the Forerunner crystals of Jurassic Park, and Promethean midgets.

Forward Unto Dawn Podcast Episode Five

 

From Rooster Teeth:

Round 1 of the Halo: Reach HORSE Tournament 2012 begins with Gavin and Barbara squaring off in Halo: Reach! Who will win? The Canadian or the Idiot?

Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.

Halo: Reach – Achievement HORSE #74

From halo.bungie.org:

Firestream let us know that the Halo Ring website has been massively overhauled – more room for more sites (including a sub-ring for sites of any size!), plus news from around the Haloverse. (Right now, that seems to be the HBO news feed, but keep an eye on the page for more stuff.) If you’re interested in joining the ring, let Firestream know!

Halo Ring

 

From The Little Moa:

This is the fourth act of the Wings of Equilibria storyline. In this episode, Solstice the Equilibrium Vagabond has been captured by The Coalition of Rebels led by a sadistic man by the name of Vulpes Shadeheart. Fearing for his life, Shaak, Orpe, Harrier, Martin, and BERYL begin their plan to save him from the Empire’s clutches. Sadly, tensions begin to rise from misunderstandings that were created in the previous chapters and rescuing him might not be easy. Will they be able to rescue Solstice in time?

Wings of Equilibria 4 – A Halo: Reach Machinima

HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!

Author: LGNoble20

Halo is a fictional universe. However, sometimes we catch sight of things in real life that remind us of our favorite science fiction video game franchise. This particular series, titled Halo in Real Life, showcases those very moments. Enjoy the subtle Halo references sometimes spotted when out and about in the real world, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!

As seen and captured by HC Redemption

 

From Alex:

This is a Halo: Reach funtage put together by Red Link entitled, “Life is a Game.” The clips are very entertaining, diverse, and funny. The editing accentuates the footage very well, and it’s absolutely packed with perfectly done references to other video games. Enjoy!

Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.

Life Is a Game – A Halo: Reach Funtage

From Dust Storm:

The weapons in the Halo Universe have been iconic throughout video games, and the new Railgun will be no exception. There are many similarities between the Railgun as described by Game Informer and other weapons that we’ve seen throughout the history of Halo. To help us shoot our way out of this news, we have Greenskull and JakFireDragon. Enjoy!

Podtacular 287 – Halo 4 Armory

 

From Team0Epiphany:

Halo: Reach Epic Forge Tutorials is a series where we show you some new and unique forging tips, from everything to forging outside of maps to forge-mechanisms and more! In this episode, we look at the rolling killball.

Killballs – A Halo: Reach Epic Forge Tutorial

From AgentPaperCraft:

Test Night with a Cartographer is a weekly event dedicated to the forgers of Waypoint. Bring your map and your “A” game as we provide professional feedback on your custom content creations. We start at 6pm on Wednesdays, and we test a variety of content throughout the night. The cool thing about this event is you have the possibility of having your content considered for matchmaking through the Community Cartographers, which is a major stepping stone in getting your name out there as a forger. More information can be found here.

Join us this week as we test a variety of the community’s content!

Test Night with a Cartographer