TheSparbiter let us know that he’s celebrating the new year with a new music video – this one sets Halo footage to Manic Bloom’s ‘Never Back Down’. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:51:55 UTC)

TheSparbiter let us know that he’s celebrating the new year with a new music video – this one sets Halo footage to Manic Bloom’s ‘Never Back Down’. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:51:55 UTC)

DaFrontlineTrooper decided to put some of his props and visual effects into a film – check out where he’s going! Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 14:49:00 UTC)

Yesterday, pete_the_duck stopped by with word of a new duck comic on idleduck.com. Today, there was another. He says they won’t be every day – but they’re pretty funny – maybe keep an eye on the Webcomic tag on idleduck.(Louis Wu 14:44:38 UTC)

Gamasutra has an interview with Bungie Senior Graphics Engineer Hao Chen – it’s a technical look at how Bungie is trying to solve problems for their next game, and how they’re approaching graphic challenges. Their experience with Halo drives many of their investigations – a great read! Thanks to PsychoRaven, over at NeoGAF.(Louis Wu 18:27:01 UTC)

Halo Waypoint has a Stride Championship match – a 2v2 match, Clutch and Cloud (Believe the Hype) vs Hysteria (Triggers Down) and Heinz (Dynasty). Great gameplay!(Louis Wu 18:24:31 UTC)

CyReN announced a huge (15 minute) Halo montage from Jeenyus – 3 years of original Halo LAN footage, boiled down to a quarter hour. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:02:26 UTC)

hezekiah told us about Fails of the Weak Episode 67 (AH.com | YouTube) – last Fails of the year!(Louis Wu 16:57:35 UTC)

Check out AssaultGodzilla’s newest Halo Music Video, this time set to Linkin Park’s “My December“. Some really nice editing as always, and a meaningful feel to the whole piece. Take a look!(GrimBrother One 16:54:47 UTC)

Ty_Coker stopped in yesterday to announce SYNAW Season 2 Episode 5 – plus a bonus teaser!(Louis Wu 16:54:17 UTC)

Kermit wants to help you ring in the new year with two new panoramas. That frog knows beauty! Check them out!(GrimBrother One 16:51:47 UTC)

Grumpy let us know about a new (yes, new) variant on the ‘get the Scarab Gun from Metropolis, get down alive’ Halo 2 trick – congrats to DrBizz. He got up to the top in single-player, grabbed the gun, then corner-rode all the way down to the bottom (with the help of a Rocket Launcher). No checkpoints! Killer. There’s a B.net thread, or if you just want to see the action, a YouTube link.(Louis Wu 16:50:13 UTC)

This past week, yours truly was teaching a winter break camp on video game design for a group of middle school students. Many of them were big Halo fans, and one of them decided to bring in a collection of Halo weapons he had created using Legos. In the images you’ll also see a Mega Bloks Halo Covenant Energy Sword for reference. Pics can be found here, here, and here. Check out this young fan’s very cool interpretation of some of our favorite tools of destruction! (GrimBrother One 16:21:13 UTC)

On a site note, everyone here at HBO wants to wish the Halo Community and beyond a very happy and safe New Year. 2011 was an exciting year to be a Halo fan, and 2012 looks to be no different. We plan on being there every step of the way, just like always!(GrimBrother One 16:16:02 UTC)

343 Industries posted a video today featuring 11 of their favorite user-submitted clips from 2011. It’s a fun collection to look back on; some you may have seen, and others you may have missed. It’s a quick view though, at 3 minutes and 43 seconds (an accident I’m sure), so go check it out!(GrimBrother One 16:13:28 UTC)

The Tyrant let us know that 343’s Verohime is featured in the latest Women of Xbox video – short, and in fact not gaming related at all… but Virohime is an important part of the Halo franchise team, and the information she imparts might save your life one day… so we’re going to let this one go. Go watch – it’s less than a minute!(Louis Wu 19:32:20 UTC)

We got word from a Halo fan who created some very cool Forge art for her dad – it was a birthday/Christmas present, but we were late finding it. (Sorry about that!) You can go see the original artwork, and the Forge recreations, on this page – and be sure to explore both Amy’s FileShare at B.net and David’s website for more cool stuff! (Louis Wu 17:09:18 UTC)

MASSAIKUR stopped in with word of Halo Reach Z over 9000 – you can never have too many memes in your machinima.(Louis Wu 16:58:29 UTC)