Bryan Simon has updated his ‘One Shot On My X‘ song for Reach – new lyrics, new video, new autotuning, new lulz. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:47:43 UTC)

Bryan Simon has updated his ‘One Shot On My X‘ song for Reach – new lyrics, new video, new autotuning, new lulz. Go watch!(Louis Wu 12:47:43 UTC)

Remember a couple of days ago, when I pointed out some fun artistic modifications ZZoMBiE13 made to his Reach armor? Yeah… well, I think this time maybe he went TOO far. Oh, barnacles!(Louis Wu 12:45:37 UTC)

The day did NOT go as planned – I thought I’d get the Headshot Heard Round The World results posted, and the voting started on the Guilt O’ Lantern pumpkins. Neither one happened. I do, in fact, have results for the Headshot contest – but the pumpkin voting will have to wait a bit longer. (There are a lot of them! I’m really sorry!) Congratulations to Amish Butter, AWW CRAIG, and cagman40 for taking First, Second, and Third Place, respectively. More than 6500 individuals cast almost 19,000 votes – an amazing turnout! We’ve also listed 29 of the 30 Early Bird winners – the first 30 folks who sent in a clip (and answered the email notifying them of a prize) won FPS Freek Legendarys. (We’re still waiting for one answer; the original winner has already lost out, the email is now out to the first backup.) If you didn’t win, but you still want these puppies, remember… they’re offering a discount to HBO readers through Sunday! (Check the Q&A page for full details.) Thanks to everyone for playing, thanks especially to KontrolFreek for providing the awesome prizes, and congratulations once again to our top winners!(Louis Wu 02:34:53 UTC)

There’s a new Top Story at Bungie.net – Chris Carney goes over the design process, from nascent idea to finished product, for building a Reach map. Solid info here – great read!(Louis Wu 01:38:31 UTC)

AfroRyan dropped in with more DeviantART goodness – this batch is all from opticneuralinterface, who’s done some amazing Halo work in the past. (I’ve actually seen the colored version of his ALIENS VS Halo piece before; I’m surprised it hasn’t been front-paged.) And the new work-in-progress… is fantastic. Go look!(Louis Wu 01:36:16 UTC)

nomis78 stopped by with a collection of links he found at DeviantART – good stuff! (ZZoMBiE13 sent me the physical shot not too long ago; it resonates all OVER the Halo community.) nomis also put up a few new panoramas in his own DA space. Links for everything in his post!(Louis Wu 01:32:33 UTC)

General Battuta wrote up a really solid treatise on the options available to a higher-level intelligence in our galaxy… read it and be chilled.(Louis Wu 01:24:43 UTC)

GhaleonEB continues to work on his Forge map – and his Forge blog. The latest Forging Ahead article focuses on playtesting. Great read!(Louis Wu 01:18:32 UTC)

Last week, Dustbunny27 pointed out that Halo got mentioned on Comedy Central’s Pretend Time – I let it go, because there was no clip for it. Today, though, 95ss dropped us a note that this sketch can be found on YouTube – and includes the cheesy Halo ripoff they’re making throughout the sketch, at the end. Check it out!(Louis Wu 01:16:37 UTC)

I was hoping to pass on this one altogether… but ChrisTheeCrappy noticed it and called me out. I played a bit of Firefight with the Waypoint team last month – the gameplay won’t amaze you, but it might amuse you. The company couldn’t be beat (I was playing with Vociferous and bs angel), and they did an admirable job of carrying the conversation. Go check out the latest Community Outreach feature at Halo Waypoint! (Louis Wu 01:16:03 UTC)

Raide was walking through town, and saw a label that made him smile. (Those seem to be fireworks of some kind… but I’m pretty sure we have some cross-domain stuff going on there.)(Louis Wu 01:13:41 UTC)

This came in a couple of days ago, but got lost in the insanity that has controlled this week. Slushy has edited a bunch of videos, but he’s finally created a Halo 3 montage with his own footage. Three and a half minutes, muted colors, mellow action. (We posted info about the trailer last month.) Go watch!(Louis Wu 01:12:45 UTC)

Videos we missed on Bungie.net this afternoon:

• TheYugiohForums put together Episode 3 of their Halo Reach Top 10 series – ths one looks at First Strikes. #6 is some great use of Evade.
• ReadyUpLive has Green’s Machines, Ep 1 – Killed by the Guardians – it’s Rube Goldberg, on meth.
• whitesoxrule put up a screenshot montage of Halloween themed pics… good stuff.

Little late for lunch-break entertainment… sorry.(Louis Wu 01:10:48 UTC)

Get your learn on.

Good old mothergoat decided to show up on our forums and brought everyone an awesome treat! Go and check out his post for some outstanding music, or just to say hi to a beloved member of our community. Great to see you, mg!(GrimBrother One 18:03:59 UTC)

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ScrewAttack shows us some love.

ScrewAttack shows us some love.