Month: April 2008

The 2008 MLG Season looks to be interesting – lots of new talent, lots of upsets in the buildup. For a summary of where things stand, swing by MLG Canada for their season preview.(Louis Wu 12:20:41 UTC)

Over at Hawty McBloggy’s place, you’ll find a cool story about The Teeniest Tiniest Halo 3 Legendary Edition Ever. Apparently, a woman decided to recreate the Halo 3 Legendary Edition… in miniature. (The box is 5.5 cm on its longest side. That’s just a hair over 2 inches, for all you non-scientific Americans. I mean……

2phast let us know that the next Larry the Marine is up – it continues the retrospective explaining how these guys made it into the military in the first place. (I guess literal is useful, when you’re on the front lines…)(Louis Wu 11:18:24 UTC)

Tied the Leader had a representative at a recent press event at Bungie HQ, focusing on the Legendary Map Pack. Swing by the blog for a teaser of what’s coming later this week. While you’re there, go read their open letter to Luke Smith, who apparently ambushed them into unwittingly playing a Humpday rematch…(Louis Wu…

RVideo (a huge supplier of panoramic shots in the past) is back with some pretty cool ‘Outside the Box’ shots from the beginning and the end of the game. His shot of Kilimanjaro is gorgeous… and his views of the Ark are enlightening. Go look!(Louis Wu 11:12:18 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across this Nightmare Armor outfit on eBay – a standard Spartan Armor setup originally made by Nightmare Armor… then modified with lots of LEDs, and other mods. (You can read the details in the description. In really, really big letters.) Buy It Now price is $7k – but they’ll consider your best…

Gamers Paradise Ocala is hosting a Halo 3 tournament on April 19 (assuming they have a minimum of 20 pre-registered competitors by Friday, April 18). As their name would suggest, they’re in Ocala, FL, between Jacksonville and Tampa. $15 to get in, $300 for the winner.(Louis Wu 11:03:03 UTC)

Heh – VelocityTino was given an assignment in a video class – dialogue was supplied, and he had to produce a scene using it. He decided to create a live-action Halo short. Amazing work for one guy. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:10:53 UTC)

Over in his RvB journal, Luke McKay posted an interesting interpretation of Cortana yesterday – we’ve added it to his gallery here at HBO. Looks like Big Goalie Dan was first with the news.(Louis Wu 15:06:09 UTC)

ScUmMy let us know that HaloNorge.com has totally revamped their website, with a brand-new ladder system. If you’re Norwegian, and you play Halo – check it out!(Louis Wu 13:58:42 UTC)

Time is short, because I was out yesterday afternoon – but the Best Buy website is having a Springtime Sale that ends today (it started yesterday), and Halo 3 is selling for $39.99. If you need an extra copy, now’s the time to snag it!(Louis Wu 13:54:10 UTC)

Yesterday, Hawty McBloggy posted a piece about personalized Halo 3 profile images, created by Bootsman. I read it, said to myself, “yeah, we’ve already covered that”, and moved on. (I remembered reading an email from Bootsman, pointing to a post at Fyreball offering this service, and I remembered writing a short newspost about it.) Later…

We missed it when it came by on Friday – but then, so did they. High Impact Halo has just celebrated its fourth birthday – man, how time flies! Go give ’em a hug.(Louis Wu 13:05:07 UTC)

The latest panorama craze apparently kicked off a month ago when Crab sent us a batch of images he’d been working on. This inspired a number of other fans to create their own images, or release them. (Halo panoramas are nothing new – but sometimes, you’re exhorted to action when you see something that grabs…

WNxSajuukCor ran into a problem with lighting when building large panoramas – though it could be argued that his ‘problem’ is actually not a ‘problem’ at all. Go read about it, and check out the image he was working on. (Personally, I LIKE the lighting as it turned out.)(Louis Wu 16:40:07 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk, of Clan Infectionist (the guy who re-recorded all the Halo 2 cutscenes in HD), is running a contest right now – he’s hoping to find someone who can redesign their front page. Current prize list is… rather vague, but if you’re looking for a showcase for your amazing graphic skillz, you might want to…

The final cutscenes from Halo 2 (the finale, the credits, and the little bit after the credits) are now live in HD in our Halo 2 Cutscene Library. As usual, hosting is shared between us, Clan Infectionist, and Wraith-Ops. If you’ve missed any of these, you should really take a look – the difference between…