Month: July 2011
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Hedgemony: 117 Images Over 5 Days (Day One)
Hedgemony loves Halo. And Hedgemony loves HBO. (And HBO loves Hedgemony! But that’s not really the story here.) As part of his celebration of Halo’s 10th anniversary, he’s decided to create a gorgeous, HBO-exclusive gallery of his signature images – 1…
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The Gun Show
The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief is another episode of Hypermail – The Gun Show contains 5 minutes of Master Chief’s offensiveness. (Offensivity?) Also melty plastic. Thanks, MrWezzle.(Louis Wu 16:16:15 UTC)
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Tyrant’s ODST Legendary Walkthrough – Data Hive
The next episode in Tyrant’s Halo 3: ODST Legendary Walkthrough is live – he covers Data Hive in his inimitable style. It’s a monster – 40 minutes long. (It would be longer if he were using MY footage, I’ll tell you that.) Go watch! (Louis Wu 16:02:03 …
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DigitalFoundry’s Demo Analysis: Halo Anniversary
Eurogamer’s DigitalFoundry has done one of their tech analyses on the Halo Anniversary demo shown at San Diego ComicCon last week. Worth a read! Thanks, Hypertrooper. (Louis Wu 15:59:25 UTC)
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Recapturing Old Spirits
Postmortem hosted a Halo LAN last Friday – and wrote it up for his “The Life of a Halo Fan” blog. With pictures, and everything! Check it out.(Louis Wu 15:58:00 UTC)
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It’s all about the apes
Halo 3’s Monkey Family egg made Cracked’s “7 Creepy Video Game Easter Eggs You’ll Wish Were Never Found” list. Heh. Thanks, S C.(Louis Wu 15:54:08 UTC)
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Halo Wars First Mod
kornman00 is unhappy that Halo Wars doesn’t get the credit it deserves – if you swing by HaloMods, you’ll find a post about the first ever Halo Wars mod. The creator is hoping to kick off a modding craze! Go see.(Louis Wu 15:52:53 UTC)
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Playtime – again (and again and again)
If the original series, plus the making-of video, plus all the ancillary releases haven’t been enough Playtime for you, CruelLEGACEY has your back; he’s releasing the first four episodes again, but this time with commentary. Ep 1 is up now. New episod…
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An old love, enhanced
ElzarTheBam pointed out a pretty nice wallpaper he found at DeviantART – someone enhanced a screengrab from the Halo 4 trailer. Take a look! (Louis Wu 15:47:06 UTC)
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Prophecy Trailer (Round 2)
Avcracy stopped in to let us know that the Dispatch series called ‘Prophecy’ (videos were released from 2006-2009, and are currently available on DispatchFilms’ YouTube channel) is being remade by Firelight Studios and DispatchFilms – the first traile…
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PapercraftChief
BuildMyPaperHeart sent us a link to a Flickr set containing photos of a really adorable papercraft Master Chief. The assault rifle rocks! Check it out.(Louis Wu 22:14:09 UTC)
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Halo: Legacy
Paul Shelley let us know that the Halo Legacy project is off an running – in fact, since we last mentioned it, in early May, two full series have been released. The idea behind this project is to use multiple directors to create “create serious halo s…
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Friday’s Fanfic – on Sunday
Not only did I forget to post a Fan Fiction update on July 15… I forgot again this past Friday. I’m really sorry! (On the bright side, the buildup is only three stories – so you don’t have to feel overwhelmed!) Go read.(Louis Wu 22:02:02 UTC)
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Halo Community Charity Marathon at XForgery
XForgery is hosting a Halo Community Charity Marathon – money to go to Child’s Play. Check out the details – and join in!(Louis Wu 21:59:56 UTC)
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Custom Painted Legendary Helmet
If you swing by TheGamersHub, you’ll see a video from TotallyLameRobot showing how she painted her Halo 3 Legendary helmet with a custom ODST theme. There are more details in this short video, as well.) Amazing!(Louis Wu 21:57:57 UTC)
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Make your own shirts, be happy
xxPapaSmurf187x put together a few homemade Halo-themed shirts – nice work!(Louis Wu 21:55:52 UTC)
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ODST Time
Bry posted a series of ODST-themed panos yesterday that are stunning. Go see.(Louis Wu 21:53:46 UTC)
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MLG Dallas Round 1 Reforged
If you’re into the MLG scene, Halo Waypoint has the rebroadcast of the Halo: Reach Round 1 Winner’s Bracket from MLG Dallas 2011. The round features Instinct vs Status Quo and Believe The Hype vs Impact. Some great competition and sweet moments, go che…
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Delivering Great Trailer Music
Some extremely talented and handsome individual put together a list of 5 game trailers that had excellent music over at LoudMouthedGamers.com. The “Deliver Hope” trailer from the Halo: Reach ad campaign made the list. Go and check out the other selecti…
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Halo Universe Panel Redux
With the Halo Universe Panel footage from Comic Con coming on so late yesterday, we wanted to make sure you knew where to catch it. You can find it on the Halo Waypoint YouTube channel in four parts here: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4. Some great discussion on the fut…