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Over at Bungie.net, there’s a new top story – it’s a question and answer session about Halo 2 Vista, with info coming from Jo Clowes, project lead for Halo 2 for Windows Vista. The biggest news, as Frankie’s notification post headline might suggest, is that Halo 2 for Vista will support dedicated servers – something…

We post most of the Halo-related news that goes up on Bungie.net – there was an article on Friday I let pass by. Stuntmutt wasn’t willing to do that – today’s One One Se7en is his shot over the bow. Or the dome, I guess.(Louis Wu 13:27:24 UTC)

Gah. I posted this yesterday… in my mind. (That is: I wrote up the update post, but somehow got distracted before it actually went live.) We mentioned the SCC Music Contest yesterday – later in the day, the actual entries went online over at Bungiefansonline.com. There are lots and lots and lots of them -…

At the end of April, we posted a note about a tabletop RPG in the works; the first version has been released. Read the blog post for details on where to get stuff!(Louis Wu 11:21:07 UTC)

DropShock has posted Episode 18 of their podcast – Halo 3 vehicles, Halo 3 rumor avoidance, Halo 2 playlists, and a review of their earliest online Halo 2 games. 58 mb, 58 minutes. Go listen.(Louis Wu 10:44:27 UTC)

Narcogen warns against overenthusiasm in his latest rant at Rampancy.net; there are some great arguments to help you keep a level head about what was (and wasn’t) revealed in the Halo 3 Behind the Scenes documentary released recently. Go read. (Louis Wu 10:41:39 UTC)

A couple of tournaments were announced on our forum yesterday – there’s a 2v2/4v4 Halo 2 event in Pittsburgh, PA, on Sunday January 8 (forum post was here, with a tourney flyer here), and a Halo 1 event in Groton, CT, on Saturday January 7, with details in this post. Next weekend looks to be…

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S ! Once again, we here at HBO have snagged an older Bungie Christmas image – they do the drawing stuff better than we do. And once again, we here would like to wish you, there, peace and love during this holiday season.…

A number of movies have passed our own Movie Peer Review Rating Service recently; the first is quite small (1:50, just over 5 mb, in both QuickTime and WMP9 formats) – it’s a trailer for an upcoming 8-episode machinima based on the novel The Fall of Reach. The project is coming from a British Clan,…

Whee – still ANOTHER movie. This one comes from Fireb0rn (whose last offering was ALSO quite good) – and it has the honor of garnering the highest score of any of the 130+ videos that have so far passed through the Movie Peer Review Rating System. It’s called ‘Talking Smack Over Xbox Live: An Educational…

3Suns points out the latest Top Ten Bestselling PC Games list at Evil Avatar… it’s amazing that Halo is still on it. (At number 7, no less!) Doom 3 (released August 2004) is no longer there… Half-Life 2 (released mid-November 2004) is number 6. In fact, with the exception of an $11 Sims expansion pack,…

ICDedPpl found an auction on eBay for another one of those MASSIVE 7-foot-tall Master Chief statues used in European promotions. Shipping is from Switzerland, so if you’re in the US, count on it costing a fortune. Current bid is $610, and the reserve has not yet been met. 9+ hours left as of the time…

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S ! From the HBO crew and our families, to you and yours, we wish you the merriest of holiday seasons. Pax. Our Christmas image comes to you courtesy of Tina Leyk – we hope you enjoy it! There is also, in accordance…

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S !From the HBO crew and our families, to you and yours, we wish you the merriest of holiday seasons. Pax.Our tradition for Christmas is to take the entire day completely off… but this year, we’re going to break the rules a little;…

One One Se7en contemplates the frightening possibility that the the internet has spread quite a bit by the 26th century…

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S ! From the HBO crew and our families, to you and yours, we wish you the merriest of holiday seasons. Pax.We’ll be back updating on Thursday, the 26th.

Halo Orbit, in Germany, has put up a mirror for the Ultimate Warthog Jumps film, as well. We’ve created a mirror list, to make your life easier.

Petitions, petitions… B-go points out another one; this time, it’s aimed at letting Bungie know that there’s a mass (currently 5, but they’re hoping for more signature) of under-18’s who really want to be able to participate in a national Halo tournament. (I’d be astounded if Bungie didn’t already know that – but they’re aiming…

News is backing up a little – the HBO Junkies have been having a weekend-long lanfest (started Friday evening, we’re just getting going again today after knocking off at 3 am last night), so news has been sparse… but there are a couple of movies for you anyway today. First up is yet another addition…