Category: HBO

Wow. Cody Miller posted a note on our forum about the project over at Highspeedhalo.org to put together a sub-2-hour Halo Speedrun; recently, he and goatrope shaved 6 minutes off 3 levels, bringing the 10 level total to 2:09. They’re getting close – go visit and see if you can help!

It looks like Saint[lpn] picked yesterday to write a piece on HUDless Halo art creation for his blog – it’s a nice summary of the various styles shown to date. Give it a read!

prometheus points out that the Halouvre has been updated – there are 225 new images in 7 new galleries in the Halo 1 HUDless section, and three new pics (posted on our forum by Mast3r recently) in the Halo 2 HUDless section. Go bask in the HUDless goodness!

TLove and DemonStrate are remaking the Fensler Films – a series of G.I. Joe public service announcements with new soundtracks – in the Halo engine. The first couple are available as their own movies, or in split-screen, with the original video running simultaneously (so you can see what they’re reproducing). I missed the Fensler Films…

trigger119 writes to point out The Avenger, a new machinima film from Vypers.net. Currently you can grab a trailer in either DivX (13.8 mb) or MPEG1 (10.4 mb) formats from their website.

GTJuggler filmed a modded LAN recently – the result is up on the Halo GT website. We’ve tossed up some mirrors for him, for both his QuickTime version (50.3 mb, mythica.org | bungie.org) and a WMP9 version (34.4 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org) (There’s a medium-res QT on his site we haven’t mirrored.) Pump up the…

Hehe – I’ve seen people playing with the gas tanks on Metropolis before… but I’ve never seen anyone try to RIDE them. Hats off to Motherstooth!

Mat Noguchi talked a little bit about the decision to write your own code, or incorporate an existing package… and he talked about how sound guys are friendlier than code guys. Go read his weblog. Thanks, Cybrfrk.

Chronic V1RU5 has released a trailer for Episode 3 of their Delta Squad series. They won’t be able to release the whole thing before the first of next month, for bandwidth reasons… but you can grab a 4.5 mb teaser right now (WMP9 format). Thanks, KingFarnox.

Recently, we mentioned the opening of a pair of online leagues over at MLGPro.com – looks like the Amateur league is already over half-filled. If you’re interested in playing in this, get over there and sign up!

Cheated online, but don’t know where to turn? Check out StopStandby.com, a website run by an extremely persistent webmaster who wants to help you get your story out. (Bungie has said that the Standby problem will pretty much disappear after the online patch they’re releasing in the next few weeks – but as TheSPFXmaN, Project…

Josh sent us email about an auction he’s got going on eBay – every Halo 2 action figure released to date (plus a few Halo figures, as well). There’s some rare stuff here – the Civilian Hog, several limited edition models… it’s a big package. (16 full-size figures, plus two mini packs, and a Halo…

TheGhost put together a montage video; halofreak4567 posted a link on our forum. It’s a nice montage – great timing, good gameplay – so we’ve mirrored both the original WMP9 version (23.1 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org) as well as a QuickTime version (23.8 mb, bungie.org | mythica.org). Grab what works best for you!

Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, has written a piece looking at your options in terms of the new Downloadable Content announced yesterday. He suggests that the plan actually borders on common sense. (He means that in a GOOD way.)

On April 9, Xtournaments will be running a Halo2 2v2 tourney in Smithtown, NY – details can be found on this page. (They’re also running Gran Tourismo 4 Time trials for the Red Bull Driver Search on the same day – win a chance to race a real Formula 1 car!) If you live near…

retsamolah has posted ‘Shameless Self-Promotion’, a montage vid in widescreen. 41.6 mb, QuickTime format. Not quite up to the machine-like standards of some of the pro players… but there are some nice kills. He’s listed a pair of mirrors in this post, and Hawk7886 added a third in this one. Gotta love Dire Straits soundtracks…

Over on the Bungie.net forums, Overswarm has been making a name for himself with a strategy guide, presented in forum posts, called ‘Not So Common Sense’. He came to us with a proposal – that he codify this guide, organize it, and that we give it a permanent home here at HBO. Seemed like a…

Hawaiian Pig has revisited his RvB Set Pieces, with a new batch of 5 shots from recent episodes. Fun!

Phoenix_9286 posted an Informational Announcement for his Last Stand comic series, over on DeviantART. The Elites behind the characters…

Red Vs Blue have released episode 53, “Let’s Come To Order” for sponsors over at their site. Louis would have posted this, but he’s off monkeying around about somewhere.