Category: HBO

John Redman wrote a utility that will download user stats from Bungie’s RSS XML feeds, and then conver them to CSV format (easily read by any version of Excel out there, back to 1.0). The package is a bit under 9 mb, and runs on Windows platforms. If you’ve wanted to try and work with…

Interesting. An easter egg based on the Xbox’s internal clock has been discovered – brings me back to the days of Dark Castle. Skitelz posted over on the High Impact Halo forums that the Shark Warning signs on the Zanzibar beach were different on Christmas… that got folks changing their clocks, and 4 unique signs…

Red vs Blue has posted a Holiday video for you to enjoy – reminiscences of Christmases Past, and such. Lots of such. First I heard of it was from Hawaiian Pig, on our forum.

TeamXbox posted a bit of news they cribbed from the latest Official Xbox Magazine – details about Halo 2.5. 2.5? That’s what they’re calling it. “Halo 2.5 will be an Xbox 2 launch title and is going to run in HDTV resolution with new, improved textures and graphical effects. All the stuff that people expected…

A number of people sent along holiday wishes – XLNC created a new HUDless shot, Dennis Powers put together his own Halo CE Christmas Video (broadband and dialup), and Hawaiian Pig put up a nice RvB-themed image. I’m sure there are others that i managed to miss – if I find them, I’ll update this…

Christmas is past, and I must say, I ate too much… but the time spent with loved ones was definitely worth it. Back to updating, though! Littlebigman noticed that there’s a new beer stein available at the Bungie Store. The perfect thing for slugging down that after-Christmas… juice.

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…

Last post of the day, I think. Gotta run some errands, and then it’s Christmas Eve, and I’m off duty for a bit. Enjoy the fourth entry in the Halo 2 Cutscene Library – ‘They’ll Regret That, Too’. Thanks once again to Sniper 058 for recording these, and to Mythica, HaloImpulse, and That Weasel for…

HaloUT Content Pack 1.5 has been released; lots of updates, apparently. You can find download links (use the BitTorrent ones if you can) at The Project Torlan homepage, or at DragonStarElite’s download mirror. Thanks to Digikid for the heads-up.

MereCatFish created a Live Forever Christmas video – 13.2 mb, DivX format, hosted by measter. I think all the guys standing around are supposed to be singing.

thesaelens turned in another 28 dialogue snippets for the Halo 2 Dialogue Databank; a split between Grunts and Elites. I’m amazed by how many DIFFERENT clips there are when you shoot your own teammates, or trade your lousy gun for their good one. Go listen! Update: That link now goes to 53 new clips, not…

Very nice. there’s a new image over at DeviantART, created by Pinkuh – the Master Chief, saving a small girl (or using her as a human shield, if you read some of the more cynical posts on our forum). Great work. Thanks to SEspider for the heads-up.

Comic, Double Comic, Triple Comic! We’re gonna stop with One One Se7en, because a ComicTacular would simply be too much. (That said, we’ll almost certainly hear from SOMEONE today who wants to make that happen.) Good thing Stuntmutt lives in the UK – this strip has the potential to upset some Americans…

Gruntsbane is back at Halo Babies, and there’s a new strip up – the first of 3, it seems. (There’s also a new Baby Sarge concept sketch.) Go check it out!

Ross Mills (among others) sent word about today’s Ctrl-Alt-Del, with a true Christmas message, Halo-related, of course. (You might need to read Wednesday’s strip to see what happened.)

argent sent us over to Newgrounds, for another Halo 2-based Flash movie. This one’s called ‘H2’, and was created by Robbie Watt. Stick figures and gore – what more do you want?

I check mail this morning… and there are still MORE movie updates for you. That Weasel, not content with the Cutscene mirroring and new Grunts vid, sent along a HUGE list of new and mirrored content – it’s too long to list here, so visit That Weasel’s HBO Mirror, and check out the top 10…

Movie’d out yet? No, wait! Remember the Halo CE Movie competition at HaloMaps.org? Remember how I said it was totally Mac-unfriendly? Not only has that been fixed, but there are now 16 entries to view – and less than a week to get your OWN entry in. Go watch! And then go submit! (Thanks, Dennis.)

Couple of contest notes: the Xtournaments Crew writes to point out that they’re starting their Halo 2 Tourney (4v4) in February, with $15,000 on the line. Visit their website for more details. And ZATZAi is pretty insistent that we mention an update to his Coagulation Christmas Tree Challenge (we noted it last week) – the…

That Weasel writes to say that a mini-episode of “Grunts are People Too!!!” has been posted – Episode 15, ‘Tic-Tac-Grunt’ is now available in WMP9, QuickTime, and DivX formats. It’s a little…bizarre. Also – they’ve added mirrors of the first two cutscenes from our Cutscene Library – and sent along wishes for happy, safe holidays.…