Category: HBO

A few website reviews for you today:SignOnSanDiego.com – 4 stars, ‘less repetitive than Halo 1’, but ‘ending is surprisingly awful’. (Thanks, kinggun)Wired News – ‘excellent game’ with ‘considerable flaws’ (thanks again, kinggun)Gaming Nexus – 7.6/10, a scornful-enough review to be mentioned on Bungie.net (interestingly, the same site did a SECOND review, by a different reviewer,…

Wow. Buxton has recreated the first episode of Red vs Blue… with Legos. It’s nearly flawless – attention to detail is amazing. So here’s a game (Halo) that was so good it inspired a group of guys to make a movie based on (and using) it… which was so good it inspired someone to reproduce…

A few days ago, Randy Glass put forth his thoughts about Halo 2 – and they inspired one community member to… well, go postal. The thread got locked soon after (before I had a chance to weigh in), and after calming down, the same fan started a new, calmer thread. It’s so far generated quite…

Last week, David Galindo made a name for himself with three separate videos – one which took you on a tour of some of the prettiest places in Halo 2, a second which looked at your compatriots, the Marines, and a third which showcased the Covenant. He’s back with a fourth film – this one…

Michelle Rodriguez, an actress who supplied some of the marine dialogue to Halo 2, talked pretty frankly to 1UP.com about videogames in general, and her contribution to some of them (including Halo 2). Nice read. Thanks, Voodoo Extreme.

Wonga. New Letters to the Webmaster over at Bungie.net; along with the usual ridicule and scorn is word of the possibility of customized shirts (emblazoned with your gamertag). Hmm… the ridicule and scorn is pretty fun, too.

Ducain has whipped up a gorgeous little section with information about the 15 bonus Skulls strewn throughout the single-player game. If you don’t know what this means, go read the page. If you DO know what this means, but have been looking for an easy-to-use guide (including levels, effects, and methods for finding – including…

While you’re at Bungie, picking up new desktop images, be sure to check out the latest job openings – they need an Art Production Manager, a Graphics Programmer, a test tool builder, and a Tools programmer, as well as some temporary positions. If you think you’ve got what it takes, send ’em a resume!

Two new wallpapers to be found over at Bungie.net – put together by Shishka, they do a great job of showcasing both the ODSTs and Tartarus. Available in 4 sizes each. Go get ’em!

A million people have been sending us mail about the last page of the upcoming XboxWorld magazine in Europe. It says ‘Halo 2. Didn’t think there was more? Think again!’ And then, below that, ‘Plus! If all goes to plan, a massive world exclusive first look… NEXT MONTH!’ Folks have been theorizing that this refers…

Last week, a few people turned in speed runs of Outskirts – and I mentioned that I’d really love to see a speed run of Cairo Station, on Legendary. Today, Cody Miller obliged. I was amazed. It’s not perfect – he dies twice (in the same place both times), but man… it’s beautiful. 10:19, from…

The ongoing saga of Calvin’s meeting with the Covenant continues in today’s Calvin and Halo. I’m thinkin’… Calvin might have just gotten himself into something big…

Frankie has finally gotten around to writing up last week’s Halo Humpday Challenge – I’m guessing it took so long because they got so badly beaten. (He even tried to blame the lack of players on ‘tryptophan poisoning’ – but his Scottish heritage betrayed him; he forgot that Thanksgiving is on THURSDAY, so those folks…

Quick note – Mhaddy wanted to remind you that the Junkyard’s Poetry Contest (mentioned recently) is now open for entries.

Large art update over at Halo Babies – plus a movie. (Apologies to zero, the movie’s creator – he submitted the link to us a few days ago, but I let it slip.) I’m not sure I get it, entirely… it’s a whole bunch of Halo 2 clips strung together, but I was having trouble…

Gamespot is running a ‘Commercial Challenge’ – vote for the best commercials of 2004, win prizes. Halo 2’s TV spot is in the running. Thanks, Nathan.

Hehe – amidst all these doom-and-gloom articles about how Halo 2 will cause your child to become a Satanist, it’s nice to see that SOME places are still recommending it. People Magazine has a Top Ten Games to buy your kids for Christmas – and Halo 2 is #8. Thanks, Alexander.

Total Video Games, a UK gaming site, has an article up claiming that the first Downloadable Content Update for Halo 2 is coming soon. We haven’t seen this confirmed anywhere yet – so at this point, this is rumor – but it sure is INTERESTING rumor.

KP was just browsing through sketches made by Tim Buckley, of the webcomic Ctrl+Alt+Del… and ran across this very nice pencil drawing of the Master Chief, done in honor of Halo 2’s release. Coolness!

It’s the end of the month, and the end of our bandwidth; we’ve had a MOUNTAIN of movies submitted to us over the past 60 days or so, and I’ve been a bit lax at getting to them, partly for bandwidth reasons, partly because the flood of new Halo 2 content on the website has…