Category: HBO

Wow – I wish I had one of these in my town. Rampancy.net mentioned an article about a state-of-the-art gaming center in rural New Hampshire… it just opened, and Halo 2 is one of the games it offers. And wow, what a center. Here’s hoping for a successful expansion!

Yesterday, Ducain pointed out a post on the High Impact Halo forum; it was made by Chubigans, and had links to a pair of movies. The newest one looked at Halo 2 combat from the viewpoint of your Marine buddies, the older one just checked out some of the cool scenery you run into throughout…

Hehe – Stuntmutt bemoans the audio shortcomings of Halo 2 in this blog entry – thanks, Rampancy.net.

John Kirkpatrick entered a Halloween contest at a local nightclub – his Master Chief costume won him some cash. Nice!

Dinky points out an article at Gamespy that looks at the ‘Top 10 First-Person Melee Weapons’ – the Plasma Sword from Halo 2 is number 6. Update: 7he One { Ryan R } points out that he noted this article on our forum about a week ago – oops…

omnistegan points out yet another morning news special on the horrible effects of violent videogames on our youth. This one was CTV AM, a national morning show in Canada, and it interviewed the director of Minnesota-based National Institute for Media and the Family, who issued their 9th annual video game report card today. Once again,…

Robb Hutzal points out a tournament in Calgary, Canada, to benefit the Calgary Children’s Hospital; registration is $60 per 4-player team, gameplay will take place on January 28/29, 2005, and there’s $5000 in cash and prizes on the line. More details can be found at the Maasai Clan website. While you’re there, Robb suggests you…

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Sometimes, though, 3 pictures can be worth one word. Take One One Se7en, for example. (I leave the word choice up to you.)

Yesterday, SketchFactor posted a note on the Bungie.net forums detailing changes that are being made to the Xbox Live Matchmaking Playlist – it looks like (if all goes well) these changes will occur shortly after the Thanksgiving break (meaning next week, for folks not familiar with US holidays). Some good info in there! Thanks, SYSTEMS.

Having trouble with that second hangar bay on Cairo Station on Legendary? Mike Miller has summarized some of the existing resources out there to help you through, as well as adding 3 of his own movies. Amazing to watch, they show me how far behind the curve I really am, reflex-wise… but that’s okay, because…

cuc pointed out a series of articles written by David Thomas, a journalist with the Denver post – all are well-written, but 3 are very similar to hundreds of other articles that we’ve mentioned. One is different – it’s the article cuc mentioned first, and it takes a rather more thoughtful approach to Halo 2…

If you need a cheap copy of Halo 2, and you live in the US, you’ve got a shot on eBay; SYSTEMS pointed out an auction where someone tried it for 10 minutes (it was a gift) and put it on the shelf. Starting bid is $30, Buy it Now price is $40, and the…

Thirteen new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – a bunch of poetry. Go read!

Boatloads of new fan artwork over at Halo Babies today. Hopefully, if all goes well, today will be a windfall for misc-art lovers… we’ll post our own update. Viewers win! For now, though, check out the dozen or so new images at HB.net.

Wow. A a couple of different articles have come out recently about violence in video games, both including Halo 2 in with games like GTA: SA. As far as I can tell, they’re not even about the same organizations… Gamespot reports about a 5-member coalition, including the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility, the National Council…

Okay, we’ve opened a forum specifically for Clan HBO on XBL – this forum is there for organization of clan matches, discussion of tourney rules, that sort of thing. It’s not limited to just clan members; if you’re interested in becoming a clan member, but didn’t make it into the group before the Bungie-imposed 100…

Is the plasma sword hazardous to your health? Maybe. Check this article at Aussie Xbox on ways to escape this deadly addiction. Thanks, Hep.

Dolbex points out that there are two new themes for groups over at the Seventh Column. I’ve switched the HBO Junkies to use the Mullins Halo 2 theme, and Dolbex has set Been Mawed to use the Column WW theme, so you can see them both in action. Nice!

Major Nelson yanked the top 10 games on Xbox Live last week – guess what was in the number one spot? (Yeah, tough guess.) Thanks, Cybrfrk.

Writing music is hard sometimes. Adapting music can be even harder – but often moreso on the listener. Dork Tower points the way NOT to take. Thanks, E1337.