Category: HBO

cDringer scanned a nice-looking freebie he found at Gamestop – it’s the same image that OXM is using on their October cover. (I’ve replaced the original 1 mb gif with a smaller jpeg, but otherwise, his post is as it was.) The press continues…

Ouch. There’s a long story over on Bungie.net, talking about the long-awaited upgrade to the Seventh Column; starting next Tuesday, it’ll be down for 1-2 weeks for the upgrade, and when it comes back, there’ll be lots and lots of changes. This is bad news for the HBO Junkies, which was actually using one of…

Are you a legal resident of Canada, 17 or over by October 4? If you are, you have a shot at some cool Halo-related goodies from the Famous Players website. Visit the contest page for details, and don’t forget to check the Rules page for all the nitty-gritty. themanlydeadguy brought it to our attention.

WOW. Another really cool Halo-related image on the DeviantArt website – VegasMike (otherwise known as Adam Vehige, who won our Pillar of Art contest last year with a similar image) posted an image called ‘Halo 2’. Very, very nice. Thanks to Guardian for finding it.

No, that’s not a boot in today’s One One Se7en… it’s a – well, go read it.

Wow. BlackOps, of the Imperial Army clan, posted a note on the Gearbox forums, announcing a new (not quite available yet) stats system for Halo PC, based on an open-source Unreal Tournament 2003 stats tracking system. There’s a link to their own website, showing you what these stats look like; they’re amazingly complete. Check it…

Another update this evening comes in the form of desktops, with 10 new items in the Wallpaper Section. Go see what you can find.

Some of you may have noticed I haven’t been around much today. I’m at a family wedding about 1500 miles from home… so updates will be scarcer than usual (unless other staffers can cover for me). I CAN, however, post some of the user-submitted content… starting with the Fan Fiction section. 5 new items tonight.…

A Nightmare-Armor-clad MC made ANOTHER down-under appearance, this time on a footy field in Victoria. Thanks, Brett C.

Today’s Calvin and Halo is eerily reminiscent of a recent forum thread… I say ‘eerily’ since the C&H was submitted weeks ago. Dun dun dun…

Saint points out that The Library (his attempt to categorize everything in Halo) is back online at Psyjnir.net. Thanks to him, and to Psyrixx! (The Psyjnir Complex itself is still offline, but expected back in a few weeks.)

High Impact Halo’s Three Towers contest has ended – congrats to the winners! Check out Ducain’s writeup on the HIH forum for details. Highlight reels will be forthcoming, it seems. (And thanks to him for the heads-up on our own forum.)

Until recently, one of the items you could plonk down money for in various online stores was the ‘Halo 2 DVD Enhanced Prima Strategy Guide’ – basically the upcoming Halo 2 Strategy Guide, bundled with a separate DVD. This item is actually still listed at Amazon.com, though without any real information. However, XAL sent us…

The original plan, a few days ago, was to post 10 desktops and 10 misc art images until the queues were empty; unfortunately, our hardware conspired against us, and this turned out to be unfeasible. I’m rotating, then; every OTHER day, there’ll be 10 new desktops, or 10 new pieces of art. Today is art…

It’s been a long time coming… but over on the Red vs Blue website, you can finally buy Trocadero’s debut CD – with all the music from the Red vs Blue series, plus a bunch of new tracks. You can listen to samples on Trocadero’s website, or just head over to the RvB store and…

IGN put up their own Hands-On Halo 2 article based on gameplay at the Game Stars Live event happening right now in London; they weren’t nearly as negative as our forum-goers, but it sounds like they had pretty much the same experience. Interesting that this is one of the first public showings of Halo 2…

Pete Parsons talked to GameDaily about Bungie’s feelings about Halo 2, and where he thinks the game industry is going. An uplifting read. Thanks, Dr. Nick, for the heads-up.

Hehe – Ross Mills just got back from Gamestars Live… and it sounds like there were some organizational issues. Pretty odd… in all the hands-on reports from all the various sites hosting Halo 2 gameplay that we’ve seen, this is the first really negative one – and it comes from a pretty hardcore Halo fan.…

Hmm… I hadn’t realized that the release date for Halo 2 in Japan hadn’t been finalized yet… but no matter, according to IGN, it will go on sale there on November 11, just like most of Europe. One more country heard from…

Webshift points out that if anyone’s in the Atlanta area this weekend, they should seriously consider stopping by Dragon*Con, a huge SciFi/Fantasy convention taking place from September 3-6. Nightmare Armor will be out in force, with 8 different Master Chiefs (all different colors) on the show floor. Folks have been pretty unhappy that the Nightmare…