Category: HBO

There are things you just shouldn’t do with the Master Chief. Roger Wilco points out one of them. Update: And this is another.

Today’s One One Se7en looks at those annoying British grunts (and a new Halo 2 feature). Halo Babies continues the storyline with Mister Chief and a wimpy MC (and while you’re there, check out the Avatar contest launched today on their forum). And Sector 7 has a new episode of Marines – these guys need…

12 new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section, including a couple of multipart series released at once. I don’t know if it’s the moderation, or the new format… but it seems to me the comments are getting more intelligent. w00t!

Dolbex sent along info about MLG Seattle, coming up on August 21; the Halo 4v4 tourney will have a $25 entry fee, and teams will be playing for an $8000 purse. Not too shabby! Also, Sketch and Frankie from Bungie are stopping by and will hopefully have a surprise to share…

Kids have a way of making their parents understand when injustice is served… nicely illustrated by Calvin and Halo today. Thanks, Blackstar!

Fluffy, at HaloPlanet, points out a pretty cool forum thread containing pics and a movie of a new battle mech being created by Icetiger. Not finished yet… but it’s got some real potential!

The first Active Camo Elite has shown up on eBay (though I doubt it’ll be the last). There were only 5000 of these made, so the seller feels confident, I guess; and since his opening bid of $25 ($10 more than he bought it for in a store this week) has already been met, I…

New Subzero Rivalries today – I’ve seen this happen in real games. Thanks, MarkHawk.

NorthHammer has created a really long (9:45) tribute to Halo 2, using existing footage and some inspiring music. It’s 24.9 mb (so that it fits into his 25 mb Comcast space, in WMP9 format.

Art Vandelay has pointed out a picture of the upcoming Xbox Live Halo 2 headset mentioned last week by NuclearWinter – he snagged it off the Gamestop product page. Snazzy-looking headset… but $50 seems a bit steep, you ask me.

Monday, Boxer launched Adventures in Disaster, a Halo comic hosted by akba. Today, Episode 2, ‘It’s all about range…’ has been posted. Check it out!

Stefander points out that Halo 2 will be playable at Power Unlimited’s Gameplay event in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on September 11 and 12. The website is all in dutch, but if you’re in the area, this is another opportunity for gameplay!

Periodically, Frankie mentions the Lightmap farm used for renders during development – today’s One One Se7en shows Stuntmutt’s take on the whole thing.

Motherstooth made an HBO tribute – we’re touched. 1.9 mb, WMP9 format. Here’s a QT version, if you need it (2.2 mb).

Later than usual, but the Weekly Bungie Update Archive has been incremented with last Friday’s scribblings. Did you know that this was the first time pocky has been mentioned in the update? Are you surprised? That Snook, he’s an odd one…

9 new stories added to the Fan Fiction section – might have been more, but a couple of folks thought that no punctuation at all was a good thing. Enjoy.

Dan Mitteer found a new Halo 2 ad in October’s Gamepro mag; it follows the trend of the first Halo 2 print ad, except the picture is better and they moved away from the Halo font. You’ll find small versions that Dan posted in this post, and larger ones in this post.

There’s a Halo tournament in Eastpoint, Michigan, on August 15; 2-man teams, entrance fee is $40/team, top prize is $120. Information can be found on this website.

Once again, though a few days ago, Roger Wilco took some fun motion capture footage, and applied the Master Chief skin to it. As he says, this one definitely needs sound. (1.1 mb, QuickTime format.)

The next big MLG tournament (after Seattle, at the end of this month) will be in San Francisco, on September 11/12… and the San Francisco subsite just went live at MLGPro.com. Go check it out! (I couldn’t find any info on registration fees or prize values… but I’m sure they’re coming.) Thanks, Dolbex.