Category: HBO

In violation of all normal release policies (yes, they think this is important), Gearbox has released a patch at 9 pm (their time) on a Friday night – which means they’re gonna be working through the weekend to be sure this is okay. This patch is an attempt to fix the crashes many users have…

The Cananimators are at it again. Just goes to show you… there’s no class requirement for employment at Bungie. They’ll let ANYONE in, provided they have useful skills.

Very cool. SketchFactor has posted scans of a couple of Holiday cards Bungie’s sent out in their Gallery. (The one labeled 2001 actually went out in BOTH 2000 and 2001, but who’s counting?) These are great fun… take a look.

Gossip sent in another IMG link – this time, they’ve reviewed Mac Halo. They gave it a 9.25/10 – higher than most sites have been reviewing Halo PC. The reviewer was playing on a Dual 2GHz G5, so it’s not gonna be of a lot of use to folks with computers closer to the minimum…

Halo gets a mention in today’s Ctrl+Alt+Del comic – pretty funny. Thanks to rendar for noticing.

You say you’re itchin’ for another contest? You say the last few didn’t challenge you? You say you want a REAL puzzle? Well, pardner, we got some forum regulars that would like to talk to you. c0ld vengeance, BOLL, MorningStar, and Skavenger have put their heads together to come up with the HBO Xmas Puzzle…

Inside Mac Games has posted a new Halo desktop, created by Brad Custer, in honor of Mac Halo’s release. It comes in an ASTOUNDING variety of sizes. Check it out! (Credit goes to Gossip for noticing it.)

ActionTrip is running a PC Game of the Year poll on their front page; Halo currently has 5% of the vote (putting it in 10th place). Methinks it might be hard to get a lot of votes at the moment… but if you think they’ll work through the 1.03 glitches, go bump up the numbers!

There’s a new EchoFourNineteen comic over at 343GS.com (downloads section) – I’d tell you about it, but I forgot. Thanks to Zergling_minor for the heads-up.

We received word from a few people last night that they’d gotten confirmation that their copies of Mac Halo were en route… and this morning, we received a press release confirming this from MacSoft. Woohoo!

Today’s One One Se7en wraps up the three-parter on the Old MC this week. No Grunts in this one… but you should still sign that petition.

You know, if you had a Grunt Plushy, you could ACT OUT today’s Halo: Resolution. Whoa.

Okay, in general, I think online petitions are silly. However, I’m willing to make an exception this time… because of the subject, and because of who’s putting it forth. SketchFactor jumped on our forum yesterday to suggest that the reason there’s never been a Grunt Plushy is because the marketing folks don’t believe there’s a…

Back in September, we pointed out a pretty cool film over at Video CD Productions; it was the final round of the Halo50K tournament, TDT vs DM, 3-cap CTF on Battle Creek. It showed the entire match from the Dream Team’s screen, complete with audio commentary by the players. The only problem was… it was…

SketchFactor spread a little love on the fans, in the form of three HUGE (1920×1440) screenshots, in tif format; you can find ’em in this forum post. The first two are 6 and 8 mb, respectively, and uncompressed; the last one is a bit banded, but only 1.4 mb. All three are worth grabbing, if…

Rams, head muckety-muck over at Battleground: Halo, has written what he calls a ‘bi-monthly staple of BGH’ – another edition of the ‘Rams Report’. In this one, he looks at Dave Mertz’s resignation, Mac Halo, Sapien’s release status, and One One Se7en, a strip he likens to ‘two rabbits left unattended over Christmas break.’ Read…

Jamirus99 points out (well, sort of) that Gamespy is hosting the second of three parts of a Halo tournament to win an Alienware Aurora PC. The top scorer in today’s matchup goes on to the finals on December 18. You need GameSpy Arcade to connect, and Halo PC (obviously). Stop by and see if there’s…

I can’t say I’m thrilled with the subtitle, but the event itself has me all aflutter. Blackstar has put up a news post (and a trailer) for Are You Big Enough II, a lanfest planned for Summer 2004 in Andover, MA. Are You Big Enough (the original) was held LAST summer, and featured an enormous…

Mac Halo is shipping today. (It should be in stores by Monday, at the latest.) randompro42’s Guest One One Se7en, then, is airing at an appropriate time. (We aren’t condoning platform bigotry – and neither is randompro, from what we can see. notice that large bite mark…)

12 pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section: IONCLAD: First Prelude, by Capo Rip A Spartan’s Path – chapter 5, by Myth Earth vs Covenant part 1, by Packer7834 Battle for the Norah: Part Eleven, by Sterfrye36 Over The Line; Part 1, by AmokTheClown Over The Line; Part 2, by AmokTheClown The ONI…