Category: HBO

I figured this deserved a separate news piece: In the “Glasslands” press release, Tor Books said the second chapter in Greg Bear’s “Forerunner Saga” won’t be available until 2012. That gives me plenty of time to catch up. (I’m four books behind. Stupid…

One of the things you’ll be able to purchase during a Bungie auction (profits to Child’s Play, as with ALL of these) is the Caboose-made Sgt. Johnson Macaroni Statue. (A picture is here.) I… I don’t know what to say. (I guess thanks to Mid7night mig…

CruelLEGACEY has posted a Community Spotlight of Funny Halo 3 Productions (now known as Dark River Eclipse) on his site – you can see some sample video along with a description of the group and how they’ve grown. The Annhiliation Circuit video shows …

FyreWulff speculated about a gametype he’d be able to build with Bungie’s scripting tools… looks like it might be fun!(Louis Wu 13:04:05 UTC)

Mid7night stopped in to give us an update on his trip to Seattle. Looks like Urk was kind enough to let him take a peek at the new digs. Nice! The evening kept getting better, Mid7night got to experience the Reach music at the Seattle PLAY event, and m…

RC Master wrote up a scholarly-style paper on how Arena could be improved. Interesting read! Available as both a PDF (recommended by RC Master, since the formatting is the way he wants it) and online in a standard web format.(Louis Wu 18:29:35 UTC)

Red vs Blue Season Nine, Episode 2 was released last night – once again, the bar’s been raised. The environments are familiar… but the action’s all new. The story will grab you, too. Go watch. (There’s a discussion thread going on our forum, if you …

nscuDuncan has put the finsihing touches on both his new website, Misriah Solutions, and his first meaty article, Armor Equipment. (It also covers, sort of tangentially, Assassinations.) It’s a pretty in-depth proposal of a series of fundamental change…

TDSpiral offered a while back to make Halo art to requests – he posted one last night that disturbs me.(Louis Wu 17:36:05 UTC)

Instinct’s Roy was declared MLG Columbus Halo: Reach MVP – swing by MLGPro.com to read about why, and to see a video of one of the Winners Bracket Finals games. (Louis Wu 17:35:32 UTC)

Archilen pointed out that Headhunters #1 is now live on Halo Waypoint – great work at turning a fantastic story into a motion comic! Looking forward to Part 2.(Louis Wu 11:53:50 UTC)

Goosechecka sent word that Grifball Hub is putting together a series that covers the history of Grifball – the first chapter went live yesterday. Respect Your Roots looks to be a pretty involved look at each season of the sport (there are 19 now), and…

hezekiah let us know that Achievement Horse #28 is live (YouTube or AchievementHunter) – cool maps, hungover Geoff. I don’t think Jack is being sympathetic enough… (Louis Wu 13:29:18 UTC)

Jump on over to Halo Waypoint – they’re offering a first look at Headhunters, the next motion comic translated from the Halo: Evolutions book. This one’s been highly anticipated – go get a taste! Thanks, Grim.(Louis Wu 17:17:53 UTC)

If you need another copy of Halo: Reach, now’s a pretty good time to grab it; it’s selling for just under $25 as part of Amazon’s Dads & Grads Promotion. Hurry! (Louis Wu 16:13:40 UTC)

FyreWulff noticed that a bugfix for some Flag gametypes was included in the June Matchmaking update – Flag at Home scoring now works properly in all CTF gametypes. Yay!(Louis Wu 16:11:46 UTC)

Dani let us know that Forward Unto Dawn has received a makeover – and a bunch of new content. Go explore!(Louis Wu 17:59:28 UTC)

Smile And Deal With It revealed a piece of the Halo 4 teaser that apparently we all missed the first time around. Is it bad that this scene actually seems halfway plausible? ;-)(GrimBrother One 19:13:08 UTC)

The Seattle Times writer Brier Dudley gleaned this nugget of a quote when he asked Mike Delman, vice president of global marketing at Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business group, about “Halo 4” and the Kinect: “I’m sure we’ll have some Kinect…

There’s been plenty of interviews with Frank O’Connor this past week, but this one by USA Today shares a few more details on what to expect at Halo Fest. Not only will the Weta Warthog be available to park your buns in, but Frankie tempers expectation…