Category: HBO

bs angel sent word of another Halo tattoo – this one is pretty incredible. Check it out!(Louis Wu 20:59:40 UTC)

Bry had commissioned Leviathan for a little art project for some friends – and the end result was worth sharing. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:17:04 UTC)

Wow, what better way to start of the new year than by showing something that bridges the past to the present. Siliconmaster sends along word that Precipice, his Halo CE map is complete. I hesitate to even call it a simple mod because it is truly incred…

Kooberz has been working on a stop-action LEGO drama based around his Zanzibar recreation for a couple of years (this was our first post about the movie, and this was the most recent). He’s back, with a progress video – and word that it should be fini…

Slap Happy has put fireworks into Halo Custom Edition – pretty fun! Thanks, MatthewDratt. (Louis Wu 11:30:47 UTC)

Urban Reflex played through the entire Reach campaign on Heroic – and pulled out a couple of funny moments. And poena.dare followed up with a nostalgic redo of a VERY old piece of Bungie lore. Go check ’em both out!(Louis Wu 15:46:40 UTC)

FoxmanFX let us know about the Halo Reach Daily Christmas Contest – you’ve got to play a game of Gruntpocalypse on Glacier without dying, and you have to do it before Sunday’s challenges are posted (which means a bit more than 7 hours from the time of…

Leviathan ran across some cool concept art for the Arbiter, created by a Halo Wars artist. Interesting stuff!(Louis Wu 03:40:42 UTC)

Phoenix_9286 had an ODST-themed holiday wish – go read.(Louis Wu 03:40:27 UTC)

Apologies for the lack of news – holiday doings take up a LOT of time, I guess.INSANEdrive let us know about a trailer for Pixel Force’s Halo, a retro 2D makeover for the popular game. (His post also contains links to articles at Kotaku and Joystiq.) L…

JDQuackers pointed out a piece created by Matthew Davis a couple of years ago (it was just highlighted by Kotaku today, but hit the web in 2008) – it uses the Master Chief as a (literal) poster boy for desensitization. Agree or disagree – it’s nicely p…

Rockslider was privy to an interesting briefing by Sergeant Johnson… but I guess he didn’t get the video camera out until just after it ended. Read all about it in his forum post – then go watch the footage.(Louis Wu 17:44:35 UTC)

Interesting pickup by Kotaku – a street artist in San Francisco is making a statement about modern warfare… by using imagery from Halo. Ouch!(Louis Wu 14:42:21 UTC)

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry has done an in-depth interview with a number of Bungie employees (graphics engineer Chris Tchou, character designer Chris Opdahl, community/writer Eric Osborne, senior animation lead Richard Lico and character engineer Max D…

Cody Brigan stopped by with some photos of a Master Chief tattoo he put on someone’s leg recently – really nice work! (There might be an Arbiter coming soon, on the other side…)(Louis Wu 15:15:22 UTC)

In the ‘heartwarming ending to sad stories’ category, Kotaku has an article about gaming companies (including the Halo Waypoint team) providing replacement goodies for a medical center in North Carolina, where a not-very-nice person recently stole a bu…

MegaBLOKS has put together a stop-motion movie using their Halo figures, and some fun special effects. Really nice work! Assault on Squad 45 Part 1 is on YouTube right now; a teaser for Part 2 (to be released next Saturday) is available on their websi…

Absolutely NSFW, but one of the Backstreet Boys (the dude’s in his 30s now; I wonder if ‘Boys’ still applies?) put on a Halo costume and took a bunch of really random pictures with a naked woman. I… I simply don’t understand how this stuff happens. …

Waypoint has a new ordinance piece up, this one chronicles some of the various iterations of the UNSC Assault Rifle. Nice shots and cool info await your clickage!(GrimBrother One 20:10:33 UTC)

A Gamasutra feature, ‘Five Minutes With…’, takes on the Firefight menu system – they’re not even PLAYING the game, just setting it up. It’s a great read, and if you haven’t gotten lost in these menus yet, this article might help. hnc on our forum wa…