Category: HBO

Whew – too much to do today. News catchup time… Let’s start with ‘The Silent Cartographer’ featuring John Powell. Phi1LzA was playing the opening of The Silent Cartographer, and happened to be playing John Powell scores in the background. He was astounded by how smoothly everything lined up, so he decided to share. Pretty cool!(Louis…

Eep – we got word from mr smiley that Master Chief Theater 3000 episode 408 has been put up on the web – go check it out! This one covers the cutscenes from Data Hive – getting close to the end of ODST!(Louis Wu 23:12:36 UTC)

Stuff you might have missed as work went on despite the Reach Beta – courtesy of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:The Aisha Tyler video that you could see in your ODST Extras menu is now available for web download, in a variety of flavors. Absolutely worth the watch. She’s smart, she’s funny, she’s hot. And she knows…

Adam Pavlacka let us know that WorthPlaying has posted their Halo: Reach Beta impressions – go see what they thought! (Louis Wu 20:44:48 UTC)

Brian Gilmore let us know that the Teabag Prevention Team at Geekscape has their first episode of Halo Reach Tips online – go read ’em.(Louis Wu 15:56:05 UTC)

The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots list at Halo3Screenshots.com this week focused on the term ‘Electric’ – some of those just don’t look real. (‘Puppy’ is amazing.) Check ’em!(Louis Wu 15:47:23 UTC)

Stuff we missed at Hawty McBloggy’s this weekend (shame on us!):Halcylon has already whipped up a Halo Reach montage – he calls it ‘Betage’.B Mc Gann has his Top 10 Halo Reach Plays live.Luke has posted Grin + Bear It: Five Minute Death Punch – showing off the risks of the new Assassination animations.Go read…

XerxdeeJ dropped in to welcome the masses to the Reach Beta – tips, notes from gunslingers, and more! Go read.(Louis Wu 15:43:41 UTC)

BuzzJuice noticed an ‘Ultimate Halo Quiz’ on Gamespy – 100 questions probing your knowledge of the Halo universe. (Two questions per page? Seriously? I understand wanting ad revenue, Gamespy… but c’mon. Don’t be dicks about it.) (Louis Wu 15:42:34 UTC)

We heard about a teaser for Project Lumoria – new campaign gameplay for Halo CE! Check it! (Louis Wu 15:35:36 UTC)

SK1LL4XED let us know about a new podcast from Postgame Carnage Report – primarily Halo content. NSFW. Check out Episode 35! (Louis Wu 15:33:46 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 251 is now live – more Reach screenies.(Louis Wu 15:33:17 UTC)

finalcuthalo sent word that HollywoodHalo is back, with a new video showing off some of the new stuff in Reach. Lots of silliness, but also some interesting info…(Louis Wu 15:32:07 UTC)

Rod pointed out an article at Kotaku, highlighting the last few holdouts still playing Halo 2. if you swing by Bungie.net, you can follow a thread started by one of the last six. (Louis Wu 15:31:31 UTC)

Dave Kramer sent word that BusyGamerNews.com wants you to have parts of the Halo series’ heritage – Halo 2 with the Multiplayer Map Pack, along with the original Halo Game Guide. Several ways to win. These include reviewing their newest podcast. Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:08:10 UTC)

Cody Miller wrote up some tips for Reach multiplayer; if you LIKE the Assault Rifle, and you’re not interested in improving your headshot percentage, these won’t be for you, but otherwise, you’ll find some handy pointers to keep you from getting destroyed in the Beta! There’s a video, too, showing off some examples.(Louis Wu 18:06:05…

A couple of Reach panoramas have already shown up – Crab posted one on Friday, and RVideo posted one yesterday. I’m sure we’ll be seeing many more.(Louis Wu 18:05:21 UTC)

Riceatron took a bunch of high-res screenshots of an Elite in both Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, and stuck them all together in a monster image, so that you can get a feel for how the Elite model has been upgraded. And wow… it’s been upgraded. I mean, that’s been clear for a while, but…

Oozer3993 whipped up a tiny Java app (4kb) you can use to calculate your ‘Arena Rating’ based on stats from a slayer game you were in. It’s based on (I’d assume) the math included in the most recent Weekly Update. Give it a try – see where you stand! Arena goes live tomorrow. (Louis Wu…

EazyB found a pretty sneaky way to abuse the Armor Lock ability – check it out. (Enjoy it while you can; I’d really doubt this will work in the shipping game.) (Louis Wu 18:04:06 UTC)