Category: HBO

Gamebashing has an interview with DeepCee, the artist behind ODS Steve – thanks, Hawty.(Louis Wu 13:38:41 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue is going to be releasing Reclaimer episodes every day this week, to make up for the long hiatus – swing by the website for Episode 245 – Reclaimer gets upgrades… and finds something.(Louis Wu 13:33:39 UTC)

Red vs Blue Revelation Chapter 3 (Upon Further Review) is now available on the Rooster Teeth website – and for the first time (if you didn’t watch the shakeycam PAX East films or the one-night-only streaming-from-the-Alamo video), you can see why they hired Monty Oum. Amazing coordination of straight-up machinima and CGI – you need…

Seattle Times’ Brier Dudley talked to Brian Jarrard and Chris Carney about the Reach Beta – go see what they have to say!(Louis Wu 13:22:04 UTC)

Sad that Halo 2 online play is shut down? Go check out this trailer from dsalimander – it’s an alpha build of H2 Midship… in Halo Custom Edition. Looks amazing! (Also got word of Project Ambry, a pretty slick-looking Forerunner-based map – check out the thread for pics!)(Louis Wu 13:21:30 UTC)

The latest Bungie Podcast hit the webernets last night – Derek Carroll talks about gametypes (you might be a little disappointed with the extent of the Invasion explanation), Dave Candland talks about interface, Luke Timmins talks about the Reach engine. 90 minutes of serious awesomeness (except, maybe, the first minute or two). Grab the mp3…

Forward Unto Dawn has begun posting a 3-part retrospective on Halo 2 – Part 1 is up now. Go check out ‘I Hardly Knew Thee…’ – this segment was written by Dani, who didn’t play Halo 2 when it was in its heyday. How does the game stand up without the benefit of nostalgia? Go…

Max pointed out a really cool Weta-created Xbox being auctioned off right now (proceeds to go to charity). Go by and look – bids started at a dollar yesterday, but it’s already up over $520 AU (about $481 US), with four days left to run. Gorgeous!(Louis Wu 22:21:02 UTC)

The Tag and Release term spotlighted today at Bungie.net is ‘Assassination’ – and urk found some wonderful pics. Go look! (Louis Wu 17:45:41 UTC)

The next Running Riot podcast will be recorded live next Monday night, April 26, at 9:30pm EST. Guest is Damian Lacedamian, from This Spartan Life – don’t miss it! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:43:53 UTC)

It must be Monday – there are a LOT of videos for your enjoyment. (I’m including one from last Friday, that I managed to miss.)Arby ‘n’ The Chief in LA Episode 10 (Alone) actually went online on April 9, but Bungie didn’t post it until the 16th – and we managed to miss it even…

Halo 3 Screenshots wants to give you stuff – just enter the ‘Most Creative Use of a Crate Contest’! That’s right – use a crate creatively in Forge, snap a screen, and you could win a copy of Red vs Blue Reconstruction, or the DK Halo Encyclopedia. What a long way we’ve come from STC!(Louis…

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to announce that Reclaimer is out of hiatus – the latest episode, #244, has Reclaimer being decisive.(Louis Wu 15:57:46 UTC)

Littlebigman noticed an article at Toy News International about McFarlane Mongoose sets. Nice!(Louis Wu 15:54:39 UTC)

Minime637 announced a giveaway at Defend the House – post your gamertag, and you’ve got a shot at winning Halo 3: ODST. Free access to the Reach Beta (and the chance to play a pretty fun game, to boot)!(Louis Wu 15:54:05 UTC)

rowboat went through the GTTV footage, removed all the interview stuff (and clips from older videos), and put the remaining (Boneyard-specific) footage together with some rousing Halo music. The result is a 5-minute Boneyard trailer – awesome!(Louis Wu 15:21:35 UTC)

Heh – someone’s selling a custom-painted McFarlane Halo figure, inspired by a real-life suit of Spartan Armor seen at the games of the New Orleans Saints this year. NIce! Thanks, rolandk73.(Louis Wu 15:21:04 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla visited a Japanese forum with a bunch of Halo artwork – not a trivial task for folks who can’t read Kanji! He collected a few dozen of his favorite pics – you can see them in his forum post, or in our local mirror (if you have trouble with his image host). As he…

AssaultGodzilla has whipped up a new Halo music video – this one uses footage from Halo Legends, set to Breaking Benjamin’s Blow Me Away. Very nicely done imagery!(Louis Wu 15:18:15 UTC)

Rampancy.net has posted the second half of their ODST Episode of Anger, Sadness, and Envy podcast – it’s an hour and 40 minutes, 95 mb. Go listen! (Louis Wu 19:44:04 UTC)