Category: HBO

F1rsTxLas7 contacted Greg Bear on Facebook recently, and learned that the first book of the Forerunner trilogy that Bear is writing probably won’t be out before 2011. (As recently as last month, we thought it might be out in July 2010, because that’s the date Amazon is stating on its website.) Just a quick sidenote…

Over at 360Junkies, MDK x2002x posted his thoughts about the future of the Halo franchise – and what it might mean for fans. I think I probably disagree with the notion that you have to decide where your loyalties lie… but it’s certainly true that management will be changing hands, and this has the potential…

InnerRayg pointed out some video reviews of McFarlane’s Series 7 figures – the good news is quality control has improved dramatically over Series 6! Go watch.(Louis Wu 14:25:04 UTC)

Dang, we forgot to post the second half of CVG’s Halo: Reach interview with Marcus and Brian; swing by their website and give it a read. It’s a look forward, more than a look back – and it has some interesting info!(Louis Wu 02:07:10 UTC)

Seraph XXVII stopped in with prices and pics of the action figures he’s selling to raise money for Dan and Aimee, and Child’s Play. (Details in this post, if you missed them.) He’s giving HBOers first crack at these puppies – they’ll be on eBay soon!(Louis Wu 01:19:29 UTC)

Last week’s Community Spotlight group, Mythic Photographers, have updated their favorites with a new batch of files – swing by Bungie.net to read about the map Mongoose Station, or go straight to Bungie Favorites to see all the files.(Louis Wu 01:18:11 UTC)

New montage from Axilo and Friends – thanks, urk. Looks like someone got a scrubber, and decided to play with it! (Louis Wu 01:16:55 UTC)

Here’s hoping you’re reading this soon after it’s being written; the Running Riot Podcast is recording live in less than 90 minutes. 9:30 pm Eastern, Wednesday night, Kete’s interviewing the couple that had a big-time Halo wedding last year! Thanks to Bungie’s Comm Chatter for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 01:13:36 UTC)

We got an email from ‘H2 Memorial’ pointing out a forum post on Bungie.net – the group Halo 3 In The Workplace (H3ITWP) is putting together a Halo 2 Memorial Montage, and they want your input. They’re looking for clips, screenshots, or just farewell messages. All categories of submissions have pretty strict guidelines, so be…

Actress Aisha Tyler becomes the latest to reveal a Reach voice-acting gig – thanks, ElzarTheBam.(Louis Wu 12:20:15 UTC)

Steven wrote a song called ‘Escapin’ from the A-R-K’, using the tune from Myley Cyrus’ ‘Party in the USA’ – you can find the lyrics, along with a karaoke version of the real song, at Hawty McBloggy’s (you’ll have to put them together yourself). O….K.(Louis Wu 12:19:04 UTC)

Justinian stopped in with a line drawing he did of a Halo: Reach Elite. He’s not completely satisfied, but it’s fine work!(Louis Wu 12:18:09 UTC)

Stephen Loftus noticed a graphic he’d not looked closely at before as he was wandering through Halo 2 Vista – and found a small tribute, maybe to the Halo 2 Vista Art and Design Lead?(Louis Wu 12:17:50 UTC)

Ajemsuhgao, over at NeoGAF, posted a render done by a friend – it’s an untextured version of Reach’s Assault Rifle. (You can see the final version at the modeler’s portfolio page.) Bee-youtifull! Poke around for a verion of the ODST SMG, too!(Louis Wu 00:41:32 UTC)

SnowJP 360 wanted to see if he could launch himself to the top of every ‘Tier 1’ building in ODST (the buildings in the main gameplay area). There are 33 of these. He did this, so he decided to document it; the launches are all pretty similar, but the feat’s quite cool. Check it out!…

Digital Battle has posted an article called ‘Top 10 Most Expensive Video Game Budgets Ever’ – Halo 3 came in at #6, with a price tag of $55 million. (They didn’t count the $200 million spent PROMOTING the game…)(Louis Wu 00:09:54 UTC)

CVG has posted another Lehto/Jarrard interview – it’s really, really hard to squeeze more info that they’re willing to talk about out of those two (they’ve already covered pretty much everything imaginable in the other 465 interviews given at X10)… but CVG did their best. And this is only Part 1! Part 2 comes tomorrow.(Louis…

FyreWulff pointed out that Bungie’s Halo 3 Matchmaking Playlists page has been updated with early March Double XP Weekends – go see what’s coming up!(Louis Wu 00:07:25 UTC)

Eddie 071 noticed a video from Adam Grumbo about a date between Master Chief and a Stormtrooper. (I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before, on the 405th – but it’s new to Vimeo, and the quality rocks, and it’s funny, so go watch it.)(Louis Wu 00:05:57 UTC)

Bungie wanted to remind you that you’ve only got a few days left to buy a ‘Be a Hero’ t-shirt from the Bungie Store, if you want the proceeds to go towards the Haiti fund… starting in March, they’re keeping the money again.(Louis Wu 00:04:45 UTC)