Category: HBO

bluerunner found an old meme, updated with a new bit of news. No more Halo 2? Call Eva! Update: bah. Looks like this vid has been yanked already.(Louis Wu 17:30:48 UTC)

Domino Theory noticed the Reach Dev Blog, a joint project from Marcus Lehto and Joe Tung – it seems to have been live for over a week now! Check out some cool concept art from Reach, and some tidbits about where development currently stands. This will be a site to watch!(Louis Wu 21:26:19 UTC)

SketchFactor (who posts as ‘ManCannon’ on NeoGAF) confirmed that Bungie will be present at X10 in San Francisco this week – and that they will be showing off a brand-new ViDoc. (This ViDoc will hit Marketplace on February 12 – Friday.) Thanks, Robbert014.(Louis Wu 20:56:26 UTC)

Stalid Autumn has built a lot of Halo-themed creations out of LEGO – check ’em out in his Flickr stream. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:25:39 UTC)

Bunch of vids available on Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Community Montage Week 2 is a bunch of clips tagged ‘Extermination’, put together (with minimal editing) by Alec944Orange and Blue is a Halo 3 montage from a bunch of different players – lots of sticksRemembered is a Halo montage from another bunch of players – all MLG gameplayOne…

Hawty McBloggy found a pic that explains why you can’t sprint in Halo…(Louis Wu 20:24:54 UTC)

Jon CJG has the latest episode of One Life Remaining (S1E9) online now – thanks, Hyokin. Sort of weird to see Halo characters playing MW2…(Louis Wu 20:24:35 UTC)

Apologies – the Hide, Seek, Snap contest has been on hold, sort of, for the past week. (Life is not always gentle, and Halo is not always priority one.) Congrats to CrudeDiatribe, who was the first to submit a correct answer for the second of the Round 10 shots – the first one hasn’t been…

newguy2445 sent word of a new update for Halo: Out With a Whimper, the sidescroller being developed by TriBlox. Looks like they’ve added Firefight to their game! Check it out. (Louis Wu 21:21:38 UTC)

Bungie.net has posted a new Tag and Release feature – this one has unique insights into the map Guardian. Beautiful stuff!(Louis Wu 21:20:51 UTC)

CVG is giving away an Xbox 360 Elite with every available Halo game – just put your name in the hat. (Louis Wu 20:38:21 UTC)

ElzarTheBam found a review of Halo Legends. Frankie found another one.(Louis Wu 20:35:59 UTC)

The Halo fan who’s been showing up at Saints games all season long (we last mentioned him in October) made the front page of CNN.com yesterday. Avateur grabbed the shot. (Louis Wu 18:12:28 UTC)

Wired Magazine looks at how age affects players of First-Person Shooters; they talk to ‘Grandpa Walsh’ – a 25-year-old pro. Apparently, it’s not really that older players are worse – it’s that younger players are better.(Louis Wu 18:03:45 UTC)

ZaneZavin put together a few clips that he calls ‘Luck Halo’ – fun moments! Just two minutes long. (Louis Wu 18:02:58 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy’s Inappropriate Halo: Reach Emblem Contest is over, and she’s posted the winner (and a gallery of honorable mentions). That woman can make ANYTHING sexual…(Louis Wu 18:02:30 UTC)

The Top Ten Halo 3 Screenshots theme this week is ‘Strike a Pose’ – I’m lovin’ these!(Louis Wu 16:02:07 UTC)

newguy2445 announced a bunch of new Reach fanart he created with recently-released assets – some great stuff in there! (Louis Wu 16:01:47 UTC)

Frankie stopped by to point out a note on IGN – looks like Halo Legends will be presented in San Francisco on February 10 (this coming Wednesday), at the AMC Metreon. Tickets are free, and the IGN article explains how you can try and grab one. As ElusiveEagle519 reinforced, the article even has an exclusive…

So it turns out that Microsoft has already taken downloadable content for the original Xbox offline, in preparation for the termination of the service for that console in April. Why is this a bad thing? Because many of us haven’t grabbed recent copies of the Halo 2 downloadable maps – and the Xbox 360 has…