Category: HBO

I was heartened (no pun intended) to see all the Haiti-induced shoulder emblems on LIVE players last night – and was asked a number of times about them by folks who weren’t wearing them (so there are enough for the average player to sit up and take notice). You’ve still got another day to show…

Hide, Seek, Snap continues apace – III Hyokin III was first with the Round 6 answer. Enjoy that Johnson code! Round 7 has two screens – don’t send us both (you can only win once). There are still 15 codes to win (though we’re almost out of screens – gonna need a new batch, stat!),…

Hawty McBloggy has posted the results of the 2009 Best of Halo Awards – spectactular artwork by Halcylon, and some great choices in there by the fan community! I think an additional award should go to Rooster Teeth for the best acceptance speech. Go check out the results – and thanks, once again, to Hawty,…

Edge’s latest issue has Reach on the cover, as well – and they’re starting to put excerpts of the goodness on their website. The first article online is called ‘Tales of the Fall’, and it’s an interview with Marcus Lehto, Joe Tung, and Brian Jarrard. I have to say, while it’s short, it’s awfully promising…

Well, Halopedia didn’t think much of Oonsk (a nascent article detailing his existence was deleted within a few hours of its creation)… but that doesn’t stop him from filling vital roles in the Halo universe. Frankie dropped by with a photo of a new painting he created – apparently for a soon-to-be-announced charity event. I’d…

FyreWulff announced that his ‘Firefighting for Haiti’ online gameplay is over, having raised $703 for a great cause. Thanks, ‘Wulff! (Louis Wu 13:05:45 UTC)

Game Informer continues their ‘Reach’ coverage (except for Day 1, it really hasn’t been ‘Reach’ coverage as much as ‘Halo’ coverage, but apparently that will change soon) – yesterday’s article was called ‘The Abbreviated Fiction of Halo’. If you don’t know much about the Halo story, give this a read. (Louis Wu 13:05:17 UTC)

A couple of new pieces of art showed up on our forum last night – TDSpiral revealed ‘Last Glimpse’, a raw look at a Gravity Hammer from the perspective of a downed ODST (I liked it a lot), and GrimBrother One showed off a bit called ‘Darkness and the Intolerance of Waiting’ – Cortana and…

This week’s highlighted community group is Grifballhub.com – swing by Bungie.net for a mini-interview and their Favorite files, filling up the Bungie Favorites page.(Louis Wu 20:56:04 UTC)

A million movies at Bungie.net (well, okay, not quite a million):Top 10 Halo 3 Airborne Kills: Episode 47 is the latest from Anoj. You know what to expect.Why is he singing? is a bizarre machinima – I’d have left this out if there weren’t so many. I don’t get teh funni.The Comeback is a montage…

Whoa – great news. The three new Halo 3 Mythic maps that were released with Halo 3: ODST are FINALLY going to be available for download on Xbox LIVE, starting February 2. Only a bit over 4 months late! Thanks, Kotaku (and GrimBrother One).(Louis Wu 18:02:15 UTC)

Thanks to Greg O’Connor-Read for letting us know about the press release for the Halo Legends Original Soundtrack – you can read the full release around the web (the first copy I found was at MCV). The soundtrack will be available on February 9, a week before the Legends disc itself is released. Go read…

Two new comics for you today: DeepCee has updated Chronicles of ODS Steve – #57 (Cry Havok) is now live on Hawty McBloggy. I think things are gonna go boom soon… and TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 237 (Apostate Awakening) is online – things seem to be going well for Ferial. Go read!(Louis…

Ah, springtime (well, not quite) – the smell of new life… and fake video clips. ElzarTheBam pointed out a video purporting to show the opening of the Halo Reach public beta. Consensus of the forum? FAKE. Don’t get fooled, kids; there’ll be REAL leaks out there soon enough, but this ain’t one of ’em.(Louis Wu…

I totally forgot to post this yesterday – it went live Monday night, but Tuesday was a very, very bad day. I didn’t ignore it because I didn’t like it – it was just an oversight. Cody Miller continued his series of Lonely Island parodies – Sh*t in a Box takes a look at pricing…

It looks like EB Games Australia was the first site on the internet to break the embargo on Reach screenshots – you can see eight shots (in relatively low res) directly on their site, plus 3 more that never got linked (9 | 10 | 11). These are the same screens that Game Informer used…

This batch of Hide, Seek, Snap screens must be much easier – we had four responses in a 3-hour span last night. The first successful recreation was sent in by rvbsithhead, who won another Sgt. Johnson code for Firefight. Swing by and see what you can do with the Round 6 shot! (Louis Wu 16:11:34…

Austin Childres is selling a very large collection of Halo schwag – go visit the auction page on eBay for a full description. Action figures, books, games… it’s a lot of stuff. Starting bid is $350, and there are still four and a half days. He’s trying to buy his first car!(Louis Wu 16:11:00 UTC)

CaptainTony pointed out that the cover for Blood Line #5 (the latest Halo comic series from Marvel) is on Marvel’s website, along with a summary. Sounds pretty grim!(Louis Wu 16:10:34 UTC)

Halochief89 stopped in to say that the Halo Clairvoyance story has a new chapter up (though the artwork for it won’t be coming for a bit). Go read it at DeviantART.(Louis Wu 16:10:00 UTC)