Category: HBO

UNSC Trooper created a map of the Earth, broken out by 26th century politics (as discussed in various Halo sources) – swing by and see what he’s found!(Louis Wu 17:13:06 UTC)

A couple of very awesome features at Hawty McBloggy’s today – make some time. First up is HMB’s Offbeat Gaming Gift Guide – Halo Edition, a collection of goodies for the Halo fan on your list, in many price ranges (cheapest item is $1.50, most expensive is $50). All are pretty unique. Go look! Then,…

Stephen Loftus has revisited an old article he wrote – his ‘Halo-verse Planetary Scale’ has now been updated to include the Ark, from Halo 3. Swing by to see where it fits, sizewise!(Louis Wu 15:51:06 UTC)

Spartan-270 dropped us a note, wanting to wish everyone happy holidays (1024×768, 196k) – nice work!(Louis Wu 15:50:28 UTC)

A fan at Cheap Ass Gamer noticed that the Halo 3 Legendary Edition is selling for $39.99 (with free shipping) at Newegg – if you always wanted one of those helmets, but couldn’t afford the full price, this is your chance!(Louis Wu 15:48:59 UTC)

Last night, urk mentioned a short machinima miniseries (it’s three parts, but once you’ve pulled the credits, the actual content is about 5 minutes total for the three segments) called ‘Valor’ – created by Kootra Productions, it tells a powerful story from the point of view of an ODST. Go watch – Part 1 |…

Clantacular.com’s Favorite Files have been updated at Bungie.net – swing by to read about ‘Top Floor’, one of the newly-highlighted maps, and then by Bungie Favorites to see the rest!(Louis Wu 20:40:48 UTC)

Here’s a nice deal – Amazon (currently selling Halo 3: ODST for $47.49) will offer you a 12-month Xbox LIVE Gold membership for $29.99 when you buy ODST. ODST for under $50 – and a year of LIVE for under $30! How can you go wrong?(Louis Wu 19:53:19 UTC)

Another day, another couple of videos from Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Halo 3 Tanks is a heavy armor montage from KatsuKage. Boom.Cake Shop is Dope is a Halo 3: ODST music video. Techno + carnage = freaky.</ulAnd while you’re over there, be sure to read about the next Zoxin It Up! LIVE event – it’s happening on…

Couple of new comics for you today: Hawty McBloggy’s got the latest ODS Steve (#52, Sconed) – weapons are found where we look for them… and Halo Action Figure Theater #191 (I’m Looking Through You) brings back the Blue Lady. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:56:06 UTC)

kabu let us know about the latest HBOFF Fan Fic Pick of the Week, compiled by J.D. Ford – swing by and read!(Louis Wu 14:51:04 UTC)

Time Magazine came out with their Game of the Year list – and the UK’s Guardian is unhappy that Halo 3: ODST was ranked above Uncharted 2. Oh, snap!(Louis Wu 14:07:28 UTC)

Another Waypoint tweet points to Major Nelson’s latest podcast – it’s number 343, it was posted on the 343rd day of the year, and all of the guests work for 343 Industries. Go listen! (Louis Wu 13:44:39 UTC)

calmkiller noticed a tweet from 343 Industries – Sotaro Tojima from Kojima Productions (the guy credited with Metal Gear Solid 4’s sound direction), has joined the MS Halo team. GrimBrother One found a followup on Kotaku with a bit more detail.(Louis Wu 13:44:03 UTC)

Bryan Simon has been away from the Halo scene for a little bit, but the appearance of a Ranked Grifball playlist last weekend brought him back for another song – swing by YouTube for ‘Grifty (Grifball 50)’, his latest musical offering! (Louis Wu 13:43:36 UTC)

GrimBrother One ran across a story on IGN wondering whether Microsoft could make more money releasing Halo Reach for free, and then charging for downloads? Feedback on our forum is mostly negative – but what do you think?(Louis Wu 13:43:07 UTC)

Siliconera has a bunch of photos of a 360 Kiosk in Japan (including one during a sad, sad ODST promotion) – I guess those Japanese really don’t care about 360s.(Louis Wu 13:42:27 UTC)

AssaultGodzilla stopped in with word of another Halo music video set to Three Days Grace’s ‘Break’ – it uses footage from pretty much every Halo-related product under the sun… but it STILL holds together. Amazing. (Timing and judicious matching of clip to lyrics makes the difference.) I think a fun game might be seeing how…

Machinima.com is kicking off the ‘Inside Gaming Awards’ this year – to be held the day before Spike’s Video Game Awards. Halo 3: ODST is up for an enormous list of awards: Game of the Year, Best Trailer, Best Narrative, Best Control, Best Original Score, and Best Weapon (for Silenced Pistol). Good luck! (The community…

Morpheus pointed out an article in the latest issue of Game Informer – it’s their 200th issue, so they put together a ‘Top 200 Games of All Time’ list. Halo was #39, Halo 2 was #110. Neither Halo 3 nor ODST were on the list. This isn’t online at this point.(Louis Wu 18:05:50 UTC)