Category: HBO

Just a quick reminder; Halo Waypoint is supposed to be posting the ‘Behind the Scenes’ video describing the making of The Babysitter, the first of the Halo Legends animes we saw last week. It doesn’t seem to be up yet (and even in BungieLand, it’s a third of the way through Saturday)… but it should…

The Bungie Weekly Update is live – it’s pretty short, but there’s some nice info in there. A peek at an upcoming goodie coming to an ODST Intel menu near you, soon… reminders about Bungie Pro Render options… and… well, that’s about it. A cool screenshot. Worth reading, though! (As always, it’s also in our…

Phoenix-06 has shown up a few times in our news for amazing Halo-related artwork – in February, then April, and again in September. Well, mendicantbias00 just pointed out that he’s released a pretty cool Wallpaper pack – it includes 10 images, in a lot of resolutions each, split into two downloads (because the total size…

QuickTactical stopped in with word of the release of Infiltration, by Epic Films – it’s a Halo 3 machinima that weighs in at 18 minutes long. He’s put up a plot summary, some notes, and lots of download options in his forum post – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:42:28 UTC)

Need new vids? Bungie’s Comm Chatter’s got a pair:RippenSkills made a montage called ‘SkillsTage’ – 4 minutes of Australian playWafflebrains1 created his fourth and final mongoose montage -this one focuses on the riders only. 8 minutes.Go watch.(Louis Wu 18:37:11 UTC)

Seems that the Teabag Prevention team has received reader requests for a walkthrough of Halo Waypoint – so they’ve written up an article that does just that. If you wondered what Waypoint is good for, or what it has to offer, or what the whole ‘Halo Career’ thing is all about… this article is for…

mendicantbias00 pointed out a very cool bit on DeviantART – a few days ago we mentioned a very cool piece of artwork by Rahll – he’s put up a walkthrough, showing the steps he took to create it. Awesome for starting artists, and for anyone interested in how this stuff comes to be!(Louis Wu 14:57:15…

Two comic bits for you today: Bloogyo has a bunch of new pages available in his Rat’s Nest series, and TTL Demag0gue told us about Reclaimer 225 (Precursors to Information) – new place! Go read.(Louis Wu 14:04:17 UTC)

G4TV.com has posted the Sarkathlon 4 Wrap-Up – it details the top three finishers in the competition (actually, the top 4, because second place went to two separate people, who turned in IDENTICAL times – down to the 1/100th of a second – for COMPLETELY different routes), plus a couple of honorable mentions. Who won…

Hawty McBloggy has posted Round 70 of her Friday Caption Fun feature – I got a nice laugh from the captions to last week’s pic – and this week’s pic should provide a decent challenge! Go look, and see what you can contribute!(Louis Wu 13:27:26 UTC)

IGN’s posted their next ‘Top 10 Halo 3 Kills’ for the week of November 4-11; as usual, the kills are not spectacular, but they’re fun, and the vid’s under 3 minutes. Go take a look!(Louis Wu 13:22:46 UTC)

Another retailer will be offering a really nice price on Halo 3: ODST on Black Friday, November 27 – Target’s price on the game will be $37 that day. Cheap! (Remember, we mentioned a couple of deals from Kmart already…)(Louis Wu 13:21:44 UTC)

The most recent ‘Broken In’ article at Bungie.net is focused on Natalya Tatarchuk, an engineering architect at Bungie – there’s not a lot of Halo content (read: none), but her views on the industry as a whole (and what she’s up to now) are fascinating. If you’re interested in a job in the graphical fields…

Just four new pieces this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:09:34 UTC)

Cody Miller is kicking off a 4v4 double elimination tournament – you need the Mythic disc from Halo 3: ODST to play, and you can win some cool t-shirts (that I assume he’s making himself). Swing by the High Speed Halo forum for all the details!(Louis Wu 22:10:13 UTC)

The Double EXP Playlist this weekend is Team Control – Land Grab, Territories, and King rule until Monday. Swing by Bungie.net for a full list of gametypes and maps!(Louis Wu 19:53:57 UTC)

rolandk73 stopped in with word of an arrangement of the Halo theme, for clarinet and bassoon, created by a friend of his. You can download the 5 pages off of TwitPic, or you can grab local copies from us: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5. If you play this… record it and…

urk let us know about a fan-made puzzle game – go read the blog post to find links to the game and map variants, along with the solution (for those of you who simply can’t wait).(Louis Wu 18:36:55 UTC)

Ready Up Live has a Sgt. Johnson Firefight code to give away – so they’re hosting a screenshot contest. Bungie.net has all the details.(Louis Wu 18:35:25 UTC)

Late start here… let’s begin with the daily video offerings of Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Kblocker and Outcold have a montage for you to watch – lots of sniping, not too heavy on the editing. Just under 5 minutes.Ten FTW modified Halo 3: ODST cutscenes by adding some bleeps and pixellation – changes the whole tone of…