Category: HBO

During the run-up to Halo 3: ODST’s launch, Mountain Dew held a sweepstakes in which they gave away one ODST-themed Xbox a day for a month. dCon V won one of these babies – and took some cool pics. Now THAT’S a nice Xbox!(Louis Wu 13:01:05 UTC)

We missed it yesterday afternoon, but Bungie updated their Bungie Favorites page with a second batch of content from ReconLIVE – swing by and read about one of the custom maps, and check out the rest of the goodies!(Louis Wu 13:00:28 UTC)

Monochron’s back with another Firefight Solo Guide – this time he’s tackling Chasm Ten. Swing by and give it a read – some great tips, and great screens!(Louis Wu 20:35:28 UTC)

Decadence Night put together a panoramic screenshot montage – swing by for some cool shots in Ken Burns style!(Louis Wu 19:57:48 UTC)

Looks like the Spartan 1 Project is back with more help for Halo fans – they want to help you finish the Déjà Vu achievement, because they’ve gotten awfully good at it! They’ve already helped over 200 people get this achievement, and they average 35 minutes per run – if you’ve got a spare half-hour,…

So… way back in August, Forge Hub opened signups for their 1v1 Conflict Tournament – it was another month until the actual tourney kicked off, and two more months until the 512 entrants winnowed themselves down to a single winner. And you can read the wrap-up now on Forge Hub’s forum! (Thanks, urk.)(Louis Wu 17:58:09…

Couple of new comics for you today:Halo Action Figure Theater released Episode 188 – “She’s Got a Great Personality”. Ah, love…ODS Steve #47 (“Teetotaler”) shows the dignifying power of tea. (I think the Beatles tried to make that point…)Go read!(Louis Wu 14:43:00 UTC)

AngelicLionheart pointed out a pretty cool ODST-themed picture created by Halcylon – it’s hard to say Dare’s not hot in this one!(Louis Wu 14:37:42 UTC)

Naveeda pointed out a blog post over at 2old2play – Caesar has rendered a pretty cool version of the Halo CE pistol – check it out!(Louis Wu 20:57:35 UTC)

FyreWulff pointed out that the November Matchmaking Update is live now – if you check his post, you’ll get a nice color-coded view of existing playlists, showing what (if any) DLC is needed to play.(Louis Wu 20:33:36 UTC)

HBO is still working on a web interface for Sadie’s Story, but if you can’t wait, there are other options out there – some have been online for quite some time already. StUnNeR H2K posted the entire series of 30 audio logs, in 5 videos, as a playlist back on September 30. More recently, Dust…

Back in June of last year, the Sunrise-run Bungie Store closed its doors… and Bungie fans lost a primary source of cool schwag. Bungie told us all to be patient, though – it was coming back! Well… it took a little while (almost 17 months), but they were true to their word – the Bungie…

Remember that really cool animatronic Elite head we mentioned a few weeks ago? Kre8-fx has put together the rest of the outfit – and made a movie of the process. I’m not sure ‘holy crap’ does an adequate job of expressing my amazement with this thing. Nevertheless… holy crap! Go watch. (They’re not done yet,…

A pair of new movies up on Bungie’s Comm Chatter:Stewie2552 has an eighth episode of Funny Halo 3 Fails and Laughs for your consideration – plenty of wtf moments.Darkspire Films is back with Episode 2 of their Candy Coated Wonder Road – this one’s entitled “Rudy’s Amazing Space Adventure”. Cody and Rudy go to the…

CYBRFRK noticed a couple of nice deals coming up at the end of the month, on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving here in the US) – Kmart is selling an Xbox 360 Elite bundle with Halo 3: ODST for $300, or the game by itself for $40. Mark your calendars!(Louis Wu 15:37:48 UTC)

Seraph XXVII extracted some of the pithy sayings the Superintendent says throughout Sadie’s Story – you can now download them as a zipped collection of mp3s. There are 36 of them total, and the collection weighs in at 1.6 mb. Good stuff! (Louis Wu 14:54:05 UTC)

Jason Evans whipped up an ODST costume for his brother Tyler for Halloween – apparently, it was quite a success! Check it out: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4(Louis Wu 13:06:08 UTC)

InnerRayg stopped in with a teaser released on the Spawn.com forums, hinting at the next lineup of Halo action figures. Most of the clues have been deciphered already – but check it out and see what you can add!(Louis Wu 13:05:19 UTC)

Halo Waypoint’s Justin Korthof sent out a schedule of the new features that will be released each day this week – Halopedia was kind enough to put this list online. Thanks, CaptainTony. Swing by to see what you have to look forward to! (Even if you’re not part of the Preview beta, it’ll be available…

There’s just a day and a bit left on the auctions Laird is running for Child’s Play – these end tomorrow afternoon, so swing by and see where they stand! You can grab yourself some really cool Halo schwag for great prices!(Louis Wu 13:03:02 UTC)