Category: HBO

Willy stopped in with word of ‘Telecoasting’ – the art of jumping between carefully-arranged teleporters on Forge maps. (This technique has shown up in some obstacle courses, but here it’s just for fun.) Check the videos if you’re confused. (We last reported on this when it was called ‘Telerunning’, back in 2007.)(Louis Wu 14:31:34 UTC)

FassinTaak sent us two pieces of art that you might be interested in – the first is a vector PDF (177k) of the ‘Regret’ poster he released a couple of days ago – this can be scaled to any size for printing. The second is a very large, high-quality JPEG (3508×4961, 7.3 mb) of the…

chris101b inserted that dramatic picture of Dare he found yesterday into the video that seems to have inspired it in the first place. Metahumor!(Louis Wu 14:28:02 UTC)

SK CRISIS created high-resolution images and vectors of every emblem in the Halo 3 collection – you can recreate your character’s emblem in high-res for whatever use you choose. The uncompressed folder of images has 344 items, and weighs in at 18 mb; the compressed .rar file is only 5.3 mb. SK CRISIS made this…

Luke McKay doodled another scene from an RvB episode yesterday – this one comes from the most recent episode of Recreation, and we’ve added it to his gallery here. Learning you’re a god can only end badly… (Louis Wu 14:25:52 UTC)

According to Major Nelson, the next Xbox LIVE Preview will have access to a preview of Halo Waypoint – so if you’re interested in getting an early peek, swing by Xbox.com and sign up for the preview! (No guarantees; they’re not taking EVERYONE.) Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 20:58:20 UTC)

There’s a new ‘Know Your Ninja’ up on Bungie.net – Sir Fragula holds forth on arms control, old age, and curry. There’s at least one Halo reference in there.(Louis Wu 18:44:14 UTC)

World Cyber Games is hosting the ODST: Locked and Loaded Tournament this weekend (October 24 and 25) in New York City. 24 top teams will duke it out for $5k in prizes. You can find more details on this page at TeamXbox.(Louis Wu 17:02:52 UTC)

ArmedDragon77 has a lot of vehicle kills – and now he’s got a new vehicular montage. 8 and a half minutes of boom, splat, boom. Go watch.(Louis Wu 16:58:25 UTC)

dCon V pointed out a pretty decent deal on Halo-themed belt buckles and wallets at ThingFling; $9.99 (plus $6 s/h, though that doesn’t go up if you buy more than one batch) gets you 10 assorted wallets and buckles. Pretty cheap, given what they USED to sell for! You’ve got about 14 hours from the…

chris101b ran across some bizarre behavior near the end of ODST’s campaign – looks like Bungie’s artists were having some internet meme fun during development. If you haven’t finished the campaign, some of the wording in his post might be considered spoiler material – but the picture he presents is not. Funny stuff! (I wish…

Red vs Blue Recreation Chapter 18 (‘Hang Time’) went live last night – things are definitely getting messy. Do we know what’s going on? No… not really. Church learns he’s a god… but one with limited powers. Simmons learns he can’t see invisible stuff. And the greatest car chase evar takes place on Sandtrap. Go…

Tommy92l has released ‘I am a Spartan’ – sometimes, you just gotta fight. Even when your target isn’t fighting back.(Louis Wu 12:20:03 UTC)

CaptainTony noticed that there’s artwork and a short summary of Marvel’s Blood Line #2 over at Marvel.com – go look!(Louis Wu 22:49:46 UTC)

There’s a new Tag and Release article up on Bungie.net – ‘Alpha Site’ is the phrase of the week. Go see how they did!(Louis Wu 19:18:25 UTC)

GrimBrother One noticed that Kotaku has a preview of the upcoming last.fm app on Xbox Live – looks like it’s going to have a dedicated Marty O’Donnell channel! (Louis Wu 18:41:43 UTC)

So, earlier today, I posted the standard Monday Comic Roundup – Halo-related comics that hit the web since Friday. We had a special treat for you – Stuntmutt dug himself out of his cave for a limited engagement, and kicked off a week-long series of strips. (There’s even a bonus strip right now in our…

Halo Waypoint has sent out some press materials; we’ve posted the release, a whole passel of screenshots, and a 30 mb video preview of the service, which goes live on November 5. Swing by and see what you’re in for!(Louis Wu 17:49:26 UTC)

Futur Life stopped in to let us know about ‘Band of Spartans, Episode 1’, a French-made machinima weighing in at nearly 20 minutes. (Futur Life suggests that the emotions are understandable in all languages.) Take a look!(Louis Wu 17:46:46 UTC)

Apparently, there are some waters off Longshore that allow floating… so what have Grifball fanatics done with this info? Why, created a Water Polo variant of their insanely popular game, of course. ell3ment and Gunnergrun have whipped up a map called “Ocean Arena”, and a gametype known as “Grifball of the Sea” – you can…