Category: HBO

Narcogen has started the process of mapping New Mombasa – using Google Earth. Check out his post on Rampancy.net for details!(Louis Wu 12:43:40 UTC)

The latest ODST-related ‘Insider Moves’ feature on Xbox LIVE’s ‘Inside Xbox’ is called ‘Halo 3: ODST survival and combat tips’. It’s pretty basic stuff, but if you’re on the fence, it’s worth watching. You can watch it for free on Xbox LIVE, of course, but for those without LIVE access, or who are far from…

Hawty McBloggy has posted a new ‘Twitter T&A Thursday’ – she wanted folks to finish the sentence “You know you play too much ODST when…” Some of the answers she got were pretty funny.(Louis Wu 12:33:42 UTC)

doober187 took the time to snap hi-res pictures of the ONI Alpha Site Memorial plaques – all text is fully readable. I’m pretty sure there are eggs buried in there somewhere… (The puzzle crew has already latched on to anomalies in the images.)(Louis Wu 12:32:59 UTC)

Minime637 whipped up a few ODST panoramas – they contain story spoilers, so view at your own risk.(Louis Wu 12:32:41 UTC)

Fyrewulff pointed out that the new playlist info for October is online at Bungie.net – all playlists, required maps, and the month’s worth of Double EXP Weekends are online. (A sad fact: if you haven’t dished out the cash for ODST, you can no longer play in Double XP playlists. Period.)(Louis Wu 12:32:14 UTC)

Missed this yesterday, but CyReN announced a 20 hour Halo 3 LAN at Unleashed Gaming on the weekend of October 10-11 – swing by his post for full details. (Louis Wu 12:31:50 UTC)

GhaleonEB, a pillar of the Halo community (though he rarely ventures out of his comfortable NeoGAF lair), has written up some of his thoughts on Firefight. I find myself agreeing with many (though by no means all) of his points, and I hope (as he does) that the criticism he offers is accepted in the…

grantix is selling a bunch of action figures to raise a little cash for rent – swing by to see the auction links!(Louis Wu 19:45:08 UTC)

GTTV did a small ‘behind the scenes’ feature on the live-action ‘We Are ODST’ short… but if it didn’t give you enough info, there’s a much more in-depth version now on YouTube (thanks, Zeouterlimits). It’s amazing! There’s even a full scene that never made the final cut. If you want a downloadable version, you can…

High Impact Halo has kicked off a new ODST Egg Database – and they need your help! There’s a sticky post here that explains how the database works, and how to submit new eggs. Check it out – and check out what’s already online! Welcome back, Ducain.(Louis Wu 19:02:51 UTC)

Bungie.net has a new Community Spotlight up – this one shines on Team BackFire, a Bungie.net group focused on screenshots. Check out an interview with the group, and a new batch of files in Bungie Favorites!(Louis Wu 18:59:21 UTC)

Blast (Boston’s Online Magazine) is offering 1600 MS Points to the winner of a tournament they’ll be running this Friday. Read their post for more details! (Louis Wu 18:58:54 UTC)

Mike Poage let us know that he’s put a Tough Luck skull up for sale on eBay – you’ve got 3 days to bid on it. If you’d rather have a different skull, you can contact Mike directly – just be sure that the subject line has ‘Halo Skull’ in it. (Louis Wu 16:09:50 UTC)

Earlier today, we mentioned an article at Forbes that compared Microsoft’s marketing strategy for Halo to that of razor companies – sell the razor cheap, make your money on the blades. We got word from deftangel that an article went live on CouchCampus that backs this up nicely – ‘Halo 3: The Nickel & Dime…

Over at NeoGAF, Kibbles popped on a couple of days ago, claiming to have seen the ‘Brute Pimp’ animation that urk mentioned back in January (scroll down to “Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy”). Now, that update stated that the animation glitch that lead to the ‘pimp strut’ had been fixed… so Kibbles was told, pics or it…

Many people are discovering that Halo 3: ODST’s finicky campaign networking can make it difficult to complete the Vidmaster Achievements – they require a long, uninterrupted stretch of connection to LIVE, and for many people, that’s not a possibility. Well, back in July, we brought you news that the Vidmaster: Annual Achievement could be completed…

This morning, we’ve got the latest Ctrl+Alt+Del for you (thanks, gunluva – this one was pretty funny), and we’ve got the latest ODS Steve for you (it features the winner of the Fairfax Fundraiser). Enjoy! (Louis Wu 13:18:31 UTC)

Greg let us know that IGN has reviewed the Halo 3: ODST soundtrack – and they’re raving about it. “Bungie’s sci-fi shooter never sounded so good.” No argument here! (Louis Wu 13:17:42 UTC)

Forbes suggests that Halo games are the razor blades to Microsoft’s razor – the Xbox 360. (Seems like they could be right – according to this week’s LIVE Activity list released by Major Nelson yesterday, Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST were the #1 and #2 titles.) (Louis Wu 13:15:16 UTC)