Category: HBO

Only two new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 11:12:05 UTC)

Reuters has posted a press release for Spike TV, and what they’ve got planned for the month of September, with relation to Halo 3: ODST. It’s a pretty full schedule! Check it out to figure out when your TiVo needs programming… (Louis Wu 11:10:35 UTC)

Firestorm12 told us about Halopen Pencast 13 – this one’s focused on ODST (no spoilers). Go listen. (Louis Wu 11:10:09 UTC)

mr.sci-fi dropped in to announce he’d created a short video review of the NKOK radio-controlled Warthog – the video quality’s not the greatest, but you can get a sense for how it moves, and what its limitations are. (Louis Wu 11:09:32 UTC)

Bungie designer Dan Miller has been working in the gaming industry for 10 years – he’s got some good advice for you if you’re interested in getting a job in his field. Go read the latest Breaking In feature at Bungie.net!(Louis Wu 11:08:30 UTC)

IGN is releasing something ODST-related tomorrow morning at 10 am (PST) – it’s hard to tell what it is, but it’s definitely intriguing! (Thanks to urk, in stealth mode, for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 18:47:05 UTC)

Kotaku visited Bungie’s offices, and filmed the lobby. (It’s full of cool goodies.) Haloriffic! Thanks, Vash10.(Louis Wu 18:14:05 UTC)

Over at Gamasutra, there’s an interesting piece on first-person perspective in games, and how it might not drive immersion as much as you thought – at least not for all of us. Halo 2 makes an appearance as the game that convinced the writer to give first-person perspective another chance. Go read!(Louis Wu 17:21:31 UTC)

2good4u2 put together a panorama montage – he collected some of his best panoramas, and synched them to high-class Halo music. (He’s embedded it in his forum post, but you’re much better off watching it in HD at YouTube.(Louis Wu 17:10:53 UTC)

NeoGAF’s CrazedArabMan noticed that there’s a new trailer for tonight’s GTTV episode focusing on Halo 3: ODST up at GameTrailers; pretty much the only new info is that there’ll be an interview with Marty, too. Go watch! (Louis Wu 16:59:22 UTC)

Out of Work Spartan is back – Episode 2 has him teaching you about a new communication technique developed by the UNSC. Wouldn’t you know it was the Bungie Blog that brought this to our attention?(Louis Wu 16:58:18 UTC)

Black Water Ops is getting into the podcast business – they’ll be recording their first episode live on Saturday, September 19 at 9 pm Eastern. Special guest is Kete, from The Running Riot podcast. (I sense logrolling in our future…) In addition, Facility B5D is ALSO doing its first podcast as a live broadcast -…

Remember that contest we mentioned two weeks ago, where Ready Up Live wanted to know who was the biggest fan? They’ve picked their winners – you can watch the video to see who took home the goodies. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 16:56:33 UTC)

CheapAssGamer’s stevemoco points out that for the week of 9/20 – 9/26, Toys R Us is offering a $20 gift card plus “Halo ODST rookie action figure ($12 value)” when you buy Halo 3: ODST. This ad isn’t out yet (currently the 8/30 – 9/5 ad is all you can see on their website), but…

Interested in getting better at making machinima? Halo Union is offering a machinima training program – swing by their site for full details.(Louis Wu 15:54:27 UTC)

Wanna see some cool Halo vehicles, in LEGO? Go visit Hawty McBloggy.(Louis Wu 15:24:53 UTC)

Spike TV’s Geoff Keighley stopped in last night with a request – they’re going to be taping a big special on Halo 3: ODST this evening with Bungie, in Seattle, and he’s looking for Halo fans that can stump Bungie with questions about the Halo universe. Do you know their material better than they do?…

G4TV’s Mr Sark talked to Lars Bakken about the three new Mythic Maps coming with Halo 3: ODST for the show X-Play – you can watch the interview – and some gameplay – on their website.(Louis Wu 13:51:25 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped in with word of new concept art created for his Operation Chastity project – go take a look! Sounds like there might be some above-the-planet scenes…(Louis Wu 13:50:23 UTC)

I didn’t even get a chance to post a front-page note for the clues ManKitten posted last night for his Treasure Hunt – there was a message this morning declaring that pete_the_duck had successfully solved the hunt. Although no prizes were announced at the start (it was all for fun), ManKitten is sending along a…