Category: HBO

Some old-timers might remember Pico – he was an early maker of machinima, notably the Lethal Rage series in 2003/2004. He stopped in this morning to point out an interview by the folks at machinima.fr – the english version is here, the french version here. It’s a fun read! (Some good advice from it, to…

It’s Friday – which means it’s time for funny screenshots at Hawty McBloggy’s. Friday Caption Fun, Round 61 has a summary of the best lines from last week… and a new image you can really sink your teeth into. (While you’re there, check out Twitter T&A Thursday – Angel invited people to consider a what-if…

Willy let us know that CE United’s 20 Questions for August are directed at DeepCee, the artist behind ODS Steve. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 11:36:17 UTC)

Mega Bloks is releasing Halo Wars Metalons, construction sets that let you magnetically construct your own Spartan. CaptainTony took one look at the gun that Spartan is carrying, and wondered if universes were colliding…(Louis Wu 11:34:27 UTC)

A reminder – Shishka and SketchFactor will both be at MLG Dallas this weekend, helping to show off Halo 3: ODST. There are pro exhibitions on Friday night, and then Firefight will be available to tourney-goers from 10-3 (or so) on Saturday. Thanks to Sketch for the update, and to urk for a B.net reinforcement.(Louis…

Kotaku got a bit more information out of Microsoft about the French ODST leak we mentioned Wednesday. Looks like there might have been a ‘small breach’ in the distribution process. They confirmed that they “will take action against those [they] believe have procured copies of the game illegitimately.” (It’s unclear how you can consider the…

Bungie has posted a close-up look at the changes that are coming to Bungie.net, once ODST is released. Go read – if you like stats, it’ll make you drool.

Minime637 noticed a new Red vs Blue vid made for Gamestop, to help market Halo 3: ODST – good stuff! Swing by IGN to watch. Update: this is the first in a weekly series of ads.(Louis Wu 23:28:13 UTC)

Heh – some guy showed up at at New York public library, with his Xbox and a monitor… and put some effort into setting up the gear so that he could leech off the public wifi to play a little Halo 3. According to the person who snapped the photo, it took him 20 minutes…

Captain Spark sent along another few dozen dialogue snippets for our Dialogue Databank, mostly from Marines. Some really funny stuff in there! Go listen.(Louis Wu 20:05:19 UTC)

It’s Thursday – so it’s time for another Double XP weekend playlist. Still missing any early Halo achievements? Mythic Brawl is ranked FFA – go earn ’em!(Louis Wu 18:47:21 UTC)

95 SS pointed out a fun audio link – if you swing by the podcast page of JV Mornings (the morning show at WILD 94.9, a radio station in San Francisco), and search down the page for ‘LIL JEFFREY’, you’ll find a remix of Beyonce’s Halo… though with maybe more Bungie content than the original.…

Not enough video footage to sate your multimedia obsession yet? Never fear, the Bungie Blog has even more:Anoj has released the next Top 10 Halo 3 Series vid – Episode 40 covers Killionaires.Bipolar Nick released a montage that weighs in at 11 minutes, though 4 minutes of that is credits.)Herbal T has posted ‘I Should…

The ODST content deluge continues – urk has kindly provided links from 1UP.com (6 movies, including one that reveals a character not discussed much before now), IGN.com (two movies (one a video preview of the Firefight mode) and an article, focusing on that same undiscussed character), and GameTrailers.com (four new movies). Go watch, and drool!…

In the wake of the announcement that Future Publishing will be bringing you a World of Warcraft magazine, deftangel wonders about the possibility of a Halo magazine at some point. (His conclusion: it won’t happen, and we’re to blame.) Read the article, and comment either directly there or on his HBO forum post with your…

An article at Gamesindustry.biz has Jordan Weisman (founder of FASA) talking about Microsoft’s handling of the Bungie acquisition back in 2000, and what he (Weisman) did to try and keep MS Corporate from destroying Bungie’s soul. Thanks, reprobate.(Louis Wu 17:05:30 UTC)

Morpheus stopped in with word of a new site – HaloContest.com. You submit film clips and screenshots from Halo 3, and you win stuff. Seems pretty straightforward… (Submissions are accepted for the first contest now, voting begins in early September.)(Louis Wu 17:05:01 UTC)

ManKitten whipped up a rockin’ montage – I’m pretty sure he stole footage from my fileshare for this, but I forgive him. Go watch. It’ll brighten your day.(Louis Wu 16:27:19 UTC)

Tommy92L released Inside District 9, a Halo machinima that looks at what might happen after the end of the District 9 movie. (If you haven’t seen the film yet, this video will contain spoilers, obviously.) He did a great job pulling off the documentary look – check it out!(Louis Wu 16:12:38 UTC)

The 360Junkies are still planning their halo.bungie.org community playdate this Saturday – ikillbambis wanted to remind you to contact him if you’re interested in participating!(Louis Wu 16:12:11 UTC)