Category: HBO

urk reminded us that tonight is the live broadcast of the Running Riot Podcast – special guests are Jironimo and Cocopjojo from Ascendant Justice. Be sure to stop by at 9pm EST! (Louis Wu 17:49:34 UTC)

Lots of people would love to play more Halo 3 Matchmaking – but don’t enjoy throwing themselves into the lion’s den that is Matchmaking without friends. And sometimes you want to hook up for Campaign games, or customs, but your friends list is sparse. Never fear – HaloCharts has got your back! They’ve got a…

Still looking for that reasonably-priced Legendary Edition of Halo 3? obsidiankitten found one for you – Dell’s selling it for $90 right now. (You can also buy a Pro bundle for $240…)(Louis Wu 15:28:27 UTC)

The latest episode of Rooster Teeth’s current series is now online – Sarge, Grif, and Caboose meet someone new, Simmons pushes his foot farther down his throat, and Washington comes face to face with… someone from his past. (A thread on our forum is full of spoilers, if you want to join in.) The excitement…

Summer must be the time for Halo fans to congregate – Jillybean wrote up her experiences at the IBO Beach Party, a get-together of irc.bungie.org regulars in the wilds of Long Island this past weekend – they ate, they canoed, they played water football, they played Halo. (I will regret my absence always.) Check out…

They’ve been dark for four months – but they’re back! XerxdeeJ pointed out a pair of new articles at Tied the Leader – AtLANtica 3.0 chronicles the shenanigans and goings-on at the third annual TTL LAN party in Florida – pics, stories, laughs. And Welcome to Hoov’s File Share is a friendly invitation to watch…

CaptainTony let us know that Marvel has posted a teaser pic from Halo: Helljumper #5 – epic artwork! This last episode of the series is slated for a November release.(Louis Wu 13:29:41 UTC)

Swing by Revision3 for the 209th episode of CO-OP – The Jason Show. The first 10 minutes or so are devoted to Halo 3: ODST (well, specifically to the three new multiplayer maps). Discussion by the hosts, interspersed with footage from the gameplay session they participated in – go watch. Thanks, EazyB. (Dun worry -…

Congrats to Linken91, who won the first Dr Pepper MLG/HBO giveaway – according to Scott Santos, DPSG Community Manager, he’s going home with a $20 Best Buy giftcard and two 12-packs of Dr Pepper. Nice! There’s another one coming soon – but in the meantime, swing by the Dr Pepper Facebook page this Wednesday, August…

For nine weeks, Tyrant ran the Summer Mythic Recon Challenge; you were exhorted to complete each level of Halo 3 on Mythic difficulty (solo,legendary, all skulls on). Each week, one contestant won Recon armor to wear with pride in multiplayer. This week, each contestant who completed all nine levels is eligible for one more shot…

HC Redemption wrote up a new review of the HaloScreenshots.com service – swing by HaloCharts to read it. It does a great job of pointing out the reasons you might want to avail yourself of this service – and then gives you a pretty straightforward set of instructions for doing just that. Thanks to urk…

Kotaku took a cool pic of Paul Bertone’s desk – if you want to play Halo 3: ODST’s campaign with ZERO spoilers, don’t look at this, but if you’re curious about the mapping of encounters, check out the layout behind his desk! Thanks, Eddy 071.(Louis Wu 19:53:11 UTC)

Azrael’s back with another chapter of Minutemen: The Crucible – Chapter 8 is up on his blog. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:12:13 UTC)

The Tag and Release feature on Bungie.net today is labeled ‘Ninja’ – go see what people are tagging with this word!(Louis Wu 17:40:27 UTC)

Britain’s Echo has a story about a Halo-themed wedding in Southend-on-Sea, outside of London. Red and blue flags, a map-based cake, and the game’s logo embroidered on the bride’s dress were some of the touches. Nice! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:32:17 UTC)

New movies, from the BungLog™:The Lucky Twenty Episode 1 is a montage of clips put together by FortNight Productions – highs and lows of lucky plays from Matchmaking, all narrated. There’ll be a new one every two weeks.Funny Halo 3 Productions put together a splatter montage, set to the 1812 Overture.Whifffproductions are back with more…

Bloogyo is back with new episodes of Rat’s Nest – swing by his forum post for links. (Louis Wu 17:29:53 UTC)

A bunch of new ODST stuff since the last update… IGN has released three videos you might want to watch. The Aussie Sneak Peek Event is a few minutes long, and includes footage recorded at the Sydney press event held a week or so ago. There’s a 5-minute interview with Curtis Creamer, recorded at the…

Marty O’Donnell has a Twitter account. Amazing, huh? Reading it can teach you cool stuff… like the fact that the Halo 3: ODST Official Sountrack, coming from O’Donnell and Salvatori, will be available for purchase the same day as the game itself (September 22). Thanks, LoneRanger 2.5 (and SoundEffect and ElusiveEagle519 for the headline expansion).(Louis…

Mid7night added a bunch of Halo schwag to his wall, then took pics. Go look!(Louis Wu 19:22:40 UTC)