Category: HBO

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)

bsig found a Halo 3 Tattoo Style Sticker for sale at GKWorld – if you like the idea of Halo ink, but don’t want to go the permanent route… check it out.(Louis Wu 19:22:00 UTC)

Lots of people have a Halo tattoo on their body somewhere… not that many have more than one. Check out Mike’s guns, over at Hawty McBloggy’s. (Louis Wu 19:21:13 UTC)

Over at Etsy, you can find a pretty cool gift for that formal gamer on your list – Halo Box Art cufflinks. (Well, you can have ANY games – but the demo pics are from Halo 3.) $25 for what is definitely a unique gift – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:19:39 UTC)

Vash10 pointed out a tiny clip of the tv show Dexter, showing off Dexter playing Halo 3… on a computer. With bizarro sounds. Probably something to do with Microsoft Usage Rules… (Louis Wu 19:18:45 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a pair of shoes that combine a love for Bioshock and Halo in a very flamboyant way. I don’t think I’d ever wear these – but I’m sure some people would! (Louis Wu 19:18:11 UTC)

Hindsight can be amazing. Gamasutra sat down with Ed Fries, who was the Microsoft VP of Game Publishing when the Xbox hit the market back in 2001, and he had some interesting things to say about Halo. (Well, about a lot of things, but we’re a Halo fansite, after all.) Microsoft had no intention of…

ikillbambis wants to invite the HBO community to a night of Halo craziness, coming up on August 29. If you’re interested in meeting up with the 360Junkies for some inter-community carnage, swing by and add your name to his list!(Louis Wu 19:15:24 UTC)