Category: HBO

Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular is doing their 200th episode live tonight, August 9th, at 9 Eastern, 6 Pacific. Tune in!(Louis Wu 11:03:35 UTC)

Davis Beutler recorded a video at the Sydney ODST show – you can watch it on YouTube. That Warthog looks like a prehistoric beast in the dark! (Louis Wu 11:03:15 UTC)

PsychoRaven came by to tell us about an article on IESB.net (I can’t find ANYTHING about who they are on their website, or anywhere else for that matter, but they sure do get the word out) that claims that Steven Spielberg is in ‘active negotiations’ to develop Stuart Beattie’s Halo spec script for the big…

CaptainTony let us know that he’s written up a review of Helljumper #1 – and he’s also provided a summary of that review for the TL;DR crowd. Go take a look!(Louis Wu 15:13:25 UTC)

Bloogyo stopped in with word of ‘The Halo 3 Outtakes’ – it’s like a DVD’s outtake reel… except that standard Halo 3 footage was used to build it. Some clips work really well… others are a little hard to understand. Check it out – it’s only a minute and a half!(Louis Wu 15:11:09 UTC)

Kotaku pointed out some photos of the Weta Warthog in Sydney at InsiderX – but what’s more interesting is if you continue along to their VIP Party photos, you’ll find a link to Delicate Genius, the blog of Michael Kordahi, another attendee – who took enough shots of the Warthog to create a Photosynth of…

The Bungie Weekly Update went up as expected last night – if you read it, you’ll find lots of little tidbits. There’s a deconstruction of ONI’s Alpha Site, for those preparing to play Halo 3: ODST. There are some cool new wallpapers for your iPhone. There’s some tantalizing news about an upcoming Halo 3: ODST…

Hawty McBloggy let us know about a new community project she’s started up over at Halo3Screenshots.com – Halo Historic Scenes. Build a famous scene within Halo… what can you think of? (The example pic shows the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima, but there are plenty of other options. What can you come up…

Leviathan and UNSC Trooper are back with Page 2 of their Ghosts of Onyx Preview – and this time, Leviathan’s included a step-by-step timeline showing how the work was created. Pretty cool stuff (and a great Page 2)! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:00:31 UTC)

OboeCrazy sent us links to her newest offering – a sniper montage, cleverly disguised as an ad for Joe Jim Bob’s Sniper Superstore. Fun footage, nicely packaged! You can stream it at YouTube or WeGame (WeGame also has a 300mb HD download available).(Louis Wu 18:47:52 UTC)

Kombo.com has posted a shot of the back of the Halo 3: ODST box… and is speculating that the inclusion of ‘content download’ blurb in the features section could point to something unrevealed… like multiplayer or campaign content. Remember, Bungie’s already announced TWO different types of DLC for Halo 3: ODST – the Johnson skin…

NeoGAF’s Kibbles ran across a couple of videos recorded by fans at the Sydney event this week – this one has an intro by Curtis Creamer, and then the opening custscene of the game… and this one shows off the first level’s gameplay. (All of this has been seen before – but whenever you watch…

Hopefully it’s not too late to remind you that it’s August 7, which means Bungie’s running its special 7 on the 7th playlist on Xbox LIVE – and this month, it’s full of community-formed maps. What are you waiting for? Get online! (Eazy’s map doesn’t suck.)(Louis Wu 18:06:22 UTC)

It’s been a little while since the last Aesthetic Artist Interview… but the series is back, with a mole. TheMoleN1, to be precise. Go read about how he got into this business… and check out a huge collection of his work! Thanks to COL0NEL SANDERS for the interview work this time out.(Louis Wu 17:58:34 UTC)

Back in April, 2008, we took over the hosting of Haloscreenshots.net, sorahn’s handy-dandy screenshot collection site. At the time, it was a 20GB package – I don’t remember how many screens were there, but it wasn’t that many. Fast forward 15 months… and this beast is half a million screenshots, 130GB in size. It’s beginning…

GivinTats built an entire Halo world… for his fish. You can read about the construction, and check out his Flickr stream showing off the work, on Bungie.net. Lucky fish!(Louis Wu 17:38:49 UTC)

Friday afternoon’s video roundup on the BungLog™Rogue Modder submitted a SLASONK run – Solo, Legendary, All Skulls On, No Kills. Before you pooh-pooh that it’s just Floodgate… try to do the run yourself. (It ain’t easy.)Pissed Iguana’s back with Spartans Versus Beanies: Episode 2 – just when you thought it couldn’t get any sillier.HIH’s BigGruntyThirst…

We were contacted by Jeffrey Kuznekoff, a doctoral student at Ohio University who’s working on a research project with Dr. Andrew Ledbetter (Ohio University). They’re looking at how gamers use multiplayer gaming systems to communicate. They’d love your help! Here’s the blurb: We are conducting a study examining how people communicate through multiplayer video games…

More photo coverage of Thursday night’s ODST event in Sydney, Australia – Davis ‘BlueDingo5′ Beutler sent us a few dozen shots he snapped at the event (great detail on the Weta Warthog), and PC World (an Australian tech mag) put up a batch of their own. Check ’em out – looks like it was a…

Hawty McBloggy’s back with another round of Friday Caption Fun – check out witty submissions for last week’s picture, and make up your own for this week’s!(Louis Wu 12:08:37 UTC)