Category: HBO

Stuntmutt stopped in yesterday with a photo of his television, showing a moment from the British version of ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’ – the answer (guessed correctly) netted the contestant £75,000. I think anybody reading this newspost would have managed it, as well.(Louis Wu 17:20:52 UTC)

Machinima’s Inside Gaming has a couple of Comic Con Extended Coverage vids that might be of interest to Halo fans – Dex let us know about an interview with Neill Blomkamp (mostly about District 9, but the Halo movie gets a mention), and Dratt pointed out an interview with Bungie’s Paul Bertone about Halo 3:…

Domino Theory is back – and he wants to give away more Mythic Maps. Don’t have ’em yet? No problem! Visit the Mythamanjaro page, put in your name, email, and gamertag, and you’ve got a shot at free maps! Don’t dawdle too long – the window on this offer closes on Monday morning. Read the…

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a page of screenshots collected by maximumfear, all with the theme of ‘Films/Movies’. This morning, Hawty McBloggy put up her own collection – some awesome shots!(Louis Wu 13:54:01 UTC)

Whoa – looks like Bungie’s going underground today… so the Weekly Update has been posted pretty early. They were so light on new content that they recycled an old soapbox article written by CJ Cowan almost exactly 6 years ago (you can see it in its original format over at Archive.org, if you’re so inclined).…

The only comic update we’ve got for you today comes from TTL Demag0gue, who’s posted Reclaimer 206 (Foreordination) – looks like Intuitive Portent might be unhappy with the Reclaimer.(Louis Wu 13:52:55 UTC)

Yahoo has a feature up about young people making money from videogames – the first few entries are all Halo pros. Thanks, evildoctorwill.(Louis Wu 13:47:49 UTC)

Another Game With Fame feature is highlighted on Xbox.com – Method Man & Redman are gonna be playing some Halo 3 with hip-hop fans on August 7. Swing by for full details, and see how you can participate!(Louis Wu 13:41:21 UTC)

It’s Friday – which means it’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s! Swing by and check out submissions for last week’s image… and come up with your own for a new pic!(Louis Wu 13:37:50 UTC)

Yesterday afternoon’s entry in the recurring ‘Breaking In’ series at Bungie.net focuses on Michael Williams – part of the Server Engineering team. (Stats, FileShare, stuff like that. You know – the stuff you use every day.) See how he got the gig – and why he’s kept it. Good readin’!(Louis Wu 13:31:18 UTC)

Just two new stories for you this week in the Fan Fiction section… go read ’em!(Louis Wu 13:27:38 UTC)

Domino Theory ran across some interesting information at SKOAR! – there’s a small tidbit about the advanced graphics tech being developed for Halo: Reach. Ever since the news of a new engine being employed by Bungie there has been huge speculation on its nature and platform of content that it will incorporate Steve Theodore (Technical…

Lots of new content for you this afternoon at Bungie.net:Apparently, the Zoxin It Up! podcast didn’t happen as it was supposed to last Friday; it’s been rescheduled for tomorrow, Friday, July 31 at 9 pm EST. Machinicast.com released their first annual Machinima Awards show – we mentioned back in early June, when they were looking…

The Halo 3 Gophers are running a Summer Forge Contest – build a fun ‘mini game’ map, win kudos on their site. More details in the forum post.(Louis Wu 13:40:45 UTC)

Yesterday, Chapter 1 of The Chronicles of Lyle (‘Team Players’) went live on YouTube – and you should watch it, because it’s pretty funny. I heard about it on the Bungie Blog, so don’t forget to thank urk.(Louis Wu 13:38:17 UTC)

Halo Wars news today – a new Dev Blog (Leader Powers Part Three) is live… and “an Xbox LIVE technical issue” is the cause of a complete wipe of all Halo Wars Xbox LIVE Leaderboards yesterday (thanks, SonofMacPhisto). Bad news for folks who were playing for recognition…(Louis Wu 13:37:43 UTC)

Itching for new information about the Halo 3: ODST campaign? Bungie’s got your back – a new ViDoc went live last night, while most of us slept. 3:34 long, it tells the story of the ODST team you’ll be playing when the game drops on September 22. Told from the viewpoint of Gunnery Sergeant Eddie…

glowsoft stopped in to let us know about Halo-Galaxy, a German space-strategy game that’s recently been translated to English. Go try it out!(Louis Wu 21:28:53 UTC)

Anoj is back with Episode 36 of his Top 10 Halo 3 Series – this one is ‘Amazing Kills’. Some really fun kills in there… go watch. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 21:27:43 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so it’s time for Bungie to update it’s Favorites page – this time around, it’s the second batch of files from Epic Pic. Go see what they’ve got for you!(Louis Wu 19:10:04 UTC)