Category: HBO

According to Shaun555, last night’s episode of Eureka (on Syfy, definitely the stupidest name change for a cable TV channel ever) had two Halo references, from different characters. The episode, “Your Face or Mine?”, had Jo Lupo saying “Give me scifi and some Halo 3 and I am a happy girl!” and later on, Douglas…

Looks like Stuart Beattie is on a promotion tour for G.I. Joe right now, and in many of the interviews he’s giving, he’s mentioning Halo. Always good to keep the buzz alive! Check out MTV Movies (thanks, Zeouterlimits), Dark Horizons (thanks, evildoctorwill), and /Film (thanks, Google).(Louis Wu 15:38:06 UTC)

jake108 let us know about a special Teabag Prevention article – it’s all about the cons. Recon, Comic-con, scorpicon. (Okay, that last one was a stretch.) They’re looking for feedback – go give ’em some!(Louis Wu 15:32:02 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is live – and it’s full of apologies, and warnings, and general overall advice. And some information about upcoming showings of ODST. And artwork. And stuff. Go read! As always, the alternative to Bungie.net is our Weekly Update Archive.(Louis Wu 23:16:35 UTC)

Mrguy discovered an artist using the 3D program Modo who chose a subject near and dear to some of our hearts – amazing work! Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:04:29 UTC)

CaptainTony noticed another Helljumper preview at Marvel.com – some of the pages we’ve seen before, but now they have text. And a cameo from an old friend…(Louis Wu 20:03:00 UTC)

Tyrant’s Summer Mythic Recon Challenge continues – Week VI focuses on Cortana. Tyrant’s writeup on Bungie.net gives you full details on what you need to do to win Recon for this level – but if you need a little extra help, Tyrant’s Mythic Walkthrough v2.0 here on HBO has been updated with a chapter on…

jdars and Team Pepto are back with another Aesthetic Artist Interview – this one’s a little different. It spotlights odmichael, Bungie Forum Ninja by day, screenshot maestro by night (remember, it’s ALWAYS day or night SOMEWHERE) – but for the first time, it’s video-based, rather than a text interview. It’s sort of huge (nearly 200mb)…

A lot of people make Halo machinima – most of it is either really serious, or pretty juvenile. The Chronicles of Lyle is neither. (Well, okay – it’s a bit juvenile. But it’s pretty funny anyway.) Check out the promo on YouTube. Then thank urk for finding it (in between donuts).(Louis Wu 16:55:00 UTC)

SonicJohn and friends have put together a new Bungie Community Podcast, and posted it on the Bungie forums (I found it here) – 79 min, 73 mb worth of discussion about Halo 3: ODST, Halo: reach, and more. Go listen!(Louis Wu 16:52:10 UTC)

Pup and Friends played a bunch of Grifball during July – you can find highlights in this vid. (Thanks, Bungie Blog.)(Louis Wu 16:45:00 UTC)

If you’re finding yourself wishing you had a way to plan out your Sandbox-based maps before you got down to Forging them, wish no more – WhtButterflyLiz created a full reconstruction of Sandbox (all three levels) in Sketchup… along with all components available in Forge (each fully textured). This NeoGAF post by squidhands contains a…

Hawty McBloggy’s Friday Caption Fun feature is up to episode 55 – and along ith some great captions for last week’s pic, there’s a new (and really funky) pic up for your captioning pleasure. Go look.(Louis Wu 13:02:08 UTC)

The third Title Update to Halo Wars will be released today, according to HaloWars.com (thanks, 2900d4u) – lots of balance changes, a few bug fixes. (Louis Wu 13:01:46 UTC)

A couple of comic updates for you today: Dennis Powers let us know that the final episodes of Shipwrecked are now online (Episode 80, Episode 81, and Episode 82 were all posted yesterday), and the full comic is available for download as a PDF (maybe; I was having trouble getting a copy). More adventures involving…

John_117 released a new sticktage – four and a half minutes of blue death.(Louis Wu 13:00:52 UTC)

Six new stories are avaiable for your reading pleasure in the Fan Fiction section this week – go pleasure yourself!(Louis Wu 13:00:29 UTC)

The latest Broken In article on Bungie.net went live yesterday afternoon – Environment Artist Ken Taya discusses what he does, how he got started, and what you should know about salmon sperm sacs.(Louis Wu 12:59:52 UTC)

Z pointed out a new Halo 3 Movie competition over at Halo3Forum.com – submissions cost $10, and all of that money goes into the prize pool. The organizers are estimating that the top prize will be $1000. You’ve got until March 31, 2010 to create your masterpiece – so you’ve got to assume that some…

Anoj continues his Top 10 Halo 3 series – Episode 34 looks at Ricochet Kills. Bullets, equipment, and even a warthog or two are bouncing around the maps and killing people on the rebound. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 12:58:51 UTC)