Category: HBO

The Aesthetic Artist Interview series is back – well, on its new bi-weekly schedule. The latest interview is with Alec 944, the man who started the whole ‘interview a screenshot artist’ idea in the first place. Go read – and check out some of his work!(Louis Wu 18:13:37 UTC)

Destructoid has put up an Impressions article about Halo Uprising – if you STILL haven’t made up your mind about getting this, go read.(Louis Wu 18:07:39 UTC)

Some goodies from the BungLog™ today:The Hope Unto Dawn charity event undertaken by Facility B5D was a success – over $2000 was raised for the Child’s Play charity, and fun was had by a lot of people. A ‘Supertage’ (screenshots, clips, and pics commemorating the event) is linked, along with the thank-you message from the…

It’s Friday! Wanna play? Hawty McBloggy does. She’s posted Round 51 of her Friday Caption Fun series – go check out last week’s responses, and show off your with and style with the newest pic!(Louis Wu 13:21:09 UTC)

Brooks Kuester was the first to let us know about an article at IGN entitled ‘What to Expect from Halo: Reach’ (though a thread started up not long afterward on our forum, thanks to GrimBrother One). The article contains a nice summary of what we know about Reach from all sources (books, games, trailers), and…

The comic list today is short, so far:Dennis Powers has once again updated Shipwrecked to Episode 72 – Weather War – the marines look to be pawns in a much bigger fight.The Catfish let urk know about 2501 Episode 68 – a long-thought-about scene comes to fruition.Bloogyo stopped in with word of Rat’s Nest 19…

Nine new pieces in the Fan Fiction section today – lots of meat! Go fill up.(Louis Wu 13:09:46 UTC)

Over on Bungie.net, Maximum FEAR is putting together a ‘Guide to Canon in the Halo Universe’ – he’s collecting quotes from Bungie employees (and others closely associated with canon issues) in an attempt to nail down what is, and what is not, ‘official’. Swing by to see what he’s got – and if you know…

The latest Breaking In story (well, Broken In, I guess) is the one told by Bungie Character Engineer Max Dyckhoff. Max talks about his time in the industry – but he neglects to mention that he was a big player in the VERY early days of Halo fandom; it was Max who set up the…

The latest MLGPro/ESPN Top 10 is online… amazing gameplay. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:04:15 UTC)

If you’re looking for Double Experience in your online Halo playing, look no further than Living Dead, this week’s Double XP list. It went live a couple of hours ago. Mmmmm…. brains.(Louis Wu 19:31:08 UTC)

chris10023 let us know that Halo 3 Fails: Episode 21 is online – there are some GREAT clips in there this time. I think my favorite is the ‘Let It Go Fail’ that starts around 50 seconds in. Go watch!(Louis Wu 18:57:24 UTC)

The Summer Mythic Recon Challenge marches on – Part II is getting ready to kick off – this one involves the level Halo. Check out this post on Bungie.net for full details!(Louis Wu 18:55:53 UTC)

Bry has been watching prices on Halo 3: ODST at UK outlets – and it looks like several places are dropping their prices to match the recently-mentioned price at Argos. Coupled with the retailers recently listed at Bungie.net as participating in the Johnson pre-order promotion, it looks like folks in the UK might be able…

Rick Mesler noticed a motorcycle helmet at LikeCool.com that he thinks would be useful for the Master Chief if he lived on earth and commuted on a motorcycle. I’m not sure I fully agree, other than the color… but check it out and decide for yourself!(Louis Wu 18:38:02 UTC)

Anoj is back with another Top 10 Halo 3 vid – this one (Episode 32) covers Warthog Kills. It’s splatterific! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:29:43 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy dug up a very odd picture on DeviantART – I think she likes it. A lot. It’s Halo-related… but… well, it’s Hawty McBloggy, so be warned before you click.(Louis Wu 18:05:22 UTC)

Adam Grumbo let us know about a new project from 405th regular LeeKegan – he’s carved the ODST pistol out of wood, then created a mold so that others could enjoy it. Check out the photos and the video! (Louis Wu 17:38:03 UTC)

Remember a couple of days ago, when we mentioned a model of the nighttime map for Firefight that Bungie showed off at E3, done in Google’s SketchUp? Yeah, well, Juzzz, over at Bungie.net, wanted to get a bit more detailed. His version looks a LOT more like what I played at E3. Swing by for…

The bonus of Sgt. Johnson for those who pre-order Halo 3: ODST got a serious hype boost this morning – pages went up both at Bungie.net (with great new screenshots of a never-before-seen Firefight map) and Xbox.com touting the offer. In the US, you can avail yourself of this deal by pre-ordering from Amazon, Best…