Category: HBO

vociferous continues to delve deeply into Bungie’s lore – his latest article looks at Halo 3: ODST in the context of what Bungie might have been striving towards for the past 7 years. Pretty interesting speculation! Go read The Prodigal. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:44:21 UTC)

HBO regular JeSteR 343 sent word of a tragic situation in Tennessee – Megan Maxwell, a teenager, disappeared without a trace a month ago. She was a member of JeSteR’s church, and they’re trying to raise money for the family to continue the search. They’re organizing a Halo 3 tournament in July (more details coming…

A week and a half ago, Bungie mentioned the screenshot printing services offered by haloscreenshots.com. We’ve sampled the work, and have written up the experience, in the hopes that it will aid you in your decision-making. Take a look!(Louis Wu 19:26:23 UTC)

It’s Monday, so Bungie.net has a new Tag and Release feature for you, showing off some cool images – the tag is ‘Sword’, and the images are very awesome. Go look!(Louis Wu 17:00:57 UTC)

Couple of videos to enjoy, courtesy of B.net: Lagout is the start of a series in which several players get trapped in a game they can’t quit, and Shenanigans 3 is the latest montage from ChrisOfTheDead, containing some truly bizarre events taken from matchmaking games. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:59:19 UTC)

Congrats to Str8 Rippin, who beat some impressive competition to take first place in the MLG Columbus event. Full results can be found on this page. The videos aren’t available on the VoD page yet – but they probably will be soon. (You can find some footage on the ESPN Saturday Night page.)(Louis Wu 14:55:45…

Some old-timers might remember Grunts are People Too!!, a machinima series from a few years back (2004-5). Its creator, Motherstooth, is back with a new blog – go see what he’s up to, Halo-wise!(Louis Wu 14:38:07 UTC)

Decadence Night has gathered up all of his Halo 3 panoramas, and posted them at DeviantART. Some you’ve seen before, some you haven’t – there are 96 in total. Go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:34:03 UTC)

DHalo noticed that some new Halo-related accessories will be available for your Xbox LIVE avatar – but they won’t be cheap. (The Warthog, for example, is 320 MS Points – $4 US.) Hmmm, indeed.(Louis Wu 14:32:10 UTC)

Just a few comics for you this morning:Bloogyo let us know about Rat’s Nest 17 5 (and reminded people to hit the ‘previous’ button a few times for missed eps).N. Rackley sent word that his webcomic, Lakewood, is Halo-related today in honor of the episode number (117). Heh.TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer…

Awesome – Split-Screen noticed that a new trademark application has been filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office by Bungie, LLC – “We make games that we want to play”. Sounds about right! (Bungie has been saying that this is what they do for a dozen years – but this application was filed just…

You might remember Marissa’s Bunny – Fairfax has been traveling around the US, raising awareness about Marissa’s illness, infantile spasms. We recently got word from Marissa’s dad that Marissa is back in the hospital – her spasms are out of control. He’s hoping that anyone who can send along kind wishes will do so -…

Zeouterlimits pointed out that Jason Sussman (Bungie Finishing Artist) mentioned in his twitter feed that he’d recorded the Bungie public* demo of ODST – it’s 20 minutes long, and is presented by Brian Jarrard and Curtis Creamer. If you’ve been watching every movie that comes out, you’ve seen most of this before – but it’s…

A blog called ‘White Rabbit Trails’ has been creating Halo 3 wallpapers based on vectorized versions of the medals you can earn during multiplayer games. The backgrounds are nicely distressed – if you’re looking for simple but attractive Halo 3 images for your wallpaper, check these out. There are three wallpapers per set:Set 1 |…

Firestorm12 sent word that Halopen has released the Halopen Pencast 10, ostensibly recorded at E3, with lots of discussion of Bungie’s upcoming projects.(Louis Wu 20:52:56 UTC)

Pete Cooper found out that his Operation: Chastity project was included in an OXM UK article about ‘Gaming’s Most Extreme Fanclubs’ – nice going, Pete!(Louis Wu 15:02:33 UTC)

Over at the Hushed Casket, rapture takes a close look at the Halo 3: ODST pistol – and compares it to its predecessors. Go rap!(Louis Wu 14:58:31 UTC)

mrsmiley let us know that Pyrosmile’s Master Chief Theater 3000 Episode 305 (covering 343 Guilty Spark) is now live. That poor Jenkins…(Louis Wu 14:57:49 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy runs down the Series 6 action figures from McFarlane; go see what’s coming in October!(Louis Wu 14:57:13 UTC)

Joystiq wrote up a sighting of a Master-Chief-helmeted dude playing Rock Band – we saw him at several booths throughout the day on Wednesday. Thanks to Adam Kovic for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:55:32 UTC)