Category: HBO

HaloCharts continues their Campaign Challenge – this time around, it’s Cortana. Read the summary at the Bungie Blog, or the full details at HaloCharts – and get going! (Louis Wu 18:11:30 UTC)

Some jerk is going to be on the Running Riot podcast as it’s broadcast live this evening (9:30 EST) – come by and make fun of him. More details are available in this post at Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 18:08:47 UTC)

Back in mid-April, we mentioned the first Halo Wars expansion pack – it’s live now. 800 MS Points, available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Thanks, GrimBrother One.(Louis Wu 14:14:24 UTC)

Vociferous is back with another in-depth Ascendant Justice article – this one looks at Ground Zero (which, in the context of Halo 3: ODST, is New Mombasa). Lots of great speculation, based on information gathered rather meticulously from a variety of sources. Give it a read! Thanks, Cocopjojo.(Louis Wu 14:07:01 UTC)

chris10023 let us know that Halo 3 Fails, Episode 20 is now live – I think I’ve done every single one of those! Funny stuff. (Louis Wu 14:06:25 UTC)

Stormwraith sent word that he’d run across a cool LEGO Snow LRV at both MOCpages and Flickr. (Same hog, a variety of pics.) Nice work!(Louis Wu 14:02:32 UTC)

Omega was the first to point out that HD rendering is now available for those participating in Bungie’s Render to Video public beta. If you’ve got some extra render minutes saved up, go give it a try!(Louis Wu 14:01:24 UTC)

Pwnathon2o2p stopped in to announce a promotional video, created by IamDank, for the Pwnathon charity event coming up in July. Go watch it!(Louis Wu 14:00:47 UTC)

Bungie.net’s got the latest Tag and Release feature – the tag was ‘Halo’, the results are… cool. Go see!(Louis Wu 18:22:29 UTC)

A little late this week (okay, it was supposed to go live LAST week), but the latest Aesthetic Artist Interview is now up – thanks, jdars. Swing by to read about Meatball O Doom, and her personal Forge obsessions.(Louis Wu 17:40:53 UTC)

Thanks to urk for the following pair of vids: Shenanigans – a montage made up of stuff you love to see in the after-game theater. (Occasionally, the in-game reaction is less enjoyable… and I could probably do with fewer betrayals.) Top 10 Halo 3 Kills HD – a relatively random assortment of kills – maybe…

Leviathan is back with another graphic story – this one is called ‘Prophet of Penance’, and it introduces us to an interesting side of the Covenant. (Louis Wu 12:34:28 UTC)

Loby stopped in with word of a new machinima from Banshee Surprise – it sets the Normal Guy (from The Lonely Island) to Halo 3 footage, and does so pretty well. Might bring a smile! (As the info section states, this may not be appropriate for younger audiences.) (Louis Wu 12:33:31 UTC)

The comic crowd wasn’t too busy this weekend:Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater #177 – The Last Straw; some very nice setup work went into this. (A photo is included.)Bloogyo let us know about Rat’s Nest Episode 14 – it started here, and the most recent segment is here. It’s a story of the Chief…

CaptainRaspberry let us know that the Fan Fic Pick of the Week is up for submissions in by May 15. kr-1426 wrote it. Go see what he thought!(Louis Wu 23:11:15 UTC)

zofinda told us (sort of) that Arby ‘n’ the Chief S3E12 is up – I had a little trouble finding it at YouTube, but here’s a link. Chief and Arby play some Resident Evil 5. I guess it’s fun, but not scary. Or maybe racist and insensitive. I’m not sure.(Louis Wu 23:03:32 UTC)

GameTrailer’s Bonus Round Episode 304 contains some discussion about the showing of Halo 3: ODST at E3’s Microsoft Press Conference from three big industry insiders – worth a look if you want some informed speculation about what’s going to show up this year! Thanks, The More Deluded.(Louis Wu 21:33:52 UTC)

Phatcorns and The Lintendo are back with a new montage – Take the Offensive has a much wider overview than your average montage. Nice camerawork! Thanks, Insaniac. (Louis Wu 13:56:24 UTC)

RageGummy and PMS Legend have banded together to form the core of Team Sleepers, a group that plans to play Halo 3 for 24 hours straight on Bungie Day to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. You can read more about this project (and donate) over at JustGiving.com. Halo for charity – help out!(Louis…

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a series of themes from Halo 3, performed by the WACO (Wayland/Crawfordsville/Olds, Iowa) Junior/Senior High Orchestra… and wonders how many more kids would have played instruments if video game themes had been common in past years.(Louis Wu 20:13:41 UTC)