Category: HBO

Justin Laboy pointed out a story on ESPN’s website – looks like Heath Bell, replaced Trevor Hoffman as the San Diego Padres relief pitcher, has chosen Breaking Benjamin’s ‘Blow Me Away’ (from the Halo 2 soundtrack) as the song that brings him out onto the field. Nice!(Louis Wu 14:26:28 UTC)

Laird stopped in with some disheartening news; he’s admitting defeat, and closing down Halo: Unyielding. He did provide a Word document containing the rest of the story, however… go see how it would have turned out. (He’s still planning on finishing the first 4 minutes.)(Louis Wu 14:10:18 UTC)

gunluva pointed out an article at Kotaku about the upcoming ‘Halo Encyclopedia’ coming from DK Publishing. Should be chock-full of goodies for the Halo story enthusiast! (This clarifies a post made by petin yesterday – this will NOT be a public release of the ‘Halo Bible’, but it WILL contain a large amount of background…

We missed it yesterday – but luckily, you’ve got until tomorrow morning. The 7 on the 7th list went live this month – jump in for 7v7 action on Avalanche, and a chance to grab the 7 on the 7th Achievement! (Louis Wu 13:50:45 UTC)

Pete Cooper stopped by yesterday with a pair of photos – looks like work on his real-life Warthog is continuing apace! (Louis Wu 13:44:34 UTC)

PsH Bling sent along a link to a High Impact Halo thread which includes pictures of some store stand-up displays for Halo Wars… that for some reason are missing the Spartans’ heads. (Apparently, the STORE did this.) Weird! Update: AnTi PRO let us know that Gamespot policy requires destruction of those displays when they’re no…

Yay! It’s Wednesday, so there are a bunch of Halo Comics to tell you about!Fried Cookie789 told urk about 2501 Episode 37 – Not Much Luck.Dennis Powers sent word of Shipwrecked Episode 62 – A Drive in the Park (I’d have shot it).Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater 168 – Jinx. I’m not sure what’s…

The latest episode of Bungie’s Tag and Release feature collects Ghosts – some great shots there! Go see what you can find.(Louis Wu 17:57:34 UTC)

According to the Bungie Blog, Podtacular 184 was released a few days ago. Despite the date of April 1, it seems to be a legitimate show… (Louis Wu 17:54:44 UTC)

toadking07 let us know that he’d uploaded Robot Halo Chicken 5 – a collection of short skits (in the style of Adult Swim’s Robot Chicken) filmed in Halo 3. If you find one silly, don’t worry – there’ll be another one in a few seconds.(Louis Wu 17:37:51 UTC)

Clantacular.com is hosting a Birthday Bash on May 25 – if you’re part of a Halo community, you can participate! (Top prize seems to be cake.) Swing by the announcement page to read the details. Thanks to urk for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:23:08 UTC)

Heh – Joystiq and Bungie are facing off in a Mythic Halo 3 challenge this week… and Joystiq is trying to make sure their deck is stacked. They’re looking for the best Halo 3 players in the community to play on their team – chosen members will receive a Mythic Map Pack code for their…

It took longer than we’d expected, because we were waiting for one of the winners to respond to us – but we’re finally ready to announce the winners of the HBO Mythic Movie Contest. Swing by the winners page for full details, including downloadable versions of the movies!(Louis Wu 16:04:49 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy was at the Emerald City ComicCon, as well – and she met a CQB Spartan there! Check out her pics.(Louis Wu 14:47:18 UTC)

Kevin Larrabee let us know that a new podcast has kicked off – Part Time Gamers is a group of gamers that simply don’t have the time to play as much as they used to, but they still love games. (How much? Well… several of them are actual game developers from studios like Bungie and…

Just a few new comics this MondayElnea updated Halo Action Figure Theater with Episode 167, Blue Nude – the crew gets help from an unexpected quarter.The Catfish let Bungie.net know that 2501 Episode 36 (Intentions) was live.TTL Demag0gue dropped in with word of Reclaimer 173 (Matchtwins) – be careful what your Cavalcade members get up…

InnerRayg noticed a post at Spawn.com discussing an exclusive McFarlane figure to be offered at the San Diego ComicCon – a Grifball Spartan! I wonder if Rooster Teeth gets royalties? (Louis Wu 14:39:17 UTC)

Spartanx5 stopped in again with updated pictures of his Recon helmet render – swing by the Threedy forums to see the latest. (Louis Wu 14:38:42 UTC)

There was a Halo panel at the Emerald City Comic Convention yesterday… and Jake, from 8BitJoystick, was there to cover it. Swing by his blog to read all the details. Some of the news was announced earlier (for example, that Greg Bear is writing three new Halo novels focused on the Forerunner) but some is…

Decadence Night stopped in yesterday with a pair of new time-lapse panoramas – awesome! Check ’em out on Decayed Panoramas. (Louis Wu 14:30:17 UTC)