Category: HBO

Kotaku has a story about the sales of Wii Fit in the US – and how it’s exceeded the sales of Halo 3 over their respective lifetimes. (I’m not sure how relevant this is, really; the installed base of the Wii is nearly double that of the 360, and the audience for the two games…

Starscream found a page of a Deadpool comic that shows the character holding a pair of Halo-inspired weapons (a Battle Rifle and a Halo 3 pistol). Odd…(Louis Wu 14:39:00 UTC)

A Halo Fan…natic stopped in to let us know that Azrael has written up the latest HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week – go see what he thought of this week’s submissions!(Louis Wu 14:38:30 UTC)

RuneOfRed has kicked off a series of ‘Retro Reviews’ – he’s playing older games and seeing how they hold up today. First up: Halo CE. Go see what he thought.(Louis Wu 14:38:02 UTC)

A group of fans dedicated to making Halo panoramas has created a video that shows off a bunch in an HD YouTube vid. Me… I like my panoramas all on one screen, at one time… but if you like pan effects, check this out! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 14:37:25 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update contains lots of tasty info for you this week: hints about Halo 3: ODST’s release date (and other release dates), some information about another Sandbox variant that’s headed for Matchmaking, information about the Scarab screenshot contest they ran last week, information about a NEW screenshot contest they’re running right now (goodies…

grantix decided to walk around with homemade Halo artwork on his feet – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:07:28 UTC)

Anoj has posted the latest in the Top 10 Halo 3 series – this one focuses on Free for All kills. Some impressive gameplay, when everyone wants you dead! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 18:58:41 UTC)

JeSteR 343 found a cool piece of art on DeviantART – Cortana, in human form. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:49:18 UTC)

Jake108 sent word that the newest Teabag Prevention article is up at Geekscape – this one gives you tips for playing on Sandbox. Go read it!(Louis Wu 14:43:47 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has returned to her Rorschach Inkblot Test series, since there are new maps to be had. First up… Assembly. What do you see?(Louis Wu 14:41:48 UTC)

Thanks to NeoGAF’s Kibbles, who ran across a video of gameplay on a Hang ’em High remake in Unreal Tournament 3. Looks great!(Louis Wu 14:41:16 UTC)

Comic summary for Friday:Clefton Twain made a funni about the Game Fuel story we posted recently.anthraxgoon told us that X36 Chapter 2 Issue 8 is online, in PDF format.The Catfish announced that 2501 Episode 29 (Error) is up – with a new monologue to ponder.Elnea posted Halo Action Figure Theater 161 (Duty Before Love) -…

According to this article in TechFlash, Bungie will be moving offices, from their current digs in Kirkland to a former movie cineplex in downtown Bellevue. As one of the commenters pointed out, this site is a much higher-traffic location… assuming it turns out to be accurate, how will they keep the fanbois out?(Louis Wu 14:40:02…

finalcutmin stopped in with word of the second episode of 10 Ways to tell if you’re a Noob (Halo 3). Make sure you know what sort of equipment you’re carrying! (Louis Wu 14:39:34 UTC)

ODST Sarge let us know that the first three episodes of Sovereign are now up (we mentioned a teaser back in January) – go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:37:58 UTC)

Ritz let us know that GameDibs has announced its winner for its Mythic Map code giveaway (we mentioned it last week), as well as provided info on new giveaways, in this week’s Dibcast – swing by and listen!(Louis Wu 14:28:51 UTC)

Bungie put up an official page on Facebook – you can join them as a fan there, if you so choose. Today Facebook, tomorrow… the world. (Louis Wu 14:28:31 UTC)

Eight new pieces for you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:27:34 UTC)

Yesterday was Thursday, so it was time for another Breaking In piece at Bungie.net – this week, it’s Christian Diefenbach, a Senior Software Engineer. Go see how he got there!(Louis Wu 14:25:49 UTC)