Category: HBO

The first of the writeups of a press event Bungie held last week is now online – swing by Tied the Leader for a whole passel of screenshots of the Mythic Map Pack, along with some very intriguing discussion to go with them. Our own writeup (with pics, and some vid clips) will be coming…

Anton P. Nym brought to our attention a design for a new Halo-related t-shirt at Splitreason.com. This will not become a shirt unless enough people vote for it… if you think it should be for sale, make your voice heard! (Louis Wu 16:02:20 UTC)

Catfish let us know that 2501 Episode 16 is live. Go read!(Louis Wu 16:02:03 UTC)

Exanubisleader noticed that IGN is kicking off a weeklong video series highlighting Halo Wars – the first piece is up now. Go watch!(Louis Wu 22:50:32 UTC)

The Bungie Blog posted a new ‘tag and release’ feature today, with some very cool Elite pictures. I’m sure you can find more of your own!(Louis Wu 22:48:20 UTC)

Fushiko came by to talk about a new machinima he’s released that illustrates Bible proverbs with Halo 3 action. That’s definitely different…(Louis Wu 22:46:44 UTC)

GeneticSpartan stopped in with word of Mario Vs Spartan 2, a pretty amazing piece of machinima. Go watch as Mario and his friends take on a Spartan army… effects are fantastic! 9:15 long… and worth it. (Hawty McBloggy had nice things to say about it, too.) (Louis Wu 18:02:39 UTC)

PsH Bling ran across a cosplayer who’s created a pretty cool Battle Rifle out of cardboard. There are four pics at Cosplay.com: cutout | midway | waiting for paint | finished. Really well-done! (Louis Wu 18:01:18 UTC)

AnTi PRO sent word of a new machinima series entitled ‘MicroMachinima’ – short skits for your enjoyment, while they’re working on larger projects. Episode 1: The Entertainer is online now. It’s… odd. (Well-done… but odd.) Go watch it! (Louis Wu 18:00:11 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue also announced a new how-to article on Halo 3 Webcomics – this one covers Halo 3 Filters, and was written by HolyJunkie. (Louis Wu 17:59:47 UTC)

urk got word that The Top 10 Halo 3 series has released Episode 24 – Top 10 Epic Fails. I looked for clips of me… but I got lucky this time.(Louis Wu 17:58:31 UTC)

It’s Monday, so it’s time for another episode of Reclaimer – Episode 149 shows off a new site design, and unveils some alterations made by Ferial.(Louis Wu 17:52:03 UTC)

The Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Has announced their finalists for the 7th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards – winners will be announced at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on March 26. The Halo Trilogy – Complete Original Soundtracks product is up for Best Soundtrack Album. Good luck!(Louis Wu 17:51:40 UTC)

Willy announced a contest on his clan website whereby you can win 16 months of LIVE, or a bunch of MS Points, by being a top scorer in an obstacle course he’s designed. Swing by the post to read the details. (Louis Wu 17:51:10 UTC)

New McFarlane toys were shown at Toyfair this weekend – InnerRayg found pictures at Toyark and more (with a writeup) at figures.com. If you just want to see the newest stuff, Bongo8789 pointed out the TOYSREVIL blog – nice pics snagged from Toyark, and no hunting. (Louis Wu 17:50:32 UTC)

The (London) Sunday Times reviewed five games this week – Halo Wars (and 3 others) received 4 stars each, while Killzone 2 received 5. Either it was a really good week for games… or the Times is generous. Also, over in Australia, five Kotaku readers were able to play Halo Wars at a press event…

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty neat little event captured (not so neatly) on video – a grenade is knocked off course by a rocket… and makes a stick around a corner. Ouch! (Louis Wu 17:49:20 UTC)

DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice Episode 11 is up (thanks, urk) – it’s the first part of a three-part finale for the season. Things are getting a little hairy…(Louis Wu 20:42:29 UTC)

Wow… Kelli ‘Pinkuh’ Davis wrote in with word of a pair of shoes she’d customized… amazing!(Louis Wu 20:19:54 UTC)

Halo 3 Fails has released Episode 10 – almost eight minutes of funny screwups and bad luck. Go watch! (Thanks, sort of, to chris10023 for the heads-up… as a general friendly request, if you’re going to send in news, adding a link to the item in question would be helpful.)(Louis Wu 16:03:39 UTC)