Category: HBO

Hawty McBloggy found an interesting vid devoted to the study of spawns, and how that information can be used to spawn-kill the enemy before they even have a chance to fire back. Swing by to add your voice to the discussion… is spawn killing ‘fair play’, or should you avoid it in the interests of…

The Catfish stopped in to point out that 2501 Episode 5 is online… what will the soldiers do? (Louis Wu 16:00:44 UTC)

Wraith7n sighted some Halo 3 playing on the TV show ‘Knight Rider’ – why do directors have to play so fast and loose with reality when dealing with technology?(Louis Wu 16:00:01 UTC)

Bryan Newman asked us to take a look at his Halo 3 machinima series, ‘The Aegis Fate’. Episode 1 is out now, and there’s also a trailer which might give you a better idea of where it’s going. There are a few problems with this… but in general, it’s a nice piece of machinima, and…

Nabsuh stopped in with some footage of visuals he’s adding to his upcoming CGI project – check it out! (Louis Wu 21:06:32 UTC)

If you’re up for a lot of sniping, swing by the Bungie Blog for a link to ‘Last Chance’, with gameplay from Intimant and editing by sTaTic HAZARD. Eight minutes.(Louis Wu 21:03:39 UTC)

Heh – Bryan Simon has a new song out right now – Gold Bars Make You Rich. He’s trying to start a revolution – listen to hear how! If you’d rather just have the MP3, you can download it from us (3.4 mb).(Louis Wu 20:29:16 UTC)

Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris let us know that the rules for Round Three of the Mythic Challenge have been posted – there are new ‘medals’ added for folks who have already beaten Mythic mode but want to compete, and for groups competing, each member of the winning team will receive a 1500 point card, rather than…

urk posted a link to a long montage made by the Bungie.net group “Halo 3 in the Workplace”. Fun fighting!(Louis Wu 18:59:51 UTC)

anthraxgoon let us know that X36 Chapter 1 Episode 13 is up – go give him some feedback!(Louis Wu 18:05:26 UTC)

It took a bit longer than expected, but the January Matchmaking Update is now live (it has been since late last night). Swing by Bungie.net for full details on the changes (they were posted before, but it’s nice to have everything in one place).(Louis Wu 16:33:00 UTC)

Over at Ascendant Justice, Vociferous has added another masterful article – this one is called ‘Unworlding’, and it looks at the Great Journey. It begins with a decent piece of fan fiction… and continues on to an exhaustive look at all the information currently available about the birth of the IDEA of the Great Journey.…

Narcogen’s posted the second half of Anger, Sadness and Envy Episode 6 – the Rampancy.net podcast looking at Floodgate. He and Blackstar discuss game details and motivations – an interesting conversation! 59 minutes, 41 mb. This is the AAC-encoded version… MP3 coming soon. (Louis Wu 16:11:11 UTC)

onebitrocket noticed that Amazon has posted a placeholder for Halo 3: ODST… and while you shouldn’t trust any release dates that don’t come from the company, it IS the first time we’ve seen anyone even GUESS at a date. (Amazon is listing October 6 as the release.) As things change, we’ll keep you informed.(Louis Wu…

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 139 is now online – and the Reclaimer learns more about a new player.(Louis Wu 15:25:22 UTC)

Morpheus announced that his ‘Communitage 2’ is now available for download – it’s 10 minutes long, and available in both standard and HD formats. (It’s pretty big; 219 mb in SD, 413 mb in HD.) YouTube is coming soon. It’s full of clips from folks who sent him their best stuff. Check it out!(Louis Wu…

Andrew Kleiner let us know that two new chapters of his Halo 3 screenshot comic, ‘Outbreak’, are now up – swing by his website for downloads. Volume 2, Chapter 4 (‘Recall’) is here, and Volume 2, Chapter 5 (‘The Calm Before the Storm’) is here.(Louis Wu 15:01:25 UTC)

Brad McMullen let us know that Stephen Loftus isn’t the only Halo fan obsessed with the Pillar of Autumn – his buddy AlmightyNabeshin, over at DeviantArt, has been posting his own cool PoA pieces. Check out a structural study, a cross-section of the ship (color-coded for functionality), and a pretty cool front-end view (not quite…

Ryan Hamilton stopped by to announce a Halo song he created – it’s called ‘Playing Halo (ODST Remix)’, and it’s available on his MySpace page. Unfortunately, the page doesn’t display correctly unless you’re using IE on a Windows box – which leaves a lot of users (Mac users, Firefox users, etc) out in the cold.…

Two new vids were highlighted yesterday afternoon on the Bungie Blog – Inside Halo Episode 29 is up at YouTube (typical Dead Pixel wackiness), and one of the ‘top 5 kills’ in that vid has its OWN vid – a father-and-son team rack up a pair of Killionaires in a Gauss hog on Standoff… great…