Category: HBO

elpolloguapo uploaded On A Pale Horse to Rampancy.net, arranged for violins – swing by and grab a copy if you’d like to play it. (Be sure you’re logged in to see the download links.) (Louis Wu 23:33:10 UTC)

Firestorm12 told us that Halopen Films has released their first Pencast of ’09 – you can download it from Podbean. Comments and suggestions can go to their forum (there are also links to the mentioned contests there, as well). (Louis Wu 20:16:51 UTC)

Tony ‘ubald’ Marcotte sent word that he’d created a new Halo render – we’ve added it to his gallery here. Those hunters look badass!(Louis Wu 16:06:57 UTC)

LazerBlader found the True Heroes Plasma Blaster (it’s a plastic AR-lookalike; we mentioned it back in September) marketed by a different company (BuzzBeeToys), and on the shelves in K-Mart. (Front – 187k | Back – 182k) Price is a little cheaper than the first iteration – $12.99. He also ran across painted versions for sale…

SeverianofUrth wrote this week’s HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week – he wasn’t thrilled with his choices, but still made some judgements. Go see what he thought.(Louis Wu 16:04:12 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a series of vids called ‘Halo 3 Fails’ – folks doing stuff badly… hilariously. According to her, the fifth episode is the best so far. (Louis Wu 16:02:55 UTC)

ellpolloguapo let us know about a Christmas Eve gaming session of Hawty McBloggy forum regulars that’s been immortalized by CrazedOne1988 in a montage – check it out!(Louis Wu 16:01:18 UTC)

Adam Susskind wrote up a tutorial for creating screenshot-based Halo 3 comics; give it a read if you’d like to get started doing this!(Louis Wu 16:00:29 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 whipped up what he considers to be his best Halo art ever. (And that’s saying something.) You can view the full-sized image at DeviantART… or a desktop-formatted version in our own Wallpaper section. I would agree that it’s very, very good.(Louis Wu 15:49:51 UTC)

2900d4u did a nice job of summarizing the new Halo Wars CES vids available for your viewing pleasure – swing by for links to presentations, gameplay, and demos.(Louis Wu 15:47:28 UTC)

radiant penguin stopped in with a bunch of sword-based (or Elite-based) panoramas – they’re not new, but it’s the first time he’s posting them on our forum. Check ’em out! (The last one could have almost come from Gears of War…)(Louis Wu 15:46:34 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is online now – a taste of ODST development, a little bit of other news, and a final Bungie podcast for 2008 – almost 2 hours, 100 mb, full of… stuff. Go read, go listen! (As usual, it’s available in our Weekly Update Archive if you need or want it there.)(Louis…

Heh – urk points out a pretty funny splatter spree filmed by BvrBoy123; I think the best part is the front red guy teabagging the ground just before getting pasted.(Louis Wu 19:45:29 UTC)

It’s Friday again, which means it’s time for another installment of Hawty McBloggy’s Friday Caption Fun; this one has a great shot of Miranda for you to play with (along with the cream of the crop of last week’s submissions). Go see what you can do! (Louis Wu 14:09:17 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue tells us that it’s time for Reclaimer 134 – the Reclaimer is offered a pair of choices for accomplishing his next task. I think I can guess which route he’s going to go.(Louis Wu 14:03:30 UTC)

It was a short week for Fan Fiction authors (because I didn’t post last week’s batch until Monday) – but there are still five pieces for you to read in today’s update. Check ’em out! (Louis Wu 14:02:02 UTC)

oo murph oo put together a great video of a fun moment in his first attempt at the Vidmaster Annual Achievement in Halo 3 – and accompanied it with a funny writeup. Swing by Bungie.net’s blog for full details. (Louis Wu 14:00:48 UTC)

Bungie’s Breaking In series continues – today’s installment has Paul Lewellen, a Network/Gameplay Engineer, explaining what came before Bungie, and what was useful to him on the way in. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 22:14:10 UTC)

According to Endsights, the February 28th US release date for Halo Wars mentioned by Robbie Bach (and Major Nelson) last night was a mistake – it’s still coming out on March 3. Okay, whatever. (It’s only 4 days, right?) I suppose we should have known it was a mistake; February 28 is a Saturday. Games…

meowmixalot noticed a new video by Harabek, entitled ‘Memoir’ – you’re accountable for what you do in your life. Interesting cutting. (Louis Wu 19:52:33 UTC)