Category: HBO

It’s that time of year again… Bungie.net has posted a preview of the Winter Pentathlon – good stuff is coming soon! Go read.(Louis Wu 13:16:29 UTC)

calmkiller let us know that the West Virginia Marching Band is doing a live webcast of their Keynote performance this evening – stream goes live at 7:15, the Halo theme that will be performed should go on around 9 or so. Go listen!(Louis Wu 22:38:25 UTC)

The Average Joe series continues over at Bungie.net – today’s entry looks at Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), a regular on our forum and a Bungie.net moderator. Go see what got him involved in Halo, and what keeps him juiced!(Louis Wu 19:48:14 UTC)

Bungie.net has posted a link to ‘Facility B5D Mishap Montage’ – lots and lots of ‘WTF’ moments. Fun!(Louis Wu 19:34:18 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 44 is up – hunger can make you do things.(Louis Wu 19:32:52 UTC)

baneofdeath wrote this week’s Fan Fic Pick of the Week – go see what he liked. Thanks, kabu. (Louis Wu 19:32:25 UTC)

Gamasutra has a great article about a study that used biometric feedback to measure how much various action games (including Halo 2) engaged players – go see what drives us to play! (Seems like risk plays a pretty big part in how much reward we perceive, and Halo does a decent job at balancing things.)…

Katherine ‘Vexona’ Joplin let us know that the latest issue of the ‘405th Source’ magazine was released yesterday – it’s a monster 36-page PDF, chock-full of articles, artwork, fan fiction, and more. There are great shots from the fan filming session that took place in Austin a couple of months ago (we mentioned it here),…

Looks like Games Magazine (a UK-based publication) has a cover story on Halo 3: ODST (though it went to press before the name change, if the cover shown by Kotaku is any indication) – in contrast with Halo 3, you will be shuttled among a series of memorable characters, rather than kept in a faceless,…

Tied the Leader had the chance last week to talk to Tim Dadabo – it was a group interview, of sorts, with XerxdeeJ and Dweezle (and OboeCrazy) asking their own questions, along with questions contributed by their community. Dadabo, the voice of 343 Guilty Spark (among many other roles) held forth on voice acting, inspiration,…

Bryan Simon is going to be doing a live concert of his Halo 3 material next week – mark the date! December 11 4 pm PST, check out this Ustream page for all the goodness! (Louis Wu 14:17:49 UTC)

Heh – Dojorkan wrote a parody song that someone seriously needs to put to music. If the lyrics don’t sound familiar to you, you can find the original here. (Louis Wu 14:17:19 UTC)

IGN has put up yet another faceoff article – this time it’s Gears of War 2 vs Halo 3. They gave Gears the nod for graphics and story, but felt that Halo 3 was stronger in other categories. Metalingus627 found this one. (Louis Wu 14:16:11 UTC)

Major Nelson has some pretty cool news – if you don’t already have the Legendary Map Pack for Halo 3, you can buy it for just 400 MS Points, starting tomorrow. (That’s $5, US, for the point-challenged among you.) The lowered price is good for a week. Thanks, KP.(Louis Wu 20:34:46 UTC)

Bungie’s posted yet another collection of cool images, found by using the newish tag system to look for Hunters – try your own searches!(Louis Wu 19:37:20 UTC)

If you haven’t grabbed a copy of The Cole Protocol yet, you can swing by Bungie.net for an excerpt – they’ve put the prologue up for your reading pleasure. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:04:26 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 118 is now live – there’s some philosophizing in there!(Louis Wu 16:54:26 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent along an update for the Halo Custom Edition game Archive – 58 new maps and assets were added last month, bringing the total to 3660 items. Maps of note: Sciophobia by Ranger (an abandoned UNSC Space Station), and Desert b18 by adumbass – (a large desert terrain). Check ’em out! (Louis Wu…

The latest Digital Unrest comic is just plain silly… but it’s got a Halo reference. Thanks, Ross.(Louis Wu 13:50:45 UTC)

David Anderson let us know about an app called ‘IG Brainz’ – it’s a standalone app that runs alongside HaloCE to enforce Zombie rules. Pretty cool! It can be downloaded from HaloMaps, and Intergalactic Morons (the guys who created it) have WIP threads on both Modacity and Halomaps. (They’ve got a bunch of other goodies…