Category: HBO

B mc gann put together his Top 10 MLG Exterminations – some great play, some funny mistakes by the opposition. Go watch! (Louis Wu 16:05:32 UTC)

sniper2477 stopped in yesterday with word of a new Marathon Man episode teaser. It’s a fun little street race romp – dialogue could use some work, but the camera angles are great. (Louis Wu 16:05:06 UTC)

lostguru suggested we take a look at this montage from CM-XWing Films – lots of noscopes, lots of sticks, decent timing of gameplay to music. 4:22 long.(Louis Wu 17:58:30 UTC)

The thread we started yesterday, asking people to reminisce about how Halo has affected their lives, is pretty amazing. Lots of stories, lots of love. Bring a pretty big cup of coffee – people have been writing a LOT. I’m seeing names that have been quiet for years, alongside names of relative newcomers, and everything…

The latest Top10Series vid is ‘Top 10 Halo 3 Lucky Kills’ – synchronized sticks, amazing bounces, and a really amazing beatdown. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:54:05 UTC)

NeoGAF’s Psychotext did some extended tests with the NXE and Halo 3. Now, it’s been known for a while that Halo 3 is already optimized to efficiently use the 360’s cache, so that loading times from the hard drive using NXE’s new ‘copy to HD’ feature are actually LONGER than standard loading – but Psychotext…

Firestorm12 let us know that Halopen Films released their first podcast a few days ago – you can listen to it here. They discuss Halopen, Halo, and machinima news. MP3 format, 45 minutes long. Go listen. (Comments and suggestions can go on their forum.)(Louis Wu 14:40:29 UTC)

On November 15, 2001, the original Xbox was released… and fans all over the US got their hands on what turned out to be a turning point in console gaming – Halo: Combat Evolved. (The rest of the world had to wait a little longer for the joy.) Today is the seventh anniversary of that…

Hawty McBloggy sent a Halo-themed love note to her husband yesterday – oh, so tremendously sweet!(Louis Wu 15:15:15 UTC)

The Halo Wars website posted a new piece of concept art showing off the Covenant Honor Guard Wraith and the UNSC Flaming Warthog (scroll down to ‘Unit Concepts’ on the Concept Art page). Judgement reserved until we see these in action… thanks, Keiran Lovett.(Louis Wu 15:05:50 UTC)

It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned a Pro Tips with T-Squared on X-Play – but we’ll give you a recap from June through now. There were tips for Blackout in May – but he came back to the map on June 24, with four new jumps. On August 5th, he put together some nice…

GameDaily put up a list of their Top 25 Best ‘First Levels’ in Games… and the Pillar of Autumn made the list. Go read why! Thanks, darthbob.(Louis Wu 14:44:45 UTC)

My7hos has posted the last batch of items he’s got for donation to the Tied the Leader Foundation – several posters and special action figures are up for grabs! Go check ’em out, and remember – the money’s going to a good cause!(Louis Wu 14:40:40 UTC)

A Halo Fan…natic stopped in to point out that the winners in the HBOFF “You’re Doing It Write” challenge have been posted – these guys helped Phædrus donate $400 to charity! Awesome job, everyone!(Louis Wu 14:38:35 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is live (after some oddness) – it’s not very meaty, but the view inside Bungie Studios at the end is nothing short of frightening. Go read! (If you have any sort of problem with Bungie.net, it’s always up in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 02:07:10 UTC)

Wow. A long time ago, Elnea wrote an instrumental piece – a sad song about a group of Elites preparing for a battle they know they’ll lose. It was recorded as a duet with piano (Elnea) and oboe (OboeCrazy), but never released. Later, she expanded the piece with lyrics – and a friend (Felicia Quinn)…

Dennis Powers let us know that the Halo CE Maps website has put together a Map Screenshot Archive – and they’re looking for help in fleshing it out! Swing by and see what you can do. (Upload page for Halo CE screenshots, along with rules, is here.)(Louis Wu 22:03:41 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 created what might be his last RvB: Reconstruction fan art piece – take a look!(Louis Wu 21:06:54 UTC)

The most recent installment of Ascendant Justice’s ‘Hindsight’ series covers Cortana – and went live over a week ago. As is always the case with AJ writeups, this is chock-full of details and interesting tidbits you might have missed on your own run-through of the level. (There’s also some fascinating discussion about plot points that…

onebitrocket noticed that the Art of Halo 3 book, originally slated to be released this week, has been pushed back a few weeks – to November 25 in the US, and December 5 in the UK. (Extra links are in this post.)(Louis Wu 15:36:46 UTC)