Category: HBO

Avateur found a pretty amazing looking Master Chief Helmet cake over at Team Teabag – go take a look! (If you live anywhere near Redmond, WA, you can even buy it.)(Louis Wu 15:01:28 UTC)

It’s time for another round of Friday Caption Fun over at Hawty McBloggy’s – there are some captions from last week’s entry, along with a pretty funny new pic to work with. While you’re there, be sure to wish her a happy anniversary!(Louis Wu 14:59:03 UTC)

Bungie has put up another ‘Breaking In’ interview – this one has Joe Spataro, whose job title is ‘Technical Designer in Animation’. Go read about how he got started, what his interview process was like, and what he thinks you should know if you want to work for Bungie! (Louis Wu 13:55:56 UTC)

We haven’t heard from Pyrosmile in a little bit – but they’ve been busy. We got three separate alerts yesterday: Master Chief Theater 3000: Episode 209 is now online, covering the Gravemind cutscene from Halo 2. They were interviewed recently by Machinima.com – you can get some information about the interview (and links) on Pyrosmile.org.…

Six new pieces await you this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 13:54:03 UTC)

Z let us know that you can find a new trailer from Robosteeze and CitriC AcID over at Halo3Forum.com – it’s called ‘Psylence’, and the filmwork is quite nice! The full montage it advertises will be out sometime in 2009. Check it!(Louis Wu 13:51:35 UTC)

There’s been a LOT of confusion about Recon armor, and the Mythic Map Pack, and how it all works together, ever since it was made clear yesterday that you’d be able to earn Recon armor through Achievements once Halo 3: Recon is released. We went to SketchFactor for some answers – you should go read…

This week’s Double XP Weekend is Grifball – and it’s live. Get warmed up for the Winter League (starting in about a month)!(Louis Wu 19:30:16 UTC)

Unreality Magazine has put together a look at eight of the coolest uses of Halo’s Forge – check ’em out! Thanks, skellOBISSIS.(Louis Wu 18:42:38 UTC)

NOKYARD let us know about a cool new feature of this year’s Grifball Winter League – your team can build a customized Home Court! The official map has been designed to allow teams to customize the large wall so that ‘home’ games are more comfy – and you’ve got permission to get started on the…

Hawty McBloggy has taken a solid look at the whole “you can get Recon armor with Halo 3: Recon” revelation, and tried to pin down what this means to various types of Halo players. Go see what category you’re in!(Louis Wu 17:22:16 UTC)

LostRock11 was the first to let us know about a new article at Wired.com – “The Best Fictional Doomsday Devices” covers eight pretty nasty pieces of equipment… and everbody’s favorite ring-shaped galaxy cleaner is on the list.(Louis Wu 17:17:38 UTC)

AnTi PRO let us know that Arm The Flag and Bryan Simon have gotten together to create a music video using Bryan’s ‘One Shot on my X’ – funny stuff! Go watch. (Louis Wu 17:16:29 UTC)

uber_chaos sent along an audio clip (617k, mp3 format) from the Hellboy II director’s commentary, during which Guillermo Del Toro discusses the helmet he designed for the character Johann Krauss (you can see it here) – and how this evolved from a design for the Master Chief’s helmet when he was thinking about the Halo…

The December 2008 issue of Game Informer has a cover story on Halo 3: Recon – and it’s a doozy. It doesn’t contain any new screenshots, but there’s quite a bit of concept art, and there’s a lot of description of how the game is going to work. There are some very interesting tidbits included:Paul…

Thanks to urk, who put up a note about a new collection of community favorites at The Running Riot. Screenshots and film clips, this time out.(Louis Wu 22:30:35 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy ran across a pretty cool little YouTube clip – you couldn’t make that jump in a million years if you tried.(Louis Wu 21:36:44 UTC)

The Community Spotlight Second Week has just begun for Halo3.junk.ws – new files, a new interview. Well, a discussion of a joke map. It actually sounds like fun – go grab a copy!(Louis Wu 20:47:59 UTC)

It’s time for another Grifball season – and the Winter 2009 court has been posted at Grifball.com. Go download it! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 20:46:31 UTC)

LoneRanger 2.5 noticed the Halo Trilogy Soundtrack – and mendicantbias00 found a listing for it at Amazon. A five-disc box set… so it’s just the original Halo OST, the 2-disc Halo 2 OST, and the 2-disc Halo 3 OST (I’d guess).(Louis Wu 18:09:35 UTC)