Category: HBO

Seventeen new pieces were added to the Fan Fiction section this week (though only 10 were submitted as part of Phædrus’ “You’re Doing It Write” challenge – and this was the final chance to get an entry in for that). Go read!(Louis Wu 13:58:05 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 109 is live – sounds like escape isn’t exactly foiling Viper’s plans.(Louis Wu 13:47:28 UTC)

Should have mentioned this last night, when it went live… but the latest 7 on the 7th list is active now. If you haven’t gotten your 7 on the 7th Achievement (or if you just want to play 7 player FFA games on Blackout), this is your chance!(Louis Wu 13:34:04 UTC)

It became clear yesterday, after the Halo Wars Collectible Edition announcement, that the Mythic Map Pack would be available for download from Xbox LIVE soon after the release of Halo Wars. (Bungie says as much here.) We even learned that the inclusion of the Map Pack in the Collectible Edition would come as a downloadable…

Bungie’s put up another developer interview – this time, it’s Richard Lico, Animation Lead. Richard talks about how he got into animating, and how he got into Bungie – critical stuff if you want to follow in his footsteps! Check it out. (Louis Wu 13:18:47 UTC)

FyreWulff showed off a vehicle that looks awfully familiar – it was created in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, but it’s got a Halo feel! Take a look. (Louis Wu 13:13:58 UTC)

Jobyn ran across a website promising gesture-based control – Mgestyk Technologies uses a camera to film your hand movements, and software to interpret them. One of the examples in the video partway down the main page is a guy playing Halo PC – he fires the rocket launcher on Battle Creek simply by making a…

It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another Double XP weekend to go live! This week it’s Team Flag – 5v5 CTF variants. Woohoo! Go play.(Louis Wu 20:35:28 UTC)

Over at the Bungie Blog, urk pointed out ‘Top 10 Series Episode 12: Splatters’. I wasn’t impressed for the first few… but they get WAY better. Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:33:23 UTC)

Whoa. Oddworld noticed an announcement on Xbox.com for the Halo Wars Collector’s Edition, which is now available for preorder. Cool stuff in there – a graphic novel, a unique in-game vehicle, a patch, and some cards… but the REALLY big news is that the Halo 3 Mythic Map Pack (consisting of Assembly, Orbital, and Sandbox)…

PreGame Lobby Episode 8 is now online – 17 minutes long? Wow. Bunch of live-action stuff in this one. (I could have skipped most of the early stuff…) Thanks, Lord Osiris.(Louis Wu 17:49:11 UTC)

mirel noticed that last night’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien contained a bit of Halo footage – it was a short segment making fun of the whole ‘hologram’ thing news channels have been abusing recently. NBC.com has put the entire episode up – but the one-minute clip in question is not available separately, so we’ve…

Wow. Ducain sent word of a thread over at High Impact Halo, started by Lone Starr – it contains a bunch of clips of Halo 1 tricks that are really, really impressive. Stuff I’ve never seen before – and we’re now more than 7 years on! Go grab ’em and watch.(Louis Wu 17:32:17 UTC)

Over at Gameplayer.com.au is an interview with Brian Jarrard that originally appeared in Australian 360 magazine. Give it a read to see what Bungie thinks about Halo 3, one year after release!(Louis Wu 14:40:28 UTC)

We mentioned the Kotaku cosplay contest yesterday – Sean Bradley’s Arbiter didn’t get the love it deserved because the Halo community didn’t know about it in time. Never fear – he’s entered it in OTHER contests, and you’ve still got time to vote! Swing by CollegeHumor, and you’ll be faced with 2-at-a-time faceoffs; you might…

It’s been a couple of months since we mentioned the Halo creations built by the Spore community – but Hawty McBloggy revisited the field this morning, and I have to say, some of the characters she dug up are AMAZING. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:16:09 UTC)

Pete the Duck is selling his Halo novels (and a bonus RvB DVD) on eBay, to earn a little money for his NEXT gaming adventure. His loss is your gain! Swing by and check it out. (Louis Wu 14:14:10 UTC)

Evil Otto (otherwise known as Bungie’s UI wizard, Dave Candland) stopped in yesterday to remind people that there’s absolutely nothing you can do to get Recon armor assigned to you – it’s not your decision. Beating obstacle courses, challenging Bungie employees 1v1, passing along screenshots or maps… you’re not going to get Recon this way.…

SonofMacPhisto started an interesting thread yesterday – he was talking about body language in Halo cinematics. Lots of little details you might not notice your first time (or three) through – but things that really add to the overall ambience, even without your direct awareness! Go see what others have noticed, too. (Louis Wu 14:09:57…

ZZoMBiE13 posted a pair of images inspired by the RvB: Reconstruction series – check out Church meets the Man Cannon, and Cram Tank. Whee! (Louis Wu 14:07:53 UTC)