Category: HBO

XerxdeeJ stopped by on this special election Tuesday (don’t forget to vote, if you’re a US citizen over 18!), with news of a writeup for ChicagoLANd 3.0, a LAN party that gathered a few dozen Tied the Leader Gunslingers (and friends) for three days of cameraderie, carnage, and comestibles. There’s a video recap, as well…

During the Tokyo Game Show, some Halo Wars footage was released showing the buildup of Alpha Base, and the kickoff of the game. It was watchable live, and later archived on GameTrailers – but it was recorded in the room, off the screen, so audio is a bit hollow, and video is darker than it…

Azrael let us know that the latest HBO Fan Fic Pick of the Week is live on the HBOFF forum. Go see what was good, and why.(Louis Wu 14:42:40 UTC)

Narcogen took exception to the points made in yesterday’s editorial, over at Cinema Blend, that Halo is ‘killing console gaming’. When Narc takes exception to something, he often offers a rebuttal – and this time he doesn’t disappoint. Swing by Rampancy.net for a well-written, 2200 word treatise on where multiplayer stands in the heirarchy of…

MasterCheifn noticed a small Flash piece over at DeviantART – Night-Strider wanted to see what Halo would look like with Mirror’s Edge’s Freerunning style. Interesting!(Louis Wu 14:39:36 UTC)

The newest Bungie.net blog piece is a ‘tag and release’ article – trolling the community fileshare for cool ‘Sniper’ pictures, maps, and game variants. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 21:40:33 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent along an October update for the Halo Custom Edition game Archive – there were 66 new maps and assets added during the month, bringing the total to over 3600 items. Two notable additions: Island Hopping by SiMuLaCrUm, and Snowcast by Sasc/Çound. Go look!(Louis Wu 21:38:57 UTC)

New project just went live over at I <3 halo 3 screenshots – Halo video game cover art. That’s right – they want you to build video game covers, using Halo 3 screenshots. Get to working! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 19:44:49 UTC)

Cinema Blend (a website that has not shown a lot of love for Halo in the past) has a new editorial up – this time, they’re claiming that Halo 2 and Halo 3 multiplayer are stifling your online gaming options. The argument is that since everyone online is playing Halo 2 or Halo 3, there…

Mondo J. Gecko stopped in with word of a montage of gameplay from him and his brother – mostly vehicle stuff, but also some clutch multikills. It’s not very long – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:04:22 UTC)

Even though we didn’t list prizes until the last minute, we STILL got 53 entries for this year’s Guilt O’ Lantern contest (one fewer than last year). Some of them are truly amazing; all of them are fun. Take a few minutes, look through the entries (be sure to click on the thumbnails, because the…

My7hos has relisted several items that didn’t sell in his last round of charity auctions to raise money for the Tied the Leader Foundation. Swing by his eBay page to bid on these Joyride Limited Edition figures! You’ve got a couple of days to decide.(Louis Wu 15:43:48 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue posted to say that Reclaimer 107 is now live – the Reclaimer has taken advantage of a side effect, and we now see where a recent wallpaper came from! (Louis Wu 15:38:43 UTC)

ReleasetheMonk is creating a machinima project that parodies both the Saw franchise and the obsession with Recon armor – go watch the trailer! He’s looking for feedback.(Louis Wu 15:36:27 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy posted a series of pics she found showing off Halloween goodness, created in Halo 3’s Forge. Awesome stuff!(Louis Wu 20:03:21 UTC)

Rockslider stopped in to point out that he’s written up a guide to bypassing a critical checkpoint on Tsavo Highway – it leaves you open for some interesting gameplay. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:20:45 UTC)

Digitalph33r has wrapped up his Guild to Making Halo 3 Machinima – Part 6 covers putting all the pieces together. Thanks, UnSiLeNtSlAyEr.(Louis Wu 17:20:25 UTC)

The Unit Contepts section of the Concept Art page of the Halo Wars website has been updated with two new images of the Cobra (this vehicle was discussed a week or so ago, but these images are new). Thanks to Planet Halo for noticing.(Louis Wu 17:20:02 UTC)

The More Deluded noticed that Renegade Accordion has added a new Halo piece to his Music collection on Facebook – swing by to listen to The Last Spartan, played on accordion!(Louis Wu 17:19:11 UTC)

I’m not sure how many of you listened to both Bungie podcasts released yesterday… but there’s quite a bit of interesting information buried deep within the joking and PG-13 language. If you haven’t had a chance to hear them, swing by the Weekly Update (links are here) and spend some time with ’em!(Louis Wu 11:43:00…