Category: HBO

The submission period for our Guilt O’ Lantern contest has ended – I don’t have an exact account, but there are a few dozen submissions, at least, sitting in the uploads folder. These will be sorted out and ready for public viewing (and voting) by early next week – thanks for your patience! (And thanks…

Vociferous, over at the Ascendant Justice blog, wrote up a piece looking at the Halo film saga to this point… and offering suggestions on how to make this project come back to life. Not only suggestions… but a script of his own! Amazing. Go read. Thanks, Cocopjojo. (Louis Wu 11:36:42 UTC)

InnerRayg noticed that McFarlane has posted the 2009 2nd wave of figures – some cool ones in there! (I can definitely see getting a few of those marines!)(Louis Wu 11:36:22 UTC)

Metalingus627 pointed out that Halo is represented in IGN’s Monsters of Gaming. Do they have their own awards ceremony? (Louis Wu 11:35:39 UTC)

Master Chief Theater 3000 Episode 208 is out now – this one looks at The Quarantine Zone cutscene. Thanks, AvatarAang.(Louis Wu 11:34:31 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update has some cool Halloween pics, a little tiny bit of info about Halo 3: Recon, and podcasts. Two of ’em. A new one, and the Lost Podcast from PAX. Nobody can complain about the lack of info in the Weekly Update until they’ve listened to the podcasts. Period. You can, as…

Wonga. Darkspire Films is back – with two new products (and the promise of another pair). Aynder Seal is six and a half minutes long, weighs in at 180 mb, and is confusing as hell. Luna Habladora is six minutes long, 250 mb, and a lot less serious. It involves, as the title might suggest……

Pete Cooper stopped by to announce a Warthog construction project, as part of ‘Operation Chastity’, a Halo live-action fan film. Details are in his forum post!(Louis Wu 19:50:16 UTC)

Over at the Bungie Blog, urk highlights a… rather strange video. It made me laugh!(Louis Wu 18:16:16 UTC)

Whoa, very cool. A couple of years ago, BOLL created a really intricate easter egg for One One Se7en, Stuntmutt’s long-running Halo comic. It’s unclear how many people found it at the time… but over in his blog, he’s written up the whole episode – thought process, intermediate artwork, and more. A fascinating look into…

Halo3RPG has a ‘Halo-Ween’ playlist, made by Adam, set up for double experience this weekend. (I don’t know what that means.) Thanks, sniperX47. Update: Scotty from H3RPG stopped by with a bonus offer – he’s got 7 beta keys for the PC version of Call of Duty: World at War. If you want one, read…

jake108 let us know that the Teabag Prevention Team has taken on Rat’s Nest – read their guide to help stay out of trouble!(Louis Wu 14:51:42 UTC)

Last week, TheDonWan posted two sought-after McFarlane Orange Hayabusa Series 3 Spartans, still sealed, signed by Bungie (here, and here) – well, if you missed your chance, she’s put up another pair! This one ends at 10:55 pm PST, November 1st (Saturday night) – and this one ends 12 minutes later. Get your sniping apps…

Hawty McBloggy is running a fun art activity – swing by and create a Halloween-themed Mister Chief image! As Frankie has said numerous times, drawing Mister Chief takes absolutely no artistic skill – so anybody can play! (Louis Wu 13:12:22 UTC)

Weird – Wired Magazine has put up a Wired Science story about the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (a facility on a tiny island at the end of Long Island, in New York) – and the background music during the entire piece is ‘Covenant Dance’, from the original Halo soundtrack. It works, I guess… just…

TTL Demag0gue stopped in with word of Reclaimer 106 – something odd is going on. He’s also been playing with Photoshop – some of those pics are great!(Louis Wu 13:10:28 UTC)

Taco Power points out that Bizarre Magazine has rated Halo among the Top 5 Scary Games (due, in large part, to a particularly scary level in the first game). Warning: the magazine (linked in his forum post) is not particularly safe for work. The Halo story is on page 21, if you want to use…

John_117 put together a new montage – he calls it a ‘funtage’, and it is. Some nice display of skills, but also lots of funny stuff; grenades not doing what was expected of them, vehicles falling out of the sky, etc. There’s a moment, about a minute and a half in, where I was flabbergasted.…

Merc noticed that Joystiq has a gallery of pictures of the Halo Interactive Strategy Game – you can get a decent look at the pieces. Check it out! (Louis Wu 13:08:54 UTC)

pete_the_duck stopped in to mention that he wrote up a pair of neutral-bomb Assault games he and friends played on LIVE a couple of weeks ago. There is nothing really special about the pair, other than that they were lots of fun for the (winning) team that played – but the writeup is great, and…