Category: HBO

We mentioned a few weeks ago that Bungie’s sound team won the Creative Achievement in Interactive Entertainment Sound Production from the Mix Foundation – what we didn’t notice (until Marty pointed it out) was that they’d posted the awards acceptances online. Here’s the clip of Marty and company accepting this TEC Award – check out…

TTL Demag0gue stopped in to announce that Reclaimer 104 is online. We’ve learned something intriguing about Viper… (Louis Wu 17:59:18 UTC)

GotGame considers Halo 3 to be one of the top 3 games to play while drunk. Having done that, I’d have to say I disagree. Go see what you think. (Louis Wu 17:58:37 UTC)

We got word of a new service purporting to help you get together with friends to play online (lots of games, though the press release mentioned Halo 3 specifically) – I haven’t tried it, but anyone who does, and wants to share their experience, our forum is open!(Louis Wu 17:58:07 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty bizarre-looking female Spartan custom figure on eBay – I don’t think she’s happy with the EVA helmet. (Louis Wu 17:57:43 UTC)

maximumfear let us know about a new contest at Gamers in Action – Let’s Get Creative raises money for Child’s Play, and you can participate in a number of different ways. Swing by the page for full details!(Louis Wu 17:57:10 UTC)

RandomSauce let us know that the Halo 3 Mythbusters are looking for people who’ve used tricks they’ve learned from the Mythbusters movies in Matchmaking. Send fileshare links to halo3mythbusters@gmail.com, and you may find them used in a montage called (appropriately) “Using Myths in Matchmaking.(Louis Wu 19:27:25 UTC)

DigitalPh33r’s Hard Justice: Episode 3 is now online. I’m thinking this is one society that SHOULD collapse on itself. Thanks, UnSiLeNtSlAyEr. (Louis Wu 18:49:32 UTC)

Decommissioner found an article at Gamepro that delineates the 38 Most Memorable First Enemies (why 38? you got me…). Halo’s Elites make the list at #22.(Louis Wu 18:43:34 UTC)

Wow… I’m floored. Hawty McBloggy enlisted the help of a LOT of friends to create an amazing montage of pictures showing off Fairfax the Bunny in a variety of Halo-related situations. Photoshop for the win! Fairfax is Marissa’s Bunny, and he’s out there to build awareness for infantile spasms – Hawty has shown that when…

Alex Costa, of WinMicrosoftPoints.com, is running a new contest – this one is called ‘Halo 3: I R Pro’ and if you send in your best kill clip by November 7, you’ve got a chance of winning 1600 Microsoft Points. Read the contest rules for full details, including how to upload clips.(Louis Wu 18:01:40 UTC)

The latest version of Master Chief Theater 3000 – Episode 207, covering Sacred Icon – is now up on YouTube. Go watch! Thanks to Pyrosmile Updates for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:58:27 UTC)

When it was announced, back in June, that Tobias Buckell was going to be writing the next Halo novel, I visited Amazon and picked up his existing work; I wanted to know what we were getting into. What with new novels from Richard Morgan, Alastair Reynolds, Jim Butcher, and others, I didn’t finish the last…

Forecast The Series: Episode 7, from Young Street Productions, is now online for your viewing pleasure. Time to set up a new defense system! Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:07:58 UTC)

AvatarAang let us know that Inside Halo 26 is now up – news (most of it about Machinima.com) jokes, and the Top 5 Plays of the Week. (Number One was pretty cool.)(Louis Wu 17:24:51 UTC)

jake108 is back with anther Teabag Prevention article at Geekscape – this one looks at Standoff, and helps you find ways not to suck. Go read!(Louis Wu 16:19:30 UTC)

Dragoncoals let us know that ForgeHub is running a Rube Goldberg contest right now – build a really cool and clever map, win account upgrades. Read the contest page for full details! (Louis Wu 16:19:08 UTC)

Yes, HBO got hacked last night. No, no permanent damage was done. Some pages might not work right for a little while, but please be patient. Thanks!(Louis Wu 16:17:36 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update is live over at Bungie.net (and, of course, in our Weekly Update Archive) – some cool screenshots, info about November’s matchmaking updates, a short tidbit about a game you should be playing, if you’re not, and some teasers about Halo 3: Recon. Go read!(Louis Wu 23:57:32 UTC)

More machinima highlighted at Bungie.net – check out Phil – Day Seven. The last time we mentioned Phil was back in July, when Phil – Day Three was released.(Louis Wu 20:38:29 UTC)