Category: HBO

Hawty McBloggy is trying to get better with a Spartan Laser – looks like she might still need a little work. In the meantime, though, she’s found a video with some pretty impressive laser kills… go watch!(Louis Wu 14:30:47 UTC)

GameDaily has interviewed Stuart Beattie, the guy behind the spec Halo script that recently inspired concept art – he talks about why he wrote it, what it’s about, and why you’ll love it. Go read. Thanks, Psychophan7. (Louis Wu 14:28:22 UTC)

Siliconmaster482 has revisited his idea of showcasing the Halo Custom Edition maps created by the community (we mentioned his first attempt about 3 years ago) – he’s created a five-minute, high-quality video that shows off a huge number of maps (though really only the middle two and a half minutes contain actual footage). You’ll find…

More Game with Fame stuff coming up – on October 7, four bands will be online to play Halo 3 with you. Swing by Xbox.com for details, and info on how to get involved. (Louis Wu 14:12:49 UTC)

nomis78 whipped out another pair of Ark panoramas – they’re images we’ve seen before, but the composition on both is pretty nice. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 14:12:25 UTC)

According to this GameTrailers TV promo, Halo Wars will be shown this Friday night at 1 am on GameTrailers TV (and after that on GameTrailers.com) – ‘exclusive Campaign coverage’ and more. Thanks, LoneRanger 2.5.(Louis Wu 14:12:00 UTC)

What the… Ross Mills pointed out an article at Kotaku that details the contents of the Fable II Limited Collector’s Edition – and among the stuff you’d EXPECT in a fantasy game, there’s a listing for “Spartan armor and energy sword”. Now, we already knew about the Spartan armor – but there’s an energy sword,…

Edge has posted a worrying piece on Halo Wars – they wonder if Ensemble has dumbed down (well… de-complicated) the RTS genre in an attempt to appeal to the FPS crowd that is Halo’s main audience at the moment… and in doing so has managed to create a game that appeals to neither Halo’s base…

I wasn’t going to post this, because much of the information (Payton, Yu, etc) had already been circulated… but then we got a tidbit I hadn’t seen before. So: Edge Online (thanks, Michael Smith), along with ShackNews and Joystiq (thanks, bentllama) are reporting that Microsoft is confirming some of the new, big hires of the…

Adam Grumbo, from the 405th Infantry Division, let us know that the first issue of the 405th Ezine is now available for download, in PDF format. It’s hefty – weighs in at 21 mb – but it’s chock-full of interesting stuff, and well worth the download for any Halo fan. There are spotlights on costume…

If you were wondering what sort of experience was needed for each playlist advancement (as opposed to the TrueSkill rank advancement), Grunts R Us is here to help. Check out their Playlist Progression Ranking page. Next stop – a dee-luxe apartment.(Louis Wu 14:59:45 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 continues to bring life to moments and characters from the RvB: Reconstruction series – his latest work is called ‘Ghost Church’. Take a look! (Louis Wu 14:38:08 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue has posted the latest Reclaimer – #94 gets Reclaimer a little closer to understanding the relationship between Ferial and Viper. And Raulboy stopped by with a new pair of The White Space comics.(Louis Wu 14:30:46 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Bryant pointed out that he’d created a fun little Java applet for a Computer Science class at school – no actual image files used. We’re mirroring the content, to save his bandwidth. Take a look – it’s great!(Louis Wu 14:27:05 UTC)

Decommissioner ran across a t-shirt at Split Reason that pays homage to the ever-so-satisfying Kill from the Grave. I might just buy that…(Louis Wu 14:24:57 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has invited a guest writer who looks at what he considers flaws in the Halo storyline, and how it turned out. Give it a read, and see if you agree! (Louis Wu 14:24:28 UTC)

Decommissioner noticed a Top 50 Xbox Characters article at Gameplayer – Halo provides entries on pages 5 and 11. Not bad!(Louis Wu 14:21:23 UTC)

The next Game with Fame event involves playing Halo 3 with Esc ape the Fate – check out this page on Xbox.com for full details.(Louis Wu 19:09:16 UTC)

If you’ve been playing Halo 3 on Xbox LIVE today, and haven’t seen your EXP going up – don’t panic. There’s a problem, but they’re working on it. Check this post at Bungie.net for details.(Louis Wu 18:57:18 UTC)

HBO has a long history of helping fans get through the toughest parts of Halo Campaign play – Asmodeus wrote up a Legendary Walkthrough of Halo, and Mike Miller put together a much-lauded guide that could get you through Halo 2 on Legendary. For Halo 3, Daniel Morris (AKA Tyrant) has upped the ante -…