Category: HBO

kuroni13 stopped by our forum to announce a 3v3 objective tournament at GAMEBREAKERZ in Bonney Lake, WA on August 16. The full details are not up on their website yet – but they should be soon.(Louis Wu 14:10:37 UTC)

Urban Reflex found a pretty nice fan-made Halo suit on eBay yesterday – it’s in the UK, and the auction ends in just under 2 days, with the current bid at £670 (a bit under $1300 US). If you’re in the market – take a look! (While at eBay, I swung by the Weta MC…

What if you had a website with a regular Friday update, but you forgot it was Friday? Hawty McBloggy has posted her latest ‘What If’ scenario (which has nothing to do with the day of the week, really) – she wants to know about map remakes. Go check out the post (which has some great…

mrsmiley let us know that Part 1 of the Master Chief Theater 3000 season finale is now available on YouTube – info is up on Pyrosmile.org. (They’ve also added an Extras section, containing outtakes from production – you have to register to get a link.)(Louis Wu 09:38:28 UTC)

The McFarlane 12″ Figures have been hinted at for quite some time – we mentioned them indirectly over a year ago, then more directly in November, then more concretely still in April. Toy News International finally has details about these – including points of articulation, accessories, and release dates. Check it out! Thanks, Littlebigman.(Louis Wu…

The Bungie Weekly Update went up later than usual (about 7 pm PT) Friday night… but it’s full of stuff that’ll keep the geekiest among us busy for a while. The Bungie Publications section of their website has been updated with five new talks – well, with five talks it didn’t have before. (At least…

Sarcastic Gamer has an informational piece on the Vatican City Olympic Halo 3 team, gearing up for domination this month in Beijing. Will they win? Only time will tell!(Louis Wu 23:04:05 UTC)

JustAnotherFan pointed out a post on Bungie.net advertising the Grind Rider trailer – a Halo-based Western. Looks fun… but you’ll have to wait until October for the actual machinima!(Louis Wu 22:57:04 UTC)

Over at NeoGAF, Cocopjojo posted a Halo-inspired piece called ‘In Search of Truth’, written by his buddy musicman117. I think it’s great – you should go listen to it. It’s being hosted currently at Ascendant Justice.(Louis Wu 17:06:24 UTC)

S3NATOR stopped in with pictures of a wooden sniper rifle, made by Socket29 over at Bungie.net. Nice work!(Louis Wu 16:57:49 UTC)

MsValentine has appeared in public in her Halo 2 Cortana outfit a few times – but her recent outing, at the 2008 San Diego ComicCon, yielded some amazing photos. We’ve put up a gallery. Check it out.(Louis Wu 16:07:45 UTC)

Darkspire Films posted the final episode for Matchmaking Season One, ‘Matchmaking Episode 16 – Destiny’, a couple of weeks ago… but we missed it. Good stuff. There’s also a teaser for Season 2 – coming soonish! Thanks, UltimaPooh.(Louis Wu 15:51:58 UTC)

Hmm… this is a little odd. Gemini Ace has a pic of a couple of pairs of Halo-themed boxers and lounge pants found at Kohl’s (a nationwide department store chain). A little searching found the lounge pants for sale on eBay (just under 7 days remaining) – no luck on another source for the boxers,…

Scotty let us know that it’s double xp weekend at Halo 3 RPG again – Team Rockets.(Louis Wu 15:16:42 UTC)

Only five new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – but a bunch of familiar names!(Louis Wu 14:39:37 UTC)

OddGodHMK continues to incorporate Halo into his Boring Comics series – #8 takes a shot at Ensemble for inappropriately pimping their product. (Louis Wu 14:38:21 UTC)

Dragoncoals let us know that ForgeHub has announced the winners of its Best of Forge Spring/Summer 08 competition. Congrats to all the finalists! (Louis Wu 14:36:04 UTC)

Gamepro put together a roster of the 8 Most Powerful Video Game Studios. Bungie made the list, on the strength of its Halo products. Thanks to Black Six for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 14:33:59 UTC)

Insabul pointed out Alliance: Episode 1, kicking off a new machinima series. Goals seem to be pretty ambitious – it remains to be seen if they’ll achieve these goals.(Louis Wu 14:30:31 UTC)

H3Press and Injured Knee Productions have gotten together for a contest – prizes go to the best music video using only footage from IKProductions.net. Go read the full rules, and check out the prizes, at H3Press! Thanks, Mike Reiss.(Louis Wu 13:49:38 UTC)