Category: HBO

D Laz has kicked off a new series he calls ‘Halo: Live’ – basically, he takes a regular Team Doubles game, and adds interesting camera angles and epic-sounding music. Works pretty well! Thanks, SonofMacPhisto.(Louis Wu 10:44:17 UTC)

It seems like only yesterday that we saw our first Arby ‘n’ the Chief video (it’s actually been just under 7 months), but the series is now up to Season 3. Episode 1, “Cold”, was released yesterday – thanks, Coyote 2JZ (and majorrudin). When the Jon is out… the MC will play. On a new,…

Hawty McBloggy found a pretty cool clip showing off a rocket deflection with a frag grenade. Player one tosses a grenade, player two fires a rocket at player one. Rocket hits grenade, bounces to the ground… and kills the guy who fired it. Ouch!(Louis Wu 10:09:18 UTC)

tygron stopped by with a link to Silent Dragon11’s ‘Sound of Cold Storage’ – a percussion piece made with gun clips and shots from Cold Storage. I wasn’t expecting much – this sort of thing has been done before, and this one starts pretty slowly… but I stuck it out, and I liked it by…

BlueDingo5 told us a fun story. Tripod, an Australian comedy troupe, has put on a challenge for the last couple of years – they ask fans to submit videos set to a Tripod song, with a $2,500 (AUD) prize on the line for the winner. This year, BlueDingo5 and his buddy submitted a video for…

TheChrisD stopped by to remind everyone that the Rumble Pit World Series Season 2 kicks off tonight at 8pm ET – swing by their website for full details!(Louis Wu 16:14:49 UTC)

If you’re a follower of ZZoMBiE13’s Another Halo Comic Strip, you’ve probably noticed a couple of weeks of quiet – things are a little rough for him right now. He’ll be back, we hope – but for now, we’ve got a Guest Strip sent in by Jordz X that ZZoMBiE approved of. Go check it…

ReleasetheMonk added Halo visuals to audio from a trailer for Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End – works pretty well!(Louis Wu 17:06:10 UTC)

Kusho posted an announcement for ‘TTHL: The Fake Trailer’ in our forum. Feedback is pretty positive; it didn’t do much for me, but apparently others liked it. Give it a shot!(Louis Wu 15:43:22 UTC)

lostguru585 let us know that we missed two Community Mishap montages yesterday (we mentioned a bunch of work by MiniWaz) – there’s a Part 3 and a Part 4. Go watch MORE people screw up! (Louis Wu 14:23:03 UTC)

Dennis Powers sent along an update for the Halo Maps website – the Halo Custom Edition Archive now has nearly 3,400 maps assets and files for the game, with 128 files added in July. He highlighted two new maps deserving of special recognition: Da_Pimp_Pope’s Ancient Sanctuary (beta) and adumbass’ Hydro Generator. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu…

Cham wanted us to know about a ‘laid-back montage’ – he says the editing doesn’t interfere with your seeing what’s going on. He’s mostly right. It’s also nice to see some Halo 2 footage again, after quite some time without any. It’s at YouTube, the MLG Game Room, and downloadable at FileFront.(Louis Wu 14:21:34 UTC)

The latest Bungie Weekly Update is online at Bungie.net (or in our Weekly Update Archive) – Luke explains how and why the recent spate of bannings happened, and then discusses upcoming changes in Matchmaking. Go read!(Louis Wu 00:41:45 UTC)

Lloyd Foley was the first to point us to this page at AddictGaming – it suggests that a Bungie employee (oh, who are we kidding, that’s recognizably Luke Smith) was playing “Robins Perch: Chronicles Alpha – Exploring Onyx”. The writers claim that this is evidence that Peter Jackson’s “Halo Chronicles” project is now in Alpha…

TrueDarkFusion wanted to remind everyone that signups for Forge Hub’s 2v2 Tournament are closing soon! If you have questions, their FAQ is here.(Louis Wu 18:52:00 UTC)

A discussion a couple of days ago over on the NeoGAF forums turned up a few interesting ‘mishap’ vids created by MiniWaz – they’re not that new, but they’re a lot of fun. Some lag, some silly mistakes – good watching. You can find a large two-parter on YouTube (Part 1 | Part 2), and…

Halo Planet noticed that the Ensemble team has posted a new Halo Wars Monthly Update – they discuss E3 Awards, improving AI for coop play, and new units. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 16:50:24 UTC)

odmichael posted a note last night about some interesting shirts and people dressed in Spartan armor that were showing up on the Bungie webcams yesterday. He stopped back by this morning with clarification – the shirts and the armor both belong to Blue Realm Studios, the brainchild of Devin White, a fan/Halo armorer living in…

c0ld vengeance noticed a pretty funny spoof of the Halo 3 Believe ad… using Viva Piñata. It was created by Buzzlegum01. Swing by Destructoid to watch it! (Louis Wu 15:02:54 UTC)

Morpheus let us know about Flying Mutant Comics, a new project bing put together by his friend, ChromeRatt. The first comic is called Halo: Crashdown, and it’s a really, really nice piece of work. Check it out! I can’t wait for the rest. (Louis Wu 15:02:13 UTC)