Category: HBO

BlueNinna posted another few panoramas – Covenant action, baby!(Louis Wu 13:28:44 UTC)

The Guard has posted Pre-Game Lobby Episode 4 (if you’re having trouble at machinima.com, you can always stream it at YouTube). How many stereotypes can you find? Very funny stuff. Almost 13 minutes long. Thanks, TG Sneak.(Louis Wu 17:57:54 UTC)

Nova let us know that Halo-Battle, a French php-based strategy game, is now online. Build mining facilities to gain resources, build labs, create a fleet to protect your race against its enemy (be that Human or Covenant). Right now, everything’s in French – but apparently, there are plans for translation. You must register to participate.…

The Halo 3 Believe campaign continued its winning streak – Microsoft Xbox was selected Advertiser of the Year for its Halo 3 work, and the campaign won 8 Clios at last night’s gala. Details can be found at Adweek.(Louis Wu 13:23:45 UTC)

Maximum Fear let us know that they’re running a fan art spotlight – swing by and see what you can win with your submission! (Louis Wu 13:23:30 UTC)

pete_the_duck noticed a pretty cool Forged map over at ForgeHub – it’s KoTH… with a Spartan-eating monster. No, really. Take a look.(Louis Wu 13:23:01 UTC)

kr-1426 announced the HBOFF Fic Pick of the Week – they only had three stories to choose from, but apparently that was enough. (Louis Wu 13:22:41 UTC)

RVideo pointed out Jump Theory, a movie released on High Impact Halo and on Halo3Forum yesterday. Some amazing jumping! Check it out.(Louis Wu 13:22:14 UTC)

Rockslider has managed to make use of a tip he received that lets him remove the Arbiter entirely from The Storm – go read about it!(Louis Wu 19:14:25 UTC)

Underdawg253 let us know that Etzun Films has put out The Third Temptation of Paris, a music vid. It’s way, way, WAY too big (250 mb for 4 minutes, and it’s only 720×480), and the story makes very little sense without the explanation at HaloGrid… but the filming’s pretty nice.(Louis Wu 15:47:33 UTC)

AnTi PRO decided to bequeath you with the benefits of his naming skillz (see what I did there?) – over at Arm the Flag you’ll find AnTi PRO’s 8 Step Guide to Making a Pro Gamertag. Follow this guide, and in no time you’ll have the coolest gamertag out there!(Louis Wu 14:45:48 UTC)

A moving Bungie Weekly Update tonight… it’s the end of an era, of sorts. Go read. (If you’d rather, you can do so in our Weekly Update Archive.)(Louis Wu 00:15:50 UTC)

Bungie Favorites has been updated again, and for the second week in a row the content comes from RunningRiot.com – go check the link at B.net, and then get to downloading!(Louis Wu 20:06:44 UTC)

Over at Grifball.com, a new contest has kicked off – take a cool screenshot during Grifball weekend, top shot wins a Grifball t-shirt. Go read the rules, then get to screenshotting!(Louis Wu 18:03:15 UTC)

A Roanoke, VA TV station posted a story about foul language from Halo 3 players on Xbox LIVE – the reporter claimed it was ‘an eye-opener’ for him, and that his son would no longer be allowed to play against random people, but that just tells me that he didn’t do any homework before buying…

About a month ago, Dobermann posted a beta test of Halo Zero 2 (a followup to a sidescroller released a couple of years ago) – you can try out the weapons and AI for the newest iteration. Looking good! Thanks to cupalloymk.vii for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:34:43 UTC)

Dennis Powers let us know that Shipwrecked Episode 20 is up – Taylor and Johnston continue to explore.(Louis Wu 17:34:19 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned the US Army Halo 3 Championship, and the controversy that existed in the Pacific region. A spokesperson from Microsoft NZ has made a statement that it’s not just rank that matters – you had to properly register (by downloading the gamerpic within a small time window), and the…

ryu9921 let us know that there’ve been a couple new Larry the Marine strips posted since the last one we mentioned (How it all began Part 6 and Part 7) – glad SOMEONE’S keeping up! (Louis Wu 16:25:19 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy has posted Friday Caption Fun, Round 8 – this contains the cream of the crop from the nearly 200 captions posted LAST week, plus a new shot (again with the perspective tricks) for you to grace with your wit. (Louis Wu 16:21:26 UTC)