Category: HBO

Dream053 has released a second audio teaser for his upcoming machinima project; you won’t be able to get the plot from this, but it should definitely leave you wanting more…(Louis Wu 17:10:44 UTC)

KRoNIC let us know that Halownage.com is hosting an 8-team double-elimination 4v4 Halo 3 tourney on May 23 and 24; very few slots, so get over and sign up! (Louis Wu 16:25:42 UTC)

Merc noticed a Halo-related comic over at TGSA – it’s from last month, but it’s new for me. A little disturbing, maybe…(Louis Wu 15:36:13 UTC)

Grand Theft Auto IV beat all sorts of sales records – first day, first week, units, dollars, whatever. I don’t think anyone was surprised by this; the franchise has sold a staggering 66 million copies in previous iterations, and this version is, by all accounts, the best yet. However, N4G has found a way to…

Hawty McBloggy has come up with another batch of Halo pick-up lines – this one’s lewder than the last. I’m thinking you’re asking for a smack if you try using these…(Louis Wu 20:41:07 UTC)

lou stopped by with a trailer for The Gaussness, a Halo 2 tribute to the Gauss Hog. It’s been a long time in the making – read his post for details.(Louis Wu 15:45:00 UTC)

HeavenlyYeti reports that the most recent Beat the Yeti challenge went well – Team Yeti beat Team FetalKittens in a nailbiter. Read the details at NinjaCritic.(Louis Wu 15:43:41 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to let everyone know that Reclaimer #45 is now online – the first meeting between Reclaimer and Ferial. He’s also trying to gauge interest in a PDF version of his comic – if you’d like to see that, stop by this thread and leave a comment.(Louis Wu 11:30:38 UTC)

The GamingTV Laughs for Cash Awards Ceremony was held last night, live… but if you missed it, you can download it (or stream it) today from the GTV website. Congrats to the winners, who took home a total of $200 in cash and 1600 MS points. Thanks to trigger119 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 11:30:20 UTC)

Terminator182 let us know that version 2.21 of his HBO RSS News Widget, for Mac OSX’s Dashboard, has been available since late March. (We haven’t mentioned it since March 8.) Just installed the update – nice changes! Go read the details.(Louis Wu 11:28:54 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk let us know that Clan Infectionist is holding a panorama contest – winner gets frontpage mention on their website and a custom forum title. You’ve got until May 18.(Louis Wu 11:28:35 UTC)

Heh – Xbox360Fanboy found a funny Halo version of the A-Team intro… wow, the memories. If you remember this from when it wasn’t on TV Land… you’re old.(Louis Wu 18:25:42 UTC)

When you can’t buy a plush grunt from Bungie, someone else will step in, eventually, and fill the void. Hawty McBloggy found someone who did that – check out the denim grunt you can pick up on eBay.(Louis Wu 17:37:57 UTC)

XerxdeeJ popped in with news of an interesting piece over at the Tied the Leader blog – it’s a panel discussion about downloadable content, where a large number of TTL stalwarts weigh in about whether they’d rather see totally new and fresh maps… or reimaginings of older favorites. While there is definitely a range of…

As most people expected, GTA4 has taken the top spot on the Xbox LIVE activity list published each week by Major Nelson. This pushes Halo 3 down to #3. It’s probable that if we mention this list on the front page again, it’ll be because Halo has climbed back up to the top. (It seems…

Today’s installment of Another Halo Comic Strip lets you in on the secret of how the Master Chief does all that he does. I KNEW it!(Louis Wu 13:16:42 UTC)

Australia’s Gameplayer got a chance to sit down in front of Halo Wars recently, and they’re anxious to tell you all about it. They’re optimistic that Ensemble can pull off an authentic-feeling Halo vibe for the RTS, and they’re looking forward to extras – lead designer Graeme Devine hopes that Ensemble will be able to…

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned that Belakor had visited the Armageddon con in New Zealand, and taken some pics of the WETA Warthog that was on display there. Looks like NZGamer.com was also there – they posted THEIR pics yesterday. Thanks, Wolverine Monkey.(Louis Wu 10:05:36 UTC)

Jean-Luc (who’s been rendering Halo images for quite some time) stopped by last night to announce an ambitious project; he plans to recreate the Halo cutscenes (all three games) in HD, with completely redone graphics and animation. His post contains some stills to show you ‘an approximation of quality’ – and I must say, if…

During the ramp-up to Halo 3, a lot of Halo 3-branded merchandise hit the streets; not all of it was for the public. Stores received cool display stuff – and some of that sort of thing usually makes it to eBay. Hawty McBloggy noticed a pretty neat little mini-cooler, plastered with Halo Game Fuel images;…