Category: HBO

If you watched the Contamination trailer last week, and wished you could see it in higher resolution… swing by GamingTV. There are WMP9 and QT download links with 640×480 versions. Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 17:10:07 UTC)

Rock Opera Jr pointed out that Halo got a mention in today’s Angry Robot webcomic.(Louis Wu 17:02:57 UTC)

Podtacular is shutting down its podcast in April; they’ll still be represented by Pod TV, but JVB and foomojive are moving on. Read the details, and the rationale, at Podtacular.com. We’re gonna miss you guys! Thanks, Kia.(Louis Wu 16:30:56 UTC)

Deimos Fawkes noticed that the Big Bad Toy Store will be selling an exclusive Violet CQB Spartan from McFarlane, as part of the Series 3 batch coming this fall. No pics yet… but you can preorder. (You can buy the entire regular series 3 set (8 figures) plus their exclusive for $94, saving a few…

Last week, we mentioned a Dell computer commercial that showcased Adam Grumbo’s custom Master Chief armor (among other things) – but the link we provided had no sound. Adam posted a new version soon after – but we didn’t hear about it until this morning, when Crisis Panda dropped us a line. Go watch with…

Larry The Marine has discovered one of the problems with snagging vehicles designed for other races… thanks, 2phast.(Louis Wu 13:40:35 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue stopped by to announce that Reclaimer 35 (he’s switching away from Chapter/part designations) – Ferial tries to rationalize his actions. Do you buy it?(Louis Wu 13:00:50 UTC)

The Milawukee Journal Sentinel has a story about US soldiers in Iraq playing shooters to relax. The continual misnaming of ‘Call of Duty 4’ as ‘Call to Action 4’ makes me wince… but other than that, it’s an interesting look at what soldiers see are the similarities – and the differences – between video games…

QuickTactical released a trailer for Infiltration. At least one fan wasn’t impressed – but watch it for yourself to decide!(Louis Wu 11:56:40 UTC)

A few days ago, a story surfaced that Lockout was being remade for the Legendary map pack. Evidence was presented in the form of a cover from a Dutch gaming mag. Frankie quickly shot it down as fake on the NeoGAF forums (thanks, BolognaFire)… but that didn’t stop the story from getting picked up on…

Lordstemplar1 stopped by with a ‘Video Update’ of what Dispatch films is doing – it seems to take inspiration from lots of existing work (Sodagod’s Inside Machinima, DigitalPh33r’s work, even the ForgeHub Video Tutorials). Tells you what the group is up to, and gives you another chance (whether you want it or not) to watch…

On our forum, Harabek announced a new machinima series: Pre-Game Lobby. Interesting bunch of characters, an ongoing Matchmaking-based storyline. This first episode is 19 minutes long, viewable on YouTube in two parts, or downloadable from Filefront in hi-res (almost 300 mb). This one shows potential!(Louis Wu 11:43:00 UTC)

While we slept last night, news on a whole lot of machinima crossed our desks. First up: Spriggs Episode 8 was posted. The storyline’s getting more serious (though it’s still pretty lighthearted in tone) – and my view of Spriggs is changing. 12 minutes long, downloadable in AVI format or streamable on YouTube. Go watch!(Louis…

Bandwidth usage due to the “Our Favorite Things” video released Friday has dropped below 75Mbit… so I guess it’s time to release more HD Halo 2 cutscenes. Today we’ve got Helljumpers, the opening scene from Delta Halo, along with the ‘delta’ version (showing the variations in different difficulties). Go grab ’em! Thanks, as always, to…

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 92 is now up – 21 minutes, 9 megs of community news, map discussion, and a discussion of lolcats pics… without the actual pics.(Louis Wu 16:20:33 UTC)

Yesterday, I asked for stories of people who met (or just played with) their significant others on the Halo battlefield. The thread started off really slowly… and I was afraid it was a bust. (The first couple of posts were dumb jokes, and the next series was totally off-topic.) However, I woke up this morning…

ZZoMBiE13 pays tribute to a true inspiration in today’s episode of Another Halo Comic Strip. Great stuff!(Louis Wu 16:05:08 UTC)

Mike sent us a note wondering if we’d be interested in doing some coverage of couples that play Halo together. I think it’s an interesting subject – I know some of our forum denizens are Halo couples, and I’ve been playing a lot recently with a couple (in fact, the party usually includes his mom,…

TheShadyGnome has another ForgeHub Video Tutorial for you – Episode 7 covers Gravity Lift techniques. Use them to constrain your players, or expand the range of their motion – it’s up to you!(Louis Wu 14:53:55 UTC)

Rockslider is back with another megabattle setup – up to 52 Covenant enemies under the AA gun at the end of The Storm. Go read the details at Bad Cyborg!(Louis Wu 14:52:16 UTC)