Category: HBO

TheShadyGnome pointed out the newest ForgeHub Video Tutorial – #6 covers Effective Spawn Placement. Tons of good information to help you think about when to spawn (or respawn) your players WHERE… but I never, ever, EVER want to see an armed Elite doing the Macarena again. Ever.(Louis Wu 15:28:49 UTC)

Bungie played their Halo Humpday Challenge against the crew from Fyreball, a startup founded by a number of Ex-Bungie employees. They planned to whip the Fyreballers soundly… and the plan worked out. It’s not all bad news, though – read the writeup for details on how you can snag a suit of the elusive Recon…

OS eco419 stopped by with word of a Halo 3 FFA Slayer tournament in Roanoke, VA on March 8 – $20 to register, top player wins $200. For full details, visit the GameUpNow website and click on ‘Events’.(Louis Wu 14:58:04 UTC)

Five new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 14:56:52 UTC)

Eurogamer has put together a good-cop, bad-cop analysis of Halo 3; Eurogamer staffers have taken up opposing positions to point out the high points – and the lows – of Halo’s impact on the industry. It’s well-written, though I’m sure that folks with strong opinions will find one side or the other to be full…

MLGPro.com is hosting a Halo 3 Film Festival, presented by the U.S. Army. There are $3,000 in cash prizes plus some nice schwag, awarded to the top three finishers in each of three categories (Best Skill Video, Funniest Video, Most Creative Video). You’ve got until March 26 to submit – winners will be announced on…

Toy News International has information and pictures of Gentle Giant’s Kubrick Series 2 4-Pack, coming out in September. Green, Steel, Gold, White… with a rare Orchid chase version available. $20 list price.(Louis Wu 20:28:11 UTC)

PEZ let us know that halowiki.net kicked off a new section today – it covers Halo 3 Strongholds. There’s information about easily-guarded locations on Valhalla… but the rest of the maps need your help! Go see what you can add.(Louis Wu 20:23:58 UTC)

Wow. This is a sad story – mostly because it didn’t have to happen this way. Thanks, Hawty.(Louis Wu 20:13:57 UTC)

The Halo Wars website has put up an interview with Lance Hoke, Art Produer for the game. He talks about how he got to where he is, and how Halo Wars is coming along. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 15:16:47 UTC)

Today’s installment of Another Halo Comic Strip brings back memories from my childhood. Amazingly, they still make ’em. (They’ve updated the old song, though.)(Louis Wu 14:37:47 UTC)

VG Resource Center has posted their top Xbox 360 games of 2007 – Halo 3 took the top spot. (Marathon 2 was in the top 5, as well!) Thanks, Dennis Wyman.(Louis Wu 13:33:06 UTC)

Mid7night has finished his UNSC Hornet for X-Plane… in fact, he’s built two of ’em. (Read the post for details about the difference.)(Louis Wu 13:28:57 UTC)

Last night, Pixellated also wondered about the origins of 343 Guilty Spark – and the thread brought out a number of potential inspirations for the character. Check them all out – see which ones you think might have given Bungie some ideas! (The video that Pixellated started with is 10 minutes long; you can see…

Joystiq has written up one of the Bungie-led GDC sessions – the audio post-mortem of Halo 3, presented by Jay Weinland, C. Paul Johnson, Mike Salvatore and Marty O’Donnell. You can download the slides to this session from Bungie’s newly-opened Publications page, but it won’t give you everything that’s in Joystiq’s piece. In addition to…

J C pointed out a (definitely NSFW) link at Gizmodo… it’s describing a novelty item that is Halo-related. Past that, you’ll have to read for yourself. And that’s all I’m saying about that.(Louis Wu 23:18:06 UTC)

Brian Jarrard and Mike Zak talked to Eurogamer last week at GDC about the upcoming Legendary Map Pack, and specifically about Ghost Town. The interview is online now, and it’s an interesting read. Go look!(Louis Wu 19:58:03 UTC)

Over at Grifball.com, you can watch Week 5 Highlights (the last regular-season highlight film) in either streaming flash or QuickTime formats. Some nice floats… and a pretty funny sword betrayal. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 18:12:27 UTC)

There’s an interesting interview with Bungie designer Francois Boucher-Genesse (originally published in Game Developer magazine) over at Gamasutra – how did Bungie make Legendary interesting again, after the complaints about Jackal Snipers and areas like Cairo Station’s second bay from Halo 2? What makes ‘hard’ still ‘fun’? Check it out.(Louis Wu 17:40:03 UTC)

Coding Horror has a great article on why you shouldn’t listen to your users. Okay, that’s not really what it’s about – it’s about why what users SAY can be different from what users DO, and why it’s important to measure what they DO when figuring out how to improve your product. One example they…