Category: HBO

It’s not really Halo-related… but it’s of general interest to gamers, I think; 1UP.com has an article about companies that are taking a page from the WoW playbook and designing business software to be more gamelike. Like, yeah, dude, I’m a Level 60 Staple Requisitioner!(Louis Wu 16:27:02 UTC)

MLG Canada’s PixelBotGo has a summary of the top teams (and teams to watch) in the early days of the Halo 3 Pro Circuit Ladder Playoffs – catch up on your favorite pros!(Louis Wu 16:24:58 UTC)

todman777 stopped by with pics of a motorcycle paint job done by a friend – nice work!(Louis Wu 16:23:36 UTC)

He’s running a little late (the article in question was released in November), but Lyndon LaRouche has condemned Wired’s Clive Thompson for being degenerate enough to write about video games. (Thompson suggests that in some senses, LaRouche might have a point – he did, after all, write about “the aesthetic pleasure of dying in Halo…

We’ve gotten word from a couple of Halo communities about montages they’ve released recently – Lani let us know that Halownage has released a final Halo 2 montage from Fr3sh (7 and a half minutes, 116 mb), and Halo3Forum has a Halo 3 montage with gameplay from Aftershock and Sticktology and editing by TM22 (12…

The Halo Wars concept art gallery has been updated again – scroll down to the bottom of the gallery to see three new Ambient Life concepts (two land-based and one water-based). Thanks, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 15:56:16 UTC)

Sometimes, things don’t go as planned. Or maybe they do. Witness today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 21:48:10 UTC)

Finnish Spartan (who sent us pics of his armor a while back) is building an assault rifle – check out the progress so far.(Louis Wu 16:15:17 UTC)

We got word that Steve Downes, the voice of Master Chief, has a new website – and on it are a bunch of cool voiceover demos, and an all-Halo video. Slick work!(Louis Wu 15:55:15 UTC)

trigger119 let us know that GamingTV has opened GamingTV Live, an organized system for promoting for live events and releases. Go read the news post for full details, and get to submitting your creations!(Louis Wu 15:48:00 UTC)

Foo Mo Jive pointed out that Podtacular 149 is up – lots of tips on Construct, plus an interview with the leaders of PMS Delta Squad, and the winner of of a Gamertag Radio Halo 3 tourney. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 15:19:24 UTC)

bs angel brings you news of yet another Halo-themed faceplate – this time it’s chock-full of grunty goodness. Go look!(Louis Wu 15:16:57 UTC)

Elnea stopped by our forum with word that Halo Action Theater 131 went up yesterday – has Jason been eaten by a giant helmet? What DO zombies taste like, anwyay?(Louis Wu 14:29:05 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 88 is now up at Second Foundation – 31 minutes, 12.5 mb, your standard community news/challenges/Halo stuff, plus zombies and Rambo. (Hmm… a zombie Rambo sounds scary!) Go listen.(Louis Wu 14:27:07 UTC)

Neil Ellis sent us a set of pretty incredible armor pics last week – I couldn’t do much with them while I was out of the country, but they’re posted now. I hope he scored top marks for this work – it deserves them.(Louis Wu 13:45:31 UTC)

Burr discovered a pretty cool little glitch on Sandtrap; looks like Bungie left in some code from an old way of keeping you on the playing field. Go read about it (and check out his pictures). There are other pics scattered throughout the thread, as other forumgoers played with this…(Louis Wu 13:18:41 UTC)

Interesting work by Fëanor and friends, on our forum – the original post was made yesterday morning, with an amended version put up 14 hours later; he’s taken all the latin names of Halo’s species, as listed in the Bestiarium, and translated them as well as possible. Did you know that Drones were ‘King of…

Microsoft has announced The Official European Halo 3 Tournament – signups start today, the tourney runs from March 18-30. Nice goodies on the table! Check out the full rules and regs here.(Louis Wu 13:09:53 UTC)

Music4Games posted the results from the 6th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards last week (we mentioned the ceremony a few weeks ago); Halo 3 didn’t go home empty-handed. The crew took home ‘Best Use Of Multi-Channel Surround In A Game’ – congrats, guys!(Louis Wu 13:02:54 UTC)

Xavier pointed out a new gallery from Sean Bradley over at the 405th forums – looks like Walmart is selling McFarlane Halo 3 action figures about 10 days ahead of schedule. Go see what he found!(Louis Wu 12:59:45 UTC)