Category: HBO

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)

2phast let us know that the next Larry the Marine comic is now up – it’s a little disturbing, I think.(Louis Wu 12:56:57 UTC)

Halo Wars Addict is running a caption contest – come up with a funny caption for a specific shot from the Halo Wars trailer released in 2006, win… something. (Prizes to be announced soon, apparently.) Thanks, Sam152.(Louis Wu 12:53:35 UTC)

And… that’s it for a bit. Sunday is a travel day – we should be back on US soil by late afternoon, and home before nightfall. If all goes well. No more news, though, before HBO’s clock ticks over to Monday morning. I’ll leave you with this: HBO has no way of providing anyone with…

Mintz acquired a pretty cool Halo poster, but can’t fit it – check out the pictures in his eBay auction, and bid if you’ve got the space!(Louis Wu 04:10:36 UTC)

Gryphonosiris was present at the Video Games Live show at the Games Developer Conference Friday night – check out his writeup on our forum.(Louis Wu 04:10:02 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 shows what happens when Master Chief starts playing practical jokes in the latest installment of Another Halo Comic Strip.(Louis Wu 18:57:24 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, OldNick looks at eye (and ear and mind) candy, and decides that Less is More. See if you agree!(Louis Wu 18:56:59 UTC)

TrueDarkFusion let us know that Forge Hub is hosting a 128 player 1v1 elimination tournament. All maps have been specifically created for the tourney, and prizes range from Xbox 360 games to Microsoft points. Go see!(Louis Wu 18:56:27 UTC)

DHalo pointed out that he’s revamped his repository of IRIS ARG material; take a look!(Louis Wu 18:55:59 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update went up as usual last night (and is available as always in our Weekly Update Archive) – there’s some info about Recon armor won by folks during the Valentines Day playlist, more info about the Auto-Update, a funny playtest of new animation tech, and details about Ghost Town. Go see what…

EliteSniper177 noticed some new Halo 3 merchandise for sale at his local Blockbuster – check his post for pictures!(Louis Wu 18:54:50 UTC)

I4U News has a story about a decommissioned military base that can be rented out by the month – they suggest Halo 3-themed paintball games. Sounds like fun!(Louis Wu 18:54:26 UTC)

Stuntmutt took a look at Ghost Town, as well, for today’s One One Se7en. Topical isn’t always better.(Louis Wu 21:06:19 UTC)

pete_the_duck decided to see if he could map out the floor plan of Ghost Town, based solely on the three screenshots Bungie released yesterday. According to a Bungie employee, he did pretty well! Check it out.(Louis Wu 21:05:25 UTC)

discopete019 pointed out that Arby ‘n’ the Chief #5 is up on machinima.com – it’s not terribly Halo-related (besides the characters, I suppose), but it’s funny nonetheless. about 10 minutes long – go watch! (Louis Wu 21:00:53 UTC)