Category: HBO

Sep7imus ran across a fun magazine cover at The Onion… it’s a parody, yeah, but it hits a little close to home.(Louis Wu 13:06:16 UTC)

Flud stopped by to point out ‘Halo 3: Knocking on Heaven’s Door’, from The DuoGroup. Available in high-quality streaming DivX from their site, or on YouTube. It’s actually a pretty nice piece of work! Go watch.(Louis Wu 19:24:09 UTC)

Sticky Keys and TheIronChef have put together another Halo 3 data script – this one compares some key statistics in multiplayer to another gamertag. Check out the documentation link; it’s interesting to see how they calculated their values! Thanks, BuckHijo.(Louis Wu 19:10:27 UTC)

mrsmiley let us know that the next Larry the Marine is out – looks like he’s got access to some advanced tools!(Louis Wu 18:58:19 UTC)

According to Xbox360Fanboy, you can pick up a copy of Halo 3 at Best Buy this week for just $38. Noice!(Louis Wu 18:56:01 UTC)

I’m a little confused; news all over the web has Activision claiming that Call of Duty 4 was the biggest-selling title in 2007, with “more than seven million units since its launch in November” (the official press release is here, at GamesIndustry.biz, for example). But didn’t Major Nelson tell us 3 days into January that…

Remember – One One Se7en contains Halo 3 spoilers these days. Nuggets of wisdom, too. (Annnnd… that’s it for a bit. I’ve got jury duty today, which is why all queued news is being posted before 7 am my time. Be good.)(Louis Wu 11:50:56 UTC)

Another Halo Comic Strip kicks off the actual multpart storyline today – come and meet the monitor of Installation 06. And some friends.(Louis Wu 11:49:16 UTC)

A few weeks ago, we mentioned a ceramic sculpture being crafted by SnprTw – she’s finished it, and posted a final picture in our forum. Great work!(Louis Wu 11:45:36 UTC)

TrueDarkFusion let us know that Forge Hub is running a ‘Shell Shocked Contest’ – Forge a map based on a historical battle, win prizes. (No D-Day maps allowed.) Check the contest page for full details, including prizes. (Louis Wu 11:43:45 UTC)

A bizarre little Flash game popped up in my Google Alerts this morning – it’s described as “Halo 3: 1st Boss Encounter!!!!!” – but there’s really nothing Halo-related about it. (And it takes a minute or two to beat it.)(Louis Wu 11:41:07 UTC)

TTL Demagogue is back in the saddle, after some health issues – Chapter Three, Part One of his Reclaimer series is now online. I’m not sure I understand the gamertag info left on the shots… but I’m sure it’ll all become clear in time.(Louis Wu 11:35:32 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 84 is posted – no Awards yet, but there’s plenty of clan stuff. (You can see a full breakdown in the news post.) Go listen – 20 minutes, 8 mb.(Louis Wu 21:21:42 UTC)

The Jonathan Quail soundtrack has been released by CROSSFIRE – swing by GTV to pick it up. Ten songs, 35 mb. Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 18:17:49 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 has kicked off a week-long tribute to the Halo rings (the ones we DIDN’T blow up). Swing by Another Halo Comic Strip to see the preview of the storyline. This week, there’ll be new strips every day, rather than every other day.(Louis Wu 16:23:49 UTC)

Schooly D and Retsamolah have kicked off the HBOL – the HBO League. It’s a 1v1 ladder (to grow to a 2v2 ladder, and it’s there for fun. (Competitive fun, but fun.) If you want to participate, swing by and join up!(Louis Wu 16:19:06 UTC)

Halo Union has kicked off a series of interviews with people in the Halo machinima community – the first one is with imSuck, of HaloGrid. Give it a read! Thanks, Teh Filmer.(Louis Wu 16:16:22 UTC)

Terry let us know that there’s a site called ‘HALOcal’ – it tracks Halo stats by location (city, state, zip). Seems to be US-only. Swing by to find out who’s the best in YOUR neighborhood!(Louis Wu 16:14:37 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy found a video of a homemade Halo 3 Rubik’s Cube – seems to me that most of the pictures are too close to one another, color-wise, to make this really easy to solve… but it’s cool anyway.(Louis Wu 23:13:10 UTC)

Looks like the ‘free copy of Halo 3 for upgrading 360 buyers’ deal might actually be paying off soon; folks have begun receiving email notifications that the free game will be coming ‘in the next three weeks’. (Some people are even getting the notes when they didn’t do anything to earn them.) Seems like an…