Category: HBO

Wow. Master Chief made Maxim’s ‘2007’s Dudeliest Dudes of the Year’ list. Sometimes you have to wonder. (Ads are probably NSFW.)(Louis Wu 21:08:37 UTC)

Interesting – a luxury hotel in Chicago has just opened up an entertainment lounge that’s loaded with Microsoft goodies, and they’re touting the ability to play (among other games) Halo 3 in HD on LIVE as one of the perks of staying at the hotel. (It’s free for guests.) Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Louis Wu…

It’s not a T day, but there’s still a Tied the Leader update, thanks to XerxdeeJ. There’s a fun photoblog of a TTL Overlord get-together, and a reminder that you’ve got about a day left for your guesses in their 117 Day contest (they’re closing the voting at noon, Central Time – that’s 1pm EST,…

Wired Magazine has a ‘One and One’ mini-interview with Frank O’Connor; one question about gaming, one question about something totally different. It reminded me of the Roaming Gnome commercials for Travelocity, though. If you have a Red vs Blue account, you can read this old journal I wrote about this phenomenon; if you don’t, lemme…

Elnea’s posted Episode 114 of her Halo Action Figure Theater – poor O’Hara! (I’m reminded of the rescue scene in Princess Bride, actually.) Great action shots. Check it out! (Louis Wu 15:24:01 UTC)

Heh – Bungie hasn’t had a ‘Black’ option in your armor customization choices since Halo – but there IS a ‘black’ option in the ‘Force Colors’ team options for multiplayer games. So Gravemind took advantage of it to create a Halo 3 Spec Ops Elite. Nice!(Louis Wu 15:18:21 UTC)

Wow, nova’s got a pretty cool stepsister. She made him a handmade Halo-themed drink coaster – what a perfect place for that Grunty mug! (Louis Wu 15:01:23 UTC)

Last week, we mentioned a Mario/Halo crossover game in development – a demo’s been released. You can grab a copy at Megaupload – thanks, DHalo. (I don’t have any way of testing this right now, so if bandwidth runs out, you’re out of luck; I’m not willing to host something I 1) don’t have permission…

Trigger119 pointed us to a teaser trailer for Jonathan Quail, a machinima project from CROSSFIRE. This puppy’s been in the works for a while (we saw our first trailer for it back in October), but we now have a release date for the final product – January 17 (that’s tomorrow, for those of you in…

Over at Bungie.net, SketchFactor wrote up an article about Forging on Foundry – he used his own work for examples, and pointed out some of the things he’s learned by doing. It’s a nice overview of how you might go about building a fun map – things to keep in mind, pitfalls you face, tricks…

Yesterday, I mentioned a tidbit from an interview that Newsweek did with Joe Staten last summer (but is publishing now). I forgot to actually point out part 1 of the interview – which is a very interesting read. (Part 2 should be out soon.)(Louis Wu 14:27:38 UTC)

Interesting – N’Gai Croal posted a tidbit today that came from an interview with Joe Staten last summer, in which Joe made it clear that the script of the Halo movie, currently on hiatus but not dead, had pushed the Master Chief into an important (but still secondary) supporting role. Go read why! Thanks to…

Okay, this one’s messy. Last week, we posted a note that said that a tournament that was originally scheduled to be hosted by Xbox.com and the US Army had been cancelled, and that you should ignore all the press releases that were appearing around the net on other gaming sites, because they were being posted…

A couple of days ago, we mentioned a helmet being put together by DoC ByTeS – he went and sent us the final pics that same day. Pretty gorgeous work… (Louis Wu 13:51:57 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 has been making some changes in the way his characters appear in Another Halo Comic Strip. Today’s offering gets explicit about that.(Louis Wu 13:02:33 UTC)

Over at Rampancy.net, OldNick continues to draw lessons from the pool of wisdom that is Bungie Development. Can you build a game that’s polished AND on-time? Now THAT’S a tough question.(Louis Wu 12:39:43 UTC)

TheShadyGnome let us know that the second Forging 101 Video Tutorial, ‘Instant Respawn’, is now available on YouTube. Watch it for tips on making your Forge creations the best they can be! This is the second in Flem Productions’ series of video remakes of the text tutorials at ForgeHub.com.(Louis Wu 12:37:14 UTC)

Halownage is putting together a 1v1 Halo 3 tourney – takes place on January 24 and 25, it’s free to register, and there’s a small cash pot. Check out the details on their forum. Thanks, Laniphoria.(Louis Wu 12:29:05 UTC)

IGN’s Hilary Goldstein and Nate Ahearn posted their Favorites for 2007 – Halo 3 made both lists. (Goldstein placed it at #8, while Ahearn ranked it second, behind CoD4.) Thanks again, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 12:27:15 UTC)

Gamespy’s put up a Most Wanted Games of 2008 page – and like TXB and Game Informer before them, they’ve placed Halo Wars on the list. Thanks, Planet Halo.(Louis Wu 12:24:09 UTC)