Category: HBO

DigitalPh33r’s machinima project continues to improve – the latest episode is pretty powerful (and a hefty 15 minutes long). I wish it were available in a larger format – but I understand the need to save bandwidth. You can download it in WMP9 format from its Machinima.com home – or you can stream it from…

Heh – Rubbish Pixels has an article on the biggest annoyances (that’s not the word they use) in the video game universe – 343 Guilty Spark makes the list. I won’t disagree! Thanks, Usul.(Louis Wu 12:09:20 UTC)

SpikeTV’s 2007 Video Game Awards are being broadcast tomorrow night – but on GameTrailers, you can watch a clip from Game Head in which a lot of industry professionals discuss Halo 3’s chances for Game of the Year. (There’s also a live performance by Jonathan Coulton – if you haven’t played The Orange Box’s Portal…

Paul Maestri pokes his head up again with a new Halo Heads comic – I must say that while his imagination is clearly vast… the direction his thoughts take him can be a bit disturbing.(Louis Wu 11:51:27 UTC)

The Eurogamer live chat with Frankie and Jonty Barnes went off as expected yesterday; a full transcript is now up on Eurogamer. Lots of good discussion in there, check it out! (I was a little flabbergasted that when a question of whether there would ever be a Marathon game on the 360 came up, nobody…

First off, apologies for the sparse updating; I’m out of town, and free time is rarer than I’d expected. Let’s barrel through the biggest new stuff for you. As expected, there was a Bungie Weekly Update last night (available, as always, in our Weekly Update Archive as well) – reminders of things to come, a…

In an effort to keep the really IMPORTANT news up-to-date while Wu is otherwise preoccupied, here is today’s One One Se7en Advent offering. May all your holidays be filled with cheap artwork and bad puns.(mnemesis 17:42:49 UTC)

Today’s the last day to participate in c0ld vengeance’s Puzzleball 03 contest, and maybe win yourself a copy of Crackdown for your troubles. Because I archived the August through November posts on our forum yesterday, his original forum post is no longer accessible for replies – so use this new one if you want to…

A little over a week ago, we posted over 50 new images in our Miscellaneous Art section – which cleared the queue through August 1. I promised then that I’d do my best to continue on through the backlog; 10 days is longer than I’d hoped, but the next batch is up. Swing by the…

Haloplayer announced that the first Halo 3 episode of Lost Cause is now up on the Injured Knee Productions website. Watch it before you read the thread; it’s… full of surprises. I’ll probably have to watch it again.(Louis Wu 05:38:40 UTC)

Jase pointed out that Red vs Blue’s Recovery One Part Four has appeared on Xbox Live Marketplace. If you’re a sponsor, it’s also available on RvB’s website. This wraps up the miniseries… and I must say, I didn’t see it coming. Great work!(Louis Wu 05:33:35 UTC)

Beorn has done a pretty spectacular job of vectorizing all of the UNSC Rank/Insignia artwork from Halo 3 – and you can grab the fruits of his labor in a variety of formats. Go see!(Louis Wu 05:23:56 UTC)

Wow, this is a cool trick. There’s a tutorial over at 360WTF that shows you how to remove explosions (and other particle effects) from a screenshot. I just tested it, and it works exactly as advertised. I know there’ve been times when I find a fantastic angle… but I can’t see what I want to…

If you’re a .NET programmer, you might be interested in helping out in a new open source Halo 3 statistics aggregation project being spearheaded by Rick Casey. Check out what he’s done so far at CodePlex – and if you’ve got the skills, add to his work, or use it on your own site!(Louis Wu…

swampiedonkey let us know that Halo 3 Artifice is now online – and it’s chock-full of strategies you can use to improve your Halo 3 skillz. Check it out!(Louis Wu 05:01:59 UTC)

Luke posted Bungie’s response to the drumming they took from PraetoriaGuard – one might think, upon reading it, that Bungie are pretty sore losers. We all know that can’t possibly be the case… so I’m guessing that Bungie’s servers were hacked by mean, nasty representatives of the PraetoriaGuard. Yeah, that’s it. (Louis Wu 04:59:58 UTC)

A bit earlier than usual… but all day Friday is going to be a crazy day, so it’s better to get this posted now. There are ten new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!(Louis Wu 04:48:21 UTC)

Leviathan dropped in to remind us that he’s still working on Halo: Pixelated, a 2D shooter built in an RPG-making program. The artwork is really, really cool; check out his shots for confirmation. Can’t wait to see the final product!(Louis Wu 04:32:21 UTC)

I managed to forget a newspost to announce yesterday’s (Thursday’s) One One Se7en Advent offering – which is a shame, because it was actually pretty cute. Sorry, Stunt!(Louis Wu 04:18:40 UTC)

The Bungie Podcast makes its return today, with Frankie, Luke and Sketch talking to Chris Barrett how he got into his current gig… and what he’s seen along the way. (Lots of Halo 3 DLC goodness.) Interesting listen! Thanks to CougRon for the first heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:37:53 UTC)