Category: HBO

Huh. If you’re a member of Facebook, you have a shot at winning one of 4 Halo 3 Xbox 360s (well, 3 now – the first week’s over) from Goozex. Invite your friends to play their game, and if you’ve invited the most people for the week, you get the Xbox. Check their contest page…

A couple more Bungie interviews about the split (and about Halo) – GameInformer interviewed Frankie (it’s a little disturbing in parts, but mostly it’s Frankie saying “nothing’s changed”), and FiringSquad also talked to Frankie – their writeup is a summary of the conversation, but it includes the news that Harold Ryan is now Bungie’s President.…

Marcelo Vega, of Xboxtoday.com.br, sent us word that they’ve posted a list of the voice actors and technical staff that worked on the Brazilian version of Halo 3. This is why fansites rock – this info isn’t anywhere official. Microsoft Brazil doesn’t have it, the Halo 3 manual doesn’t have it – the ONLY place…

DXL540 pointed out a cool new bike from Yamaha – he thinks it seems an awful lot like a real-life Mongoose.(Louis Wu 13:50:42 UTC)

Z let us know that StatsReloaded has been updated for Halo 3; faster updating, new signatures, leaderboards, and more. Go check it out – and sign up!(Louis Wu 13:48:18 UTC)

Last year, Halo wasn’t part of the World Cyber Games lineup – this year, they’re asking for fan input on the games that will be used. Halo 3’s one of the candidates; go vote. Thanks, LegendaryMark. (Louis Wu 13:45:35 UTC)

Elnea has posted Halo Action Figure Theater 91… along with a video parody of the Believe ads. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 13:42:51 UTC)

DiscipleN2k noticed a new Pixelated Pupils – as he points out, they’ve done the same joke RvB did yesterday, but not quite as funny.(Louis Wu 13:40:11 UTC)

I am really, really loving saved films. Check out this vid at MLG’s Gameroom; when I first watched it, I thought the guy must have twitched over and shot the wall right in front of him – but the saved film showed it was no such thing. Amazing. Thanks, corjello.(Louis Wu 13:38:02 UTC)

The most recent episode of Two Sides Wide is Halo-related, and shows how misunderstandings can start – thanks, Ross Mills. (Louis Wu 13:35:11 UTC)

Onebitrocket found a listing for a hardcover version of Halo: Uprising – it’s listed in the US version of Amazon, too. Release date is January 9, 2008, which seems unlikely, since Uprising #4 has been pushed back to February already. Still – if you can’t get your hands on the comic book forms, this might…

A few reviews for you from around the web:Lancaster Online says Halo 3 is a good reason to buy an Xbox 360.Something Awful gave it a 26/50, campaign was a moldy potato to go with the multiplayer steak (thanks, Ross Mills)Talk Xbox did a video review, and gave it an ‘enjoyable’ – the highest category…

David Leggett let us know that Halo 3 Planet is giving away a bunch of goodies for folks who come up with the best maps/custom gametypes in Forge. Go read the giveaway page for full details; you’ve got until mid-November to work. Get going! (Louis Wu 18:55:48 UTC)

Sigafoos let us know that The Riot 68 is up – they’ve got an interview with trigger119 (of GamingTV and MLG), they’ve got information about Gaming4Others, a group that runs tournaments for charity, and they’ve got their standard community news/tourney info. 37 minutes, 15 mb. Go listen! (Louis Wu 18:51:43 UTC)

GameDaily interviewed three of the Rooster Teeth guys about the dialogue they’ve added to Halo 3 – great stuff. Thanks, Joystiq (that article also points out a podcast at Xbox 360 Fanboy with RT’s Geoff Ramsey, who talks about a lot of stuff, including Halo 3).(Louis Wu 18:11:30 UTC)

UGO posted an article looking at a series of upcoming games, and rating them as “Halo 3 Killers”. Top contenders seem to be Call of Duty 4 (threat rating: 75%) and The Orange Box (Valve’s massive 5-game release – threat rating: 90%).(Louis Wu 18:07:19 UTC)

Getty Ritter put together a cute little cutscene in Flash – I wonder if Marty had problems like this? (Warning: language.) Thanks, Empress Cortana.(Louis Wu 18:05:07 UTC)

The New York Times looks at churches around the country that are using Halo as a ‘recruiting’ technique for teenagers (setting up lans, for example) – and how some in the community feel this is inappropriate. An interesting read. (Louis Wu 18:03:10 UTC)

EvanVolm wrote to point out that he’d combined all three Neil Blomkamp Halo shorts into a single piece, which is available on YouTube. I suppose if you haven’t seen them all, this isn’t a bad way to take them in. (Another option is FrAnK SiXeR’s Halo Tribute, which is higher-resolution than the YouTube flick; it…