Category: HBO

We got word from Phil, at Sodaware, that he’d written an article about the gaming design lessons that can be learned from the original Halo. After reading it, I wonder how he’d interpret the changes made between Halo and Halo 2… but even on its own, it’s a fine read. (Louis Wu 14:32:27 UTC)

Haloplayer let us know that Injured Knee Productions’ Countdown Comic #3 is now online. A range of opinions about the various versions of Halo 3…(Louis Wu 14:05:49 UTC)

Cap KEEZ let us know about a new Flash vid at Newgrounds – Halo: Lost in Time. Funny, Nice artwork, and it runs longer than you might expect. (Don’t close it when it says ‘End’.) (Louis Wu 13:15:01 UTC)

Folks have wondered on our forum about the lack of TV ads for Halo 3 – wonder no more, BrandWeek explains how the ‘Believe’ TV ad campaign kicks off this week. 10,000 stores will be open at midnight for Halo 3 buying? That’s crazy! Go read.(Louis Wu 11:30:15 UTC)

Sounds like there’s going to be a full-blown New Zealand Launch Party…(Louis Wu 11:29:33 UTC)

Cinema Blend has put together a Halo 3 Primer – there’s no single page to link you to, but the first content page is ‘Characters’; all the other bits are linked at the bottom of this page.(Louis Wu 11:28:58 UTC)

Remember a couple of weeks ago, when we mentioned some new screenshots at Entertainment Weekly? Well, the article that made it into their print mag is now online, as well. A pretty good read!(Louis Wu 20:16:24 UTC)

It’s Sunday, so it must be time for another episode of The Riot – swing by Second Foundation to see. 35 minutes, 14 mb, this one’s focused on machinima (and music). Thanks, Sigafoos.(Louis Wu 19:41:12 UTC)

chewpathingy found a couple of fun pages at Halo3.msn.com – credits for the two Neil Blomkamp Halo shorts, Arms Race and Combat Part 1. Wondering who was responsible? Now you know!(Louis Wu 19:28:52 UTC)

More ‘Top’ lists – PSU has the Top 10 games you must have before 2008 (thanks, Avateur), and the Edmonton Sun has a list of the top 5 most overhyped games (thanks, chewpathingy). (Narcogen has some choice words to say about that second list, at Rampancy.net.) I’m sure there are gonna be more of these…

Yesterday, we got word from Lucko that his clan, Mystic Studios, had finished up a new music video. Set to the song ‘To The End’ by My Chemical Romance’, it uses some interesting video effects to tell its story. I liked it, although I didn’t get the plot at all. This morning, his clanmate Fragg3d…

Hmm… this is sort of weird. World Wrestling Entertainment’s website has put up an ‘Oddest Couple’ list – and MC and Arby make it. Thanks, Yo5lut.(Louis Wu 14:19:36 UTC)

Grunts R Us has put together a Halo 3 signature generator. Go take a look.(Louis Wu 14:17:12 UTC)

Coolpengwn was the first to point out the press release announcing the uveiling of the Master Chief statue at Madame Tussauds in Las Vegas – read it for the skinny on this pretty amazing sculpture. And check out this rather massive pic (1812×1200, 320K) for some hi-res lovin’.(Louis Wu 13:42:46 UTC)

Wow… this is just… wrong. Thanks (I guess) 343winks.(Louis Wu 20:47:49 UTC)

Someone’s selling a whole bunch of magazines with Halo articles in ’em (plus some other stuff) – see if it’s worth it to you! Thanks, Reinsoft.(Louis Wu 19:57:21 UTC)

pete_the_duck went through the Omegathon footage at Gametrailers, and mapped out Guardian, the Halo 3 level. Pretty impressive work!(Louis Wu 19:54:01 UTC)

Kotaku went on a Halo 3 Game Fuel Slurpee run… and took pics. Yum!(Louis Wu 19:51:05 UTC)

Deadguy71 let us know that there are a bunch of standups for sale on eBay – these are the cardboard cutouts used in Game Fuel promotions. Average price seems to be about $50 or so… check it out! (Louis Wu 19:47:56 UTC)

According to a new banner on halo3.com (which may or may not be accessible to you – read this thread for details), Microsoft has put up a WAP-enabled website for Halo news on your mobile phone. Go see.(Louis Wu 14:06:43 UTC)