Category: HBO

A couple of days ago, nitz stopped by our forum to say he’d re-encoded a 720p version of the Brute Vidoc; there are several already out there, but they’re huge, for the most part (multi-hundreds of megabytes). His version has been encoded with x264 (an open-source version of the h.264 codec), and it’s tiny, in…

XerxdeeJ stopped by to point out that TTL is back up and posting, after a holiday break – and the first article up is a discussion of ‘Allies’ – and what that means. When you play them, you’re not meeting mortal enemies – you’re meeting a group of folks that want to be your friends…

The cover article in the latest issue of The Escapist is about the composers behind today’s game music, and Marty O’Donnell (and the rest of the Bungie sound team) get a nice nod:”I think one of the best examples is Marty O’Donnell and the team at Bungie,” says Ian Dorsch, who’s currently working on a…

Omega was walking through the forest, and came upon a piece of driftwood in a stream. Looks like Mother Nature’s got Halo on her mind, too…(Louis Wu 15:31:44 UTC)

Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #5 is now available – if you wondered what happened to the Heretic Grunt action figure, wonder no more.(Louis Wu 15:14:05 UTC)

Sigafoos wrote to point out The Riot 31 – a bit late, due to hosting issues, but up now. Community updates are the focuse of this one – swing by the site for a download. (The RSS feed is still down.) 20 minutes, 8 mb.(Louis Wu 15:12:27 UTC)

A few days ago, MLG posted its Pro’s Choice Awards – the top players voted to identify the best among the best. ShocKWav3 put together a blog entry discussing his feelings about the voting. Interesting read. Thanks to 3Suns for pointing it out.(Louis Wu 15:10:27 UTC)

Games in Action interviewed Shishka, recently of Bungie and now of Certain Affinity, the gaming company started in Austin by Halo 2 and 3 Multiplayer Lead Max Hoberman. Go read to get a feel for where he started, how he got to where he is now, and what’s he’s doing in his new job. Thanks…

According to this article in the Hagerstown (MD) Herald-Mail, there’ll be a Game Crazy-sponsored Halo 2 tournament held on Saturday, January 27, at the Hagerstown 10 Cineplex – $10 to play (or $5 to watch),no word on prizes. Check the article for more info.(Louis Wu 14:49:30 UTC)

It’s been more than 2 months since the various flavors of Halo 3 were made public – it’s been known since early November that $60 would buy you the bare game, $70 would buy you the ‘special’ edition (game plus bonus disc(s)), and $100 would snag you the Legendary edition – helmet and 4 discs,…

Paul Maestri sends word of a new Wallpaper at Halo Heads – tasty!(Louis Wu 21:43:02 UTC)

Heh – BOLL’s been playing again…(Louis Wu 21:41:15 UTC)

Stuntmutt takes a closer look at the Mongoose, and Bungie’s claims about it, in today’s One One Se7en. Paging Robert Pirsig…(Louis Wu 16:15:26 UTC)

WortroW found some cool work towards the Spartan III armor from Ghosts of Onyx over at the Scifi Meshes forum; most of the images so far are visible without a registration. Nice stuff!(Louis Wu 12:30:38 UTC)

Dojorkan posted 3 fun screens, and asked for user-submitted captions – no prizes in this contest, but see how creative you can be!(Louis Wu 12:09:35 UTC)

Retsof-Noraa stopped by last night to point out a website that takes user-created art (in this case, his renditions of One One Se7en, in the initial post, and a Grunt, in a followup) and animates it in a huge rave scene. Bizarre… but fun. Check it out! (Add your own creations to the thread; it’s…

MereCatfish writes to point out that Lifepod #6 is now up for your listening pleasure – HaloCE news, the standard community roundtable, and an interview with Zeph round this one out. 29 minutes, 26 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 11:49:37 UTC)

Remember the Halo Everywhere contest sponsored by the Halo 3 Webring? LordGideon posted the prize packs yesterday – and man, there’s some nice stuff in there! Go see what’s on the line, and then make sure you’ve submitted your entries – contest deadline is February 1, 2007. Still plenty of time!(Louis Wu 11:46:18 UTC)

Riccardo Lee Davies wrote to point out ENDURANCE IV, a Halo 2 tournament in Birmingham, UK coming up on February 3rd and 4th. Entrance is £15/person to play in either the FFA or the 4v4, with thousand of pounds in prizes and cash on the line. Check out all the details at the TriStarGames website.…

Greg O’Connor-Read writes to point out that Nile Rodgers, the Halo 2 Soundtrack Album producer and founder of Sumthing Else, will be in Cannes for the MIDEM Music for Images Conference next week; he’ll be participating in a session set up by Music4Games entitled ‘Video Games – The Latest Challenge for Labels and Composers’, and…