Category: HBO

trigger119 wrote to remind us that the Video Intro contest they announced about a month ago has had its entry deadline extended until Tuesday (the site was down for a short time, so the January 3 deadline was pushed back). If you’ve got the interest, check the details at the GTV website, and submit your…

Over at Bad Cyborg, Rockslider has put up a new page called ‘Weapon hot spots’ that details the best places to use each weapon for each gameplay type he’s described over the years. It’s a nice cross-reference if you’re looking for original Halo fun! (Louis Wu 13:43:13 UTC)

Over at H2Vista, rapture noticed 3 new clips of Halo 2 Vista gameplay over at Gametrailers; There’s a clip from Sanctuary, and two from Beaver Creek. The play uses an Xbox controller instead of a keyboard and mouse… but it still looks pretty nice!(Louis Wu 13:39:58 UTC)

Luke McKay was doodling, as he does often… the result this morning was pretty cool.(Louis Wu 22:03:50 UTC)

MLG has posted its Pro’s Choice Awards – the top 64 players have picked the best amongst themselves. Go see who they admire most! Thanks, reprobate.(Louis Wu 21:53:19 UTC)

Troy Hurtubise has been working for a while at making a suit that can save a soldier’s life. PlasmaFire thinks it might be the precursor to Mjolnir armor (doesn’t hurt that Troy says he looked at Halo for inspiration); you can find an article and a video in PlasmaFire’s forum thread. (Louis Wu 21:28:05 UTC)

Frank Miller’s 300 isn’t even out yet, and it’s already generated more Halo tributes than any other movie. Amazing! Latest in the field (bunch of links to other ones in this post) is a video from eternalscrappy; quality is startlingly sharp. It’s leet.(Louis Wu 21:25:20 UTC)

We got word from Mister Froggy that Halo, Articulated Episode 4 has been posted; Master Chief and the Arbiter face off on cool skills.(Louis Wu 14:44:54 UTC)

Red vs Blue Episode 88, ‘Spelunked’, is now up for sponsors in Flash format. (Downloadable versions will be up for sponsors on Monday, along with a flash version for free; they’re working on ways to keep sponsor versions from ending up on YouTube before sponsors have seen ’em.) This one focuses on the Red Team…

The Bungie Weekly Update is now live over at Bungie.net – and it focuses on grass. Well, grass and other non-rigid stuff that makes the levels look more realistic. Water, weather, fog… all sorts of stuff. No Mister Chief this time around, but there IS a pretty funny grunt dialogue outtake from Joe Staten… As…

The Brute Video Documentary made some new AI behavior public. I think Stuntmutt may have misunderstood… decide for yourself in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 20:05:57 UTC)

sodaGod has added another video to his Jungle Trigonometry series – Jungle Trigonometry 3. Couple his fantastic camera work with funny skits, and you get a vid absolutely worth downloading. This one has a number of ‘Master Chief is Kind of a Jerk’ segments… and a fantastic longer parody of zombie movies. There’s plenty of…

Usul found a nice article about Lil Poison in the Sunday Times, a London (UK) newspaper. The word is spreading!(Louis Wu 19:03:48 UTC)

RVideo continues his awesome panorama work in Halo 2; there are three new ones in this forum post. The original .png files (hosted on his server) range from 1 to 1.5 mb; I’ve also added much smaller (filesize, not screensize) jpegs, ranging from 120 to 160 kb. They’re all pretty – but Judgement ROCKS.(Louis Wu…

Seven new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section today – go read. (Remember, submitters – there’s a new ‘max 3 submissions per week’ rule… don’t flood the inbox. Thanks!)(Louis Wu 17:51:14 UTC)

We got an email from DeAdLy SeNiX, about a montage video he’d edited (using footage from ThePanzerGnome). It’s got a large backstory, and the video itself is over 17 minutes long. It’s currently being hosted by FileFront, with mirrors from impressed watchers. (You can read the backstory, and find the download links, in this forum…

Over at Bungie.net last night, KP posted a Halo 3 Humpday Challenge writeup; it was the Community Team vs the Multiplayer team. The Community team lost – though KP suggests it might have happened on purpose. (Of course, KP also suggests that he gets coffee for Marty every morning not because he has to, but…

Nomi is a regular of the irc.bungie.org #hbo channel – and last fall, she was one of the attendees at a LANfest in Ohio, hosted by Tarny. What started as an insert for a Christmas card/thank you note to Tarny has grown into almost a cottage industry – check out her ultra-cool Paper Spartans!(Louis Wu…

Deomitrus wrote to point out a press release from the Sentinel Machinima Awards – this is a new awards project intended to replace the ‘Rockets on Prisoner’ Awards. (Well, ‘replace’ is probably a bad word, since Funkmon has said he intends to continue that particular tradition… but the idea is certainly understandable; the Sentinel Machinima…

Ruben Gonzalez sent along a screenplay adaptation of Eric Nylund’s ‘The Fall of Reach’ – he’s looking for feedback from Halo fans. Give it a read, then stop by our forum and let him know what you think!(Louis Wu 15:41:18 UTC)