Category: HBO

Looks like we might take the day off here, but Stuntmutt never rests. It’s Monday, so there’s a new One One Se7en for you. (You might, of course, find that last night’s partying, coupled with the joke in this strip, will send you into paroxysms of cramping… it’s up to you whether you actually read…

Happy New Year – Step away from the computer! All of us here at HBO wish all of our friends and family the very best for a bright and fruitful new year. In what I would like to consider a tradition started back at the end of 2003, we will shut down the forum for…

New Halo 3 helmet shots from Briar’s Armor – here, here, and here. Movin’ along!(Louis Wu 23:14:49 UTC)

darthbob noticed some interesting pictures and videos showing up on the GameSpot forum and some Myspace profiles. We’re not going to comment much, except to say that Bungie is way cooler about Christmas presents than any other developer I know of.(Louis Wu 23:08:19 UTC)

Elnea discovered a search site called msdewey.com – there’s a ton of funny stuff you can find if you know the right search terms, but try Halo to start with. Do it more than once.(Louis Wu 23:03:42 UTC)

Over at MLGPro.com, you can find player match commentary from Defy, in video form. (Heh – was probably filmed a while back; he starts by saying it’s a match between top-rated Final Boss and his own second-rated team… been a while since Carbon hasn’t been in one of those two spots.) Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 22:53:53…

GamerX5000 mentioned the first episode of Project Crimson, Prelude of New Life, on our forum – nice filming, intriguing storyline. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:49:58 UTC)

Deekor sent along info about Halo Outkastz Epsiode 1 – a 2 minute piece that basically sets up their characters. Check it out! (If you don’t want to register on their forum, he posted a direct link in this post.)(Louis Wu 22:31:29 UTC)

If you don’t have a 360, you can still see the Red vs Blue Holiday 2006 video over at their website; it’s currently sponsors-only, but should be live for everyone in a couple of days. Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 22:19:28 UTC)

Demonic noticed a story over at Destructoid; that some folks have modded a homebrew PSP game with Halo graphics, and have Halo running on a Playstation Portable. Nice!(Louis Wu 22:14:16 UTC)

Darksage found a pretty cool auction on eBay, if you’re an action figure collector – the entire Halo 1 figure set (33 items), still in their original boxes. Current bid is $800, which is a decent deal, given current ebay prices. Take a look!(Louis Wu 22:06:29 UTC)

As is probably known by now (since Frankie mentioned it in the Weekly Update on Friday), there was a lanfest here at HBO Central this past week; it was fun. Folks with more energy than I’ve got have already begun posting writeups on our forum – Ma1agate was first, with retsamolah not far behind. Eventually,…

DOH! Almost forgot. Briar’s Armor, who has made some pretty darned cool Halo 2 armor over the past couple of years, is trying his hand at Halo 3 armor; a prelminary shot of the helmet shows some nice details. Can’t wait for the rest!(Louis Wu 18:19:03 UTC)

Funkmon (who wants everyone to know he’s cooler than his co-admin Mintz) wrote to us about new vids available at Halo: Portable; you can find mobile-formatted versions of lots of cool stuff there right now. The Brute Vidoc is there, as is the classic ‘Heart is a Lonely Hunter’, and Hickadam’s ‘Holiday’. Get to downloading!(Louis…

John Cannon posted more public pictures of his Spartan III helmet that he’s working on – pretty cool looking!(Louis Wu 18:08:34 UTC)

Hellhawk posted about a trailer for a new vid he’s working on – Floaty Silence 2. I liked the first one, the trailer looks cute, and if you grab the WMP9 I encoded, it’s under 10 mb. (The QuickTime, hosted by Mythica and linked in the forum post, is over 30 mb.) Give it a…

I can’t say I understand this, but… if you’ve got a Wii, this might be relevant to you, in a Halo sort of way. Thanks to SquirrelOnFire, who was first, and pile0nades, who has a bigger thread.(Louis Wu 17:15:47 UTC)

Oshovah found a picture in the Art of Halo book that has convinced him that the fourth grenade we’ll see in Halo 3 is an incindiery grenade; you can find his reasoning in his forum post (and I’ve added a scan of the image in question, for reference). We won’t know anything until Bungie confirms…

At Bungie.net, you’ll find a really short Bungie Weekly Update – Frankie is totally insane, and is lucky not to be dead right now, and he also broke all sorts of speeding limits in the last 24 hours, but we love him anyway. Go read about some general, but heartening, plans for the Halo online…

There’s an interesting interview with Tyson ‘Ferrex’ Green over at Gamepro.com – read it for some insight into Bungie’s multiplayer philosophies. Thanks, Coffin Joe.(Louis Wu 23:30:16 UTC)