Category: HBO

Over at MLGPro.com, you’ll find a sneak peek at the final episode of the MLG Pro Circuit – first from Walshy’s perspective, then from Karma’s. What struck me most about watching Karma’s screen was the way he simply never slipped off his target’s head. (I know most pros do that to some degree – but…

The last Bungie Weekly Update of the year is up – looks like Frankie’s all alone in the Bungie offices. Go read, then have some eggnog, even if Frankie says it’s terrible. Because it’s not. Eggnog rocks. As always, you can read it at Bungie.net, or you can read it in our Weekly Update Archive.…

Christmas is Monday, but Stuntmutt has started the season a little early, with today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:31:25 UTC)

Maxe3 took the Authority Route Map from Terminal, and tied locations from Metropolis to it. Nice work!(Louis Wu 16:14:58 UTC)

The Grand Rapids Press has an article on Dave ‘Walshy’ Walsh – and while the Halo stuff is pretty cool, I was more impressed by the sales from his start-up shirt company; they’ve had almost 15,000 orders in the past month. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 16:10:23 UTC)

Dan Morrell wrote to point out a Halo 2 tourney/LAN party this weekend in Glenmont, NY. The news post for it is on Facebook – many people won’t be able to read that, but he sent along a screenshot for the rest of us. If you’re in the area, check it out!(Louis Wu 16:00:08 UTC)

Fun article over at Wired – Bonnie “Xena” Burton schools a Wired reporter (and in the process rakes in $25/hour for the lesson). Thanks, JeBr0nie.(Louis Wu 15:55:51 UTC)

One more update for the Brute Vidoc story at Bungie.net – you can now find official Microsoft downloads listed in the piece, both QuickTime and WMP9 versions. ‘Small’ means 320×180, ‘Large’ means 640×360 (no matter what the article itself says). These are not the biggest versions out there – but they’re watermark-free, and nice quality.…

3Suns noticed an interview with Max Hoberman, of Certain Affinity, over at FiringSquad – Max talks about his work on Halo 3, the upcoming Halo 2 maps, and where CA will fit in the future. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 15:40:01 UTC)

Also at Rampancy.net, you’ll find an interesting analysis of what the current focus on Brutes might mean for your gaming pleasure once Halo 3 comes out, in a new Narc’s Retorts.(Louis Wu 15:31:14 UTC)

There’s another piece of Halo sheet music for piano up at Rampancy.net – spartan182 transcribed the Halo 2 main theme. Currently available only in Finale Notepad format (though PDF is coming soon, apparently), and remember, you won’t see a download link unless you’re logged in.(Louis Wu 15:28:56 UTC)

Mintz noticed a video called ‘Top 10 Worst Ways to Die in Video Games’ over at TechEBlog – and Halo makes an appearance. (In fact, the Halo entry is unique, in a way. Go watch.) This isn’t new; it was created by ScrewAttack, and originally went live a couple of months ago… I remember seeing…

There are 8 new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section today (though a little while ago, that number was considerably higher, and prompted me to write this note on the Fan Fiction forum – please read it if you’re an author). Go see what you can find!(Louis Wu 15:16:50 UTC)

Ross Mills found a VERY old ActionTrip comic (September 2004 – two months before Halo 2 was even released)… looking back at the situation at the time (this was published right around the time that Halo 2 went gold – following an insanely busy 6 months in the Bungie offices), it doesn’t make a lot…

If you missed getting your hands on the last Cortana action figure proof (and I’m pretty darned sure you did), you’ve got another shot at it – another one has gone up on eBay. Current bid is just over $100 – auction ends in 2 days. Good luck! (Thanks to Dolbex for the heads-up… I…

Interesting. Lordstemplar1 stopped by to point out a PDF-ed Prophecy Episode 1 Graphic Novel – it’s Halo machinima, filtered and comic-booked. Pretty fun!(Louis Wu 22:36:51 UTC)

MereCatfish writes to point out LifePod 4, now available for download. Discussion revolves around news before the release of the brute vidoc, including a community panel and a ‘map of the month’. 30 minutes, 28 mb.(Louis Wu 22:34:51 UTC)

Xboxyde has interviewed Frankie, with questions that range from Halo’s origins to what’s in store. No hard answers (of course), but an interesting read nonetheless! Looks like Urk was first with the heads-up.(Louis Wu 22:13:34 UTC)

As a Christmas present to you all, Captain Spark recorded one last batch of Halo 2 dialogue (he’d said a while ago that he was done) – you can find 13 new snippets, including the Cortana ‘Leave me!’ quote from the end of High Charity, in the Dialogue Databank. Enjoy!(Louis Wu 18:54:24 UTC)

I do this with some trepidation… but what’s bandwidth for, if not to spend it profligately? Yesterday, we pointed out a couple of sites that had 720p versions of the Brute video documentary for download – but only one of those (GameVideos.com) offered a QuickTime version. And that QuickTime version had a few drawbacks: it…