Category: HBO

9 new pieces in the Fan Fiction section for you this week… go read!(Louis Wu 12:42:03 UTC)

KP pointed out that in lieu of a real Halo Humpday Challenge, there’s another Halo 3 random match writeup; you can pore over it for clues about Halo 3 multiplay, as some on our forum have done… or you can read it and be amused and move on. Clearly, it was written specifically so that…

Wow. Big news this morning involves the Halo movie – looks like Universal and Fox have both pulled out of the deal, citing fears of ballooning costs, and an unwillingness on Microsoft’s part to budge on the existing deal. According to Variety, where I read this story (thanks, runnersdialzero), this doesn’t spell the end of…

Paul Maestri takes a look at corporate sponsorship in the latest Halo Heads… here’s hoping his vision is cloudy.(Louis Wu 20:05:18 UTC)

Doug Godfrey has been working on his own Halo models for a while (search our news database if you’d like to see older bits) – recently he submitted a work montage to the MPRRS, and they liked it. It’s a teaser of what’s to come – it’s only a minute long. You can grab it…

A TTL Gunslinger stopped by to point out a new article at Tied the Leader – a discussion of the 24 hour XBL blackout that took place a couple of days ago. Fun read! There’s also a clan profile of Podtacular – go read!(Louis Wu 16:28:02 UTC)

downrodeo found a short excerpt from Ghosts of Onyx at a Canadian Amazon website – if you’re not afraid of spoilers, go read! (I’m not saying there ARE spoilers – I’m saying that there isn’t a single unified idea of what ‘spoiler’ means in this community, and it’s almost guaranteed that some of you will…

Major Silva stopped by our forum yesterday to announce that his interview with Eric Nylund was now posted at UNSCDF; while Nylund still doesn’t give away a lot of secrets about the upcoming Ghosts of Onyx, it’s clear that there are still good questions you can ask (the guys who did the IGN and Gamespot…

KP interviewed another community member via IM yesterday – Chris547, a Bungie.net moderator, talked about what got him going in the Bungie community, and what constitutes a good day. Go read!(Louis Wu 15:58:54 UTC)

Tyger let us know that Tsquared was on Fox recently – MLGPro has all the details.(Louis Wu 19:57:10 UTC)

Paul Maestri points out a new Halo Heads comic – for those who had trouble with the loss of Xbox Live for 24 (plus) hours, this one’s for you.(Louis Wu 19:55:58 UTC)

Dave wrote to point out a Halo tourney in Columbus, OH this weekend (Oct 22nd) – swing by their website for more details!(Louis Wu 19:49:15 UTC)

Stuntmutt looks at the newest Team Carnage playlist in today’s One One Se7en… it definitely seems to be this way for the first few weeks.(Louis Wu 14:05:04 UTC)

Hellhawk submitted ‘All Star’ to the MPRRS yesterday; it’s a music video set to the Smash Mouth song. Great quality, nice visuals… the reviewers liked it, and so did I. Grab it in WMP9 format (44.5 mb) or QuickTime format (40.9 mb).(Louis Wu 14:01:04 UTC)

Laird stopped by our forum last night with some screenshots from the upcoming Unyielding Part 2. He’s shooting for January… looks pretty good!(Louis Wu 13:48:29 UTC)

Jake Meents pointed out a Halo-related strip from the webcomic Oxygen Deficient. Heh – been there, done that.(Louis Wu 13:46:17 UTC)

There’s a hefty writeup of the Carbon-Final Boss matchup in New York last weekend over at MLGPro.com – thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:43:13 UTC)

Simulation 2: Snowbound tells a story of an army simulation – a live-fire exercise where nothing is real. (It’s the followup to HollywoodNHouse’s Simulation). The MPRRS liked it – so we’re hosting a WMP9 version (40.9 mb) and a QuickTime version (37.9 mb) – grab the one that works best for you!(Louis Wu 21:57:32 UTC)

MLG has a nice writeup of the 1v1 bracket (which Karma dominated) in New York; I find it interesting to compare how the top 1v1 players do in team situations. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 21:50:09 UTC)

Treeskunk Productions have released Outpost: Backwash, Episode 0; it ties this series together with their older ‘Outpost: Coagulation’ series. It’s available in a wide variety of formats from their Media page – go pick one! Thanks, trigger119.(Louis Wu 20:58:34 UTC)