Category: HBO

Boost Mobile has an interview with Tsquared – he reminisces about the tourneys that got him going in the Halo Pro scene, he discusses the pro circuit, and he tells a fun story about a cop with a Halo-playing son. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:09:48 UTC)

Wow. Ferrago has a story about online gaming, and mostly, it’s just a screed about how crappy Halo 2 multiplayer is, how many problems it has, and how silly Bungie is for not having figured out how to fix those problems yet. (They also blame some of the problems on the “lack of an established…

Over at Tied the Leader, there are a couple of new articles – there’s a writeup of their Third Annual LAN Party (a shindig involving players from all over the US), and a 22 Questions interview with KP (who knew the guy was also Shishka?). Give ’em a read! Thanks, Dweezle.(Louis Wu 11:38:51 UTC)

Embarrassed that Stuntmutt guessed their Humpday Challenge strategy, the entire Bungie team (except for KP) hid this week when it came time to meet their opponents… so the Challenge never took place. However, KP gets paid by the word (I think he’s up to three cheerios per at this point), so in order to earn…

Rookie Rabbit Productions sent along ‘The Spartan Effect: Episode 1’ for review; they said they didn’t need hosting, so we posted a note about this earlier today… but apparently, even just the HTML hits were killing them, so we pulled the post. I’ve gotten local versions posted, however, so I’m putting this back. It’s the…

Landon ‘LaP’ Pratte submitted a somewhat different movie to the MPRRS – it’s called ‘Return to Innocence’, and it’s set to Enigma’s eponymous song. He used Halo CE to create this film (and did all the acting/filming himself); many of the shots had to be created with camera scripts and AI enemy scripts. There are…

RipHamilton32 submitted ‘The Denial Twist’ to the MPRRS – guy tries for girl, blows it, but gets it right the second time. SERIOUS compression – this two and a half minute, full-size movie weighs in at a paltry 7 mb. Grab it in WMP9 format or QuickTime format.(Louis Wu 12:58:14 UTC)

Ace Heart dug up some pretty cool pictures of Fort Jesus, in Mombasa – they might remind you of something.(Louis Wu 12:55:04 UTC)

Not specifically Halo-related, but our Fan Fiction community is reasonably large, so… Looks like this weekend’s Wall Street Journal had an article about the rise of fan fiction in popular media – and how Fanfic writers were even, in some cases, getting publishing deals. The article itself is only available to paying subscribers online -…

_Wheels03 got his Xbox 360 set up with his (relatively) new Halo faceplate – looks spiffy!(Louis Wu 17:27:19 UTC)

Halo Heads 9 was posted today – now THAT looks like a fun game!(Louis Wu 17:22:27 UTC)

It’s Wednesday, so Bungie will likely be playing a Halo Humpday Challenge against some unsuspecting group tonight. Stuntmutt offers some suggestions on how the selection process works in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:33:15 UTC)

Justin Durban sent us word of a ‘Nostalgia Trailer’ edited by HolmesG. – which uses Justin’s music as the soundtrack. It’s a nice piece of work, and quite short – so we’re hosting copies here (WMP9 | QuickTime) – 7 mb each. Give it a watching!(Louis Wu 15:14:44 UTC)

In his latest blog entry, Narcogen takes a look at ‘boss battles’, and tries to figure out if any of the existing characters from Halo 2 would make good candidates for a Halo 3 boss battle. Interesting – but maybe the vision is too narrow?(Louis Wu 13:51:44 UTC)

Peter Moore talked to News.com about where Microsoft’s console empire stands, and what’s in store – Halo, as could probably be predicted, plays a pretty big role. Some of his answers may leave you scratching your head.(Louis Wu 12:39:19 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, the Community Spotlight has been turned on XerxdeeJ, of Tied the Leader. Don’t mind the beads of sweat; that spot is HOT. If you’re not a regular reader of TTL, read this to see what you’re missing. If you ARE, read this to learn a bit more about TTL’s head honcho. (And…

Sigh… I thought I was going to get through today without having to mention that it’s International Talk Like a Pirate Day. (Is there also an international Dress Like a Transvestite Day? How about a Snuffle Like an Aardvark Day?) Halo Heads 8 references the ‘holiday’ specifically, so… thanks, Paul Maestri. (Thanks a LOT.)(Louis Wu…

Well, it’s not EMPTY, but the Miscellaneous Art queue has just dropped in size by 30 images. Swing by to see a fun collection of sketches, renders, paintings, collages, and more. There’s some awesome stuff in there this time! (I’m only 2 weeks behind! w00t!)(Louis Wu 17:15:55 UTC)

Mike Rouse, of Machine-Enema, submitted ‘Pie, Chapter 1’ to the MPRRS yesterday. It passed, handily; it’s different from a lot of machinima out there. It has a powerful storyline, and a clever use of mods. The video has a distinctive (and intentional) look to it; it adds nicely to the atmosphere of the film. It’s…

The Video Games Live website has a new press release that contains a list of all the ‘industry luminaries’ that will be present at the VGL Hollywood Bowl show on Thursday night. If you were on the fence about going… check this out.(Louis Wu 14:18:41 UTC)