Category: HBO

TheGhost wrote to remind people about the Yoyorast Island Race Contest – we mentioned it a couple of weeks ago, but it’s since moved to a more permanent home, at H2Vista.net. TheGhost would also like to encourage anyone who is interested in Halo 2 Vista modding or map making to sign up at the forums.(Louis…

Video Games Live at the Hollywood Bowl is now less than a week away – and Tommy Tallarico has sent out a note to people on his mailing list with final info. It also includes an offer for 20% the bench seat price in a couple of sections – if you don’t have tickets yet,…

3Suns catalogued a BOATLOAD of new content over at MLGPro.com (they should hire that guy as a PR flak) – check out his forum post for details.(Louis Wu 14:07:12 UTC)

CupiD-082 pointed out Halo-Battle, a Halo-themed MMO-RTS based on the online game Ogame. It’s being developed by French fans, so the website is currently in French – but they’re planning on making the final version bilingual. Check ’em out! (In light of the recent events surrounding Halogen, we should make clear that we’re not publicizing…

While you’re in a Story state of mind, swing by the Halo Story Page – Jillybean has gathered together a few of the recent baubles sent in by fans and made a pretty story necklace. Put it on!(Louis Wu 13:24:47 UTC)

The Ephorate has written up an analysis of existing info on Ghosts of Onyx in their Halo 3 Data Archive. They use it to tie GoO into Halo 3 – it’s a rather extensive read, so bring your coffee mug. Thanks, ivan.(Louis Wu 13:22:20 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update has been posted – there is a nice description of the current state of the AI for non-player characters helping you in your warthog, there are a bunch of questions from Bungie.net forumgoers (along with answers, of course)… and there’s a depiction of what Frankie would look like if drawn by…

KSP SRT submitted another montage to the MPRRS – though it was really heavily loaded with effects, they liked it. You can grab it in WMP9 format (48.5 mb) or QuickTime format (55.5 mb). In this case, the WMP9 version is better – sorry to the QT users!(Louis Wu 19:48:53 UTC)

Victor De Leon sends word about GetScrims.com – a service to help halo players hook up with one another, before they get on Xbox Live. Take a look!(Louis Wu 17:33:56 UTC)

Stuntmutt takes a look at the Bungie Community Team’s biggest challenge in today’s One One Se7en. (Louis Wu 16:07:48 UTC)

The New York Post has an article about Lil Poison – and how he’s making money tutoring adults to play Halo. Nice! Thanks, Jim Shorts.(Louis Wu 15:44:49 UTC)

XerxdeeJ pointed out that two of the larger Halo-based blogs, Tied the Leader and Dead Man’s Hand, are merging – you’ll find the newest Dead Man’s Hand content over at the Tied the Leader site. (Including, this time around, a 22 Questions interview with a random Halo fansite admin.)(Louis Wu 15:35:44 UTC)

Sixteen new stories in the Fan Fiction section today – go read!(Louis Wu 14:40:33 UTC)

A few days ago, vlad3163 put up a note on our forum that I forgot to mention; the October issue of Electronic Games Monthly contains a feature they call ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Gamers’ – and 3 of the 5 collectible cards they have are Halo-related! Congrats to ‘The Damsel’ aka Amber Dalton aka Athena…

Over at High Impact Halo, Ducain posted a notice about a new Halo 2 Easter Egg Database; it’s a work in progress, and right now contains (mixed in among the real easter eggs) a bunch of stuff that probably shouldn’t be considered ‘eggs’, per se… but it’s a fantastic start, and it’ll be polished up…

Jordan117 half-jokingly asked Bungie to acknowledge this… they might, or they might not, but it’s a pretty interesting read, so I’m putting it here, because I think more people should see it. He’s got some interesting theories about Earth-related backstory – stuff that hasn’t actually been discussed, but which (if you check out his meticulously…

Bungie’s version of the Halo Humpday Challenge is now up – and surprisingly, it matches that of the Video Game Refugees pretty closely. (I think I just saw Miss Piggy float past my window.) Good postmortem, overall – if the rest of the Bungie guys actually READ this, they might learn enough strategy to beat…

Bungie extends its losing streak in the Halo Humpday Challenges to three – this week, it played the Video Gaming Refugees, another bunch of old guys. Once again, old and crafty proves better than young and fast. Or young and confused. Whatever. VGR swept, 3-0 (plus the warmup game). Nice writeup, overall, from Yaters. The…

Paul Maestri let us know that Halo Heads 6 has been posted… it looks at online modding. And I must say… that’s a mod I’d actually LIKE to see!(Louis Wu 12:43:19 UTC)

Over at Ain’t it Cool News, Quint has scored an interview with Peter Jackson – and today’s installment focuses on Halo. Jackson is excited about Blomkamp, Jackson is excited about the script, Jackson is excited about the effects that are under construction. He’s pretty garrulous about it all… it’s a great read! Thanks to Mike…