Category: HBO

LoneRanger 2.5 stopped by to announce a new contest over at UNSCDF – it’s a fan fiction contest, and the top few winners will win autographed copies of Eric Nylund’s Ghosts of Onyx (and Eric has also agreed to help judge the contest). Full details can be found in the forum thread, and at the…

SpartanHunter69 submitted a trailer for his upcoming Virus of Live 2 vid – the MPRRS said ‘yea’, so here you go. It’s quite small – a minute and a half, under 7 mb in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats – watch it and gear up for the actual story!(Louis Wu 18:58:31 UTC)

Narcogen has grabbed hold of the Joe Staten interview published yesterday, wrapped it around some strawberries, sprinkled it with powdered sugar, and taken a few huge bites. Check out his analysis of the context behind the content over at Rampancy.net.(Louis Wu 14:43:21 UTC)

Nafru submitted the second episode of Maestro Cyborg to the MPRRS for review – it passed. Maestro Cyborg is a live-action series, in which a government experimental prototype (in Nightmare Armor) is tasked with the capture of the enemy flag. They don’t need hosting, as this episode, and others, are available (in both WMP9 and…

3Suns ran across a whole bunch of MLG content over at BoostMobileGaming.com – interviews, recaps, the works. The site is really heavy on Flash content, so if you’re on a slower machine, beware. You can read an interview with Walshy, an article containing Tips from Pros, three writeups of MLG Chicago (here, here, here) more…

The final chapter of Out of Mind, Rooster Teeth’s sideline into the world of Tex, has been posted for sponsors on their website. Yeah, I know they’re the big boys of Halo machinima… but man, the production values are astoundingly high on this one. If you’re a sponsor, go grab a copy. If you’re not,…

The Bungie weekly Update has been posted – and it’s full of quite a bit of varied stuff. There’s some interesting discussion (without details, of course) about Halo 3 progress, including some of the thinking behind objective-based multiplayer. (Yeah, if you’re one of those people who think Slayer is all there should ever BE to…

More online tournaments advertised over at Bungie.net – go read for all the details!(Louis Wu 18:53:56 UTC)

Sometimes, puns are so bad even Stuntmutt tries to distance himself from them. Witness today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 16:34:07 UTC)

HoBoCoRe and Razorlyte got together to put together a montage – the MPRRS reviewers thought it was solid. Just under 6 minutes long – 65.2 mb in WMP9 format, 73.3 mb in QuickTime format. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:03:24 UTC)

Twenty two new pieces (poetry and prose) in the Fan Fiction section for you today… check it out!(Louis Wu 15:36:44 UTC)

On our own forum, Darkneshasfallen has started a contest, as well – create the best ‘Halo 3 is like’ simile, win a drawing of your masterpiece. Check it out!(Louis Wu 15:12:47 UTC)

Phil, from ModHalo, stopped by to point out a contest – build the best Halo model, win $175. Full rules and discussion links are in his forum post. You’ve got until October 1 to create your masterpiece – so get modeling!(Louis Wu 15:07:38 UTC)

mnemesis posted a note on our forum about a special treat we’ve got for you – a new interview with Joe Staten (with help from Frankie and Robt McLees), focusing on those aspects of the Haloverse that are important to story lovers. Some great stuff in there! (Some pretty weird stuff, too… those guys are…

Pete Williamson ran across an interesting article on Stuff (in New Zealand) – Peter Jackson was in a talkative mood. The article is about a new Jackson-produced film called ‘Dambusters’, but Halo came up:Jackson said Halo was likely to start shooting early next year – and it was possible Halo and Dambusters could be shot…

The Halo Humpday Challenge this week was against the 8-bit Brigade; apparently, Bungie thought if they challenged a bunch of old guys, they could win easily. Ha. Old guys rule. (Old guys work together – that’s what you should learn from the writeup.) It was a sweep – 3 games to none, 8-Bit Brigade. Better…

Finnish Spartan sent along a bunch of pictures of some cardboard armor he’s putting together – check it out!(Louis Wu 14:28:58 UTC)

The second episode of Halo Heads went online today – two in two days! Chuck Norris… isn’t as tough as he looks? Thanks, Paul.(Louis Wu 12:40:46 UTC)

MsValentine has posted another Cortana cosplay photo in her RvB Image section – if you aren’t an RvB member, you can see it here. Dang!(Louis Wu 12:34:37 UTC)

Johnathan Lugo wrote to point out NYC Gaming, a site offering a number of Halo tourneys – there’s one in Brooklyn on September 2 ($30 pp to get in, MLG sponsorship on the line), and another in Manhattan on September 9 ($20 to get in, $300 plus prizes for first place). More details, rules, prizes,…