Category: HBO

Gone all day, starting to catch up… first up, a new movie. MaritalBlaze54 created ‘Crimson Halo Gift’, a tribute to Clan 0kinawa’s Crimson Halo series. It portrays a modder being ganged up on by a bunch of non-modders. The MPRRS reviewers liked the camera angles, the video quality, the editing… they weren’t thrilled with the…

FireDragon04 wrote to point out a new movie series he’s starting up – it’s called ‘Transmission’, and the Prologue is now up on his site. A prison transport ship diverts from its path to help an ally, and runs into more than it bargained for. Take a look!(Louis Wu 12:24:34 UTC)

Whoa, cool. If you’re anywhere near Toronto on September 3, you should stop by the Fan Expo – dorkARMY will be hosting a Halo 2 speedrunning competition (individual and coop). Thanks to Ducain, over at High Impact Halo, for the heads-up (you’ll find a bit more info, including contact info, in his news post).(Louis Wu…

Ever feel like you’re playing with folks who might be new to this game? Stuntmutt feels your pain. Check out today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 11:31:04 UTC)

Chron.com (the website of the Houston Chronicle) has an article (from the San Jose Mercury News, actually) about teenagers turning pro, and the worry (of their parents) that they’re forsaking their education for videogames. This has been a worry of parents of aspiring pro sports athletes and moviestars for years – it’s one more indication…

FiringSquad interviewed Eric Nylund, asking him questions about his Halo novels, past and future, among other things – not a lot of new info, but a nice summary of his involvement along the way. Thanks, reprobate.(Louis Wu 11:00:49 UTC)

Stephen Loftus continues to examine the details of the Haloverse for us – his latest object of study is the Human Entry Vehicle, used by ODSTs (and occasionally Spartans) to quickly reach a surface from orbit. Give it a read – lots of stats, lots of pictures!(Louis Wu 03:20:15 UTC)

Vinny Sibel sent along a picture of Elongation, made with legos, created by xbroyboyremix of Halopen Films. Pretty cool!(Louis Wu 03:14:21 UTC)

jdogmoney kicked off another contest on our forum – again, no prizes (this seems to be a theme these days), but it’s an interesting premise – come up with something nobody else can do (within Halo), and post it in the thread (preferably with proof). More specific rules are listed in the post. Check it…

QsK King, from QsKGlobal.Com, submitted ‘StandBy Me’ to the MPRRS recently; it’s an ode to the most common form of cheating on Xbox Live. Nice effects. I’d never heard the All Saints version of this song before… but man, it fits the action pretty nicely. Grab it in WMP9 format (53.9 mb) or QuickTime format…

AnubisUK wrote to let us know of a new trailer being hosted by Broken Console Productions – it was created by Silent Fisher, one of their clan members, and it’s for a movie entitled ‘Splinter Cell: Crisis’. Sam Fisher is now wearing MC armor, and creeping around Zanzibar… 28 mb, WMP9 format.(Louis Wu 13:40:15 UTC)

Heh – gljake found a fun Halo reference in the latest issue of Wired. I’m not sure it’ll be funny if it actually comes true…(Louis Wu 19:37:43 UTC)

Paul Davies has submitted another gorgeous piece of Halo artwork – this one is called ‘Ghost Ship’, and shows what might have happened to the Pillar of Autumn in a parallel universe, maybe. If you like Paul’s work, he’s just finished an overhaul of his website; there’s a whole collection of sci-fi artwork there, not…

For lots of people, WMP9 is a difficult-to-use movie type; for those people, we do our best to provide most movies we host (or that we think are worth hosting) in QuickTime format. This is now true with Walshy’s montage, released last night (check this MLGPro.com forum thread for lots of download links to the…

An article in the Fitchburg (MA) Sentinel and Enterprise discusses a local Halo 2 tourney happening today, with a $1000 first prize; not sure if it’s too late, but if you live near Fitchburg, swing on by the local iGameSpot!(Louis Wu 17:47:11 UTC)

Sigafoos points out that WikiRiot Episode 12 is up – a pair of interviews, plus plenty of Halo news. 47 minutes, 19 mb. Go listen.(Louis Wu 13:42:43 UTC)

A couple of days ago, we mentioned a hand-painted faceplate on eBay – that’s gone (it went for just over $100), but the artist reminds us that he’s got other Halo goodies available for sale there. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 13:40:27 UTC)

So the big news last night was the release of a montage by Final Boss member Walshy – the editing is a bit heavy in places, but it’s really nicely produced, and you can get a real sense for how fast and accurately this guy can kill his opponents. At the moment, the best place…

Whoa, bizarre. Back in March, we listed links to ISBNdb.com and Amazon.com for the upcoming Nylund novel, Ghosts of Coral. Following those links today, you find that the info hasn’t changed… but if you change the ‘com’ in the amazon link to ‘co.uk’, you get to a book listed as ‘Ghosts of Onyx’ (quick screenshot,…

The Bungie Weekly Update is super-early this week – and it’s pretty short, though there are a sizeable number of Halo 3 teasers in it. No Mister Chief, either, because apparently Pinkuh made him too sexy. (Knowing Pinkuh, that almost certainly means there’s nudity involved… and I’m not sure I can stomach a nude Mister…