Category: HBO

MTV has an article today about how secrecy is both a necessity and a publicity tool for video game manufacturers – and Frank O’Connor, of Bungie Studios, is their prime evidence. Great read. Frankie, of course, broke the story.(Louis Wu 17:20:42 UTC)

Interesting – Dry Ice posted a note on our forum with a subject line guaranteed to rile the masses (I almost got annoyed when I saw it) – but the content is pretty solid stuff! Eric Nylund’s latest blog post talks about ways to get yourself writing again – and one of the anecdotes he…

I didn’t clear out the queue, but there are 20 new desktop images in the Wallpaper section (27, if you count variants) – we’ll get there! Check ’em out.(Louis Wu 12:52:19 UTC)

Nexus Beat sent us word of a 2v2 tourney being run by a forum member of MediaGamers.com – swing by this thread to read the rules. No prize yet – but they’re working on it.(Louis Wu 11:54:47 UTC)

XerxdeeJ takes a hard look at clans, and what they mean for online play, in the lastest Tied the Leader discussion. Always nice when we get a heads-up in our forum!(Louis Wu 11:33:29 UTC)

Narcogen has taken the latest Halo Story Page update as a jumping-off place for speculation – some good thoughts about the Halo 3 trailer in there! Give it a read.(Louis Wu 11:18:23 UTC)

It’s all over but the writeups – MLG Chicago finished up yesterday, with Final Boss beating out Storm Ventures (twice) for the 4v4 win, and Karma holding on to his 1v1 winning streak. Full brackets are here. The full writeup of the 4v4 finals should be interesting – we’ll let you know when it’s up!…

MaritalBlaze54 submitted another comedy vid to the MPRRS; shorts from Mitch Hedburg and Dane Cook, set to Halo action. The reviewers gave it a thumbs-up, so grab a copy in either WMP9 format (28.3 mb) or QuickTime format (30.8 mb). Don’t forget your cranium accessories!(Louis Wu 18:52:40 UTC)

Jillybean, poked by our very own Stuntmutt, posted an update to the Halo Story page – she gave Stuntmutt his moment in the sun (yeah, he needs more of those), but also gathered up a few choice morsels from the banquet table that is the Halo Story mailbag (including, of course, a random shot at…

Advanced Media Network has a recap of the Championship Gaming Invitational – pics, plus interviews with folks like PMS Clan’s Mary Jane. Check it out!(Louis Wu 14:40:11 UTC)

Ivan Jiron sent us word of the Halo 3 Data Archive, a Halo blog that normally looks at the Bungie Weekly Update, but this week chose to cover the Halo Graphic Novel instead (including speculation about tie-ins to Halo 3). Give it a read! (Again – this one contains HGN spoilers.)(Louis Wu 14:34:31 UTC)

If you’ve read the Halo Graphic Novel, there are a bunch of fun tidbits in this forum post, courtesy of Mr. Paul; he spent some time grilling Robt McLees. (If you haven’t read it yet… wait.)(Louis Wu 14:29:37 UTC)

QuickTactical wrote up a pretty comprehensive guide for using Windows Movie Maker – if you’re just getting started in Halo machinima, and you have a PC, you DEFINITELY should read this piece. He originally posted it on the HaloGrid forums – but gave us permission to host it here, as well. Awesome stuff – a…

Heh – Mintz found a Hooked on Polygon comic that takes sharp aim at the internet rumor mill, and specifically the ridiculousness that occurs when people are dying for Halo movie info. Spot on.(Louis Wu 01:08:13 UTC)

Whoa, funky. Apparently, a monthly Halo comic, a joint venture from Bungie and Marvel and debuting next summer, was announced during a panel about the Halo Graphic Novel given yesterday at Comic-Con. More info when we know it – but you can read a short article about it at IGN. Thanks, Starbuck.(Louis Wu 12:51:09 UTC)

Chairleg Productions released Episode 2 of their new series, MPs, this week. This one is shaping up to be amazing – really high production values, including fantastic audio, beautifully-integrated effects, and really smooth cinematography. Humor continues to be high, and character development is really strong. We’re helping out with a mirror of the WMP9 version…

Heh – the profiling continues over at MLGPro.com – a rivalry between eX and XiT Woundz, 5th and 4th seeds respectively, is outlined in this article. Thanks again, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 12:37:20 UTC)

As we mentioned a few hours ago, Rockslider uncovered a new speech by Sarge, normally not audible in-game because Johnson is (usually) encountered dead on a pelican… in that time, Captain Spark reproduced the situation and recorded the snippet. You can find it in our Dialogue Databank. (The discussion is still going on in Rockslider’s…

There’s a nice little preview of the upcoming battles to be seen at MLG Chicago, over on MLGPro.com – thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 02:42:57 UTC)

The current Bungie Weekly Update was penned by KP, nearly alone in the cavernous Bungie offices as the entire staff of 180 traveled down to San Diego to hang out with the RvB guys at Comic-Con. (Okay, there might have been a few exaggerations in that sentence.) He made the best of what he was…