Category: HBO

MLG continues to look at the top teams in the ramp-up to MLG Chicago; the latest interview is with Triggers Down. Fun read – thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:03:49 UTC)

Gamepro has written up their idea of The 55 Greatest Moments in Gaming; Halo 2 takes 36, for a Berserker in multiplayer, and Halo pulls in #2, for the Maw run. Not too shabby! Thanks, Private Idaho.(Louis Wu 12:56:32 UTC)

MLG has posted a summary of the predictions of one of the pros for the upcoming MLG Chicago tourney – interesting to see how well he does. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 17:42:26 UTC)

Heh – spartanerik noticed a Halo-related construction over at HowStuffWorks, in an article entitled ‘How Play-Doh® Modeling Compound Works’; on the off chance that the pic disappears, we’ve archived it here. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 15:32:44 UTC)

For the most part, movies we host run through the Movie Peer Review Rating System; it gives useful feedback to the movie maker, and it cuts down on the films the staff actually needs to weed through to find the gems. It works really well – though since it’s totally volunteer-run, occasionally, movies are in…

Fans in our forum are pointing out that the Halo Graphic Novel is showing up in stores – so today’s One One Se7en riffs on Brian Jarrard’s Newsarama interview from last week to take another shot at… well, One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 11:48:43 UTC)

Mute Radio, a new venture that has evolved out of MLG PwnCast, opens its doors – it sounds like their focus is shifting from Halo to everything that gamers are interested in (which means that while they’ll be appealing to a larger audience overall, we’ll be covering them less) – but for now, their first…

MLG’s got an interview with XiT Woundz, one of the top-rated pro teams preparing to compete at MLG Chicago this weekend. Sounds like these guys are ready for the fight! Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 11:28:47 UTC)

Riccardo Lee Davies sent us word of a UK Halo 2 LAN tourney coming up in August in Birmingham, West Midlands – it’s being run by TriStarGames Ltd., and details can be found on their website. £15/pp to get in, lots of goodies to win (top prize for the 2v2 tourney is a pair of…

augie doggy put together a paper mache rocket launcher – check out a pic (and a link to a thread over at High Impact Halo, with more pics) in this forum post. Nice work!(Louis Wu 21:41:08 UTC)

Andre Vrignaud is a member of the Xbox Platform Strategy group, and used to be the Drector of Technical Strategy for Xbox Live. His latest blog post contains a Penny Arcade strip that the PA guys created for the XBL team when Xenon (the project that eventually became the Xbox 360) was approved for go-ahead.…

Mintz writes to point out that Halo: Portable has quite a bit of new content for you; a few classic Mike Miller vids (Legend | Winning isn’t everything | In Too Deep), along with a portable version of Whammy Kablammy, and a new episode of their podcast. Get to downloading!(Louis Wu 12:11:02 UTC)

Over at Bungie.net, there’s a news bit that takes straighter-than-usual aim at a rumor currently circulating – normally, Bungie ignores rumors, but when they get bad enough, they feel like they have to step in. Folks are spreading the word that a ‘stealth auto update’ has occurred on Xbox Live – that a tree with…

If scary pictures give you nightmares, don’t visit Bungie.net for KP’s interview of Stuntmutt – that opening mugshot will haunt your dreams. If you can get past it, though, the rest of the interview’s a pretty funny read. The final strip is badly referenced (at least right now) – you can see the large version…

Wow – if you weren’t excited about the upcoming release of the Halo Graphic Novel, swing by IGN and read Hilary Goldstein’s review; it should pump you up. Great summaries without spoilers, nice commentary on where this piece of work fits into the Halo universe. Thanks, AfroRyan.(Louis Wu 20:16:32 UTC)

I have to go lie down – today’s One One Se7en has given me pun-overload.(Louis Wu 16:55:13 UTC)

Heh – we got an email from ODST Major General Fannin, who, along with his buddies, engaged the enemy in some paintball combat in Acramandale, NY. They (the 712th UNSC Marine Division) beat the 567th UNSC Marine Division in three rounds, over 7 hours – kill-to-death ratio was 19-7, and a couple of pics came…

Northeast noticed a vid on YouTube that reproduces the Sin City trailer in the Halo engine. (It’s different from the one we hosted here.) Go watch – pretty good work!(Louis Wu 11:19:09 UTC)

Just a quick reminder: Submission period for the 7 on the 7th contest ends in about 4 and half hours (9 pm PST, midnight EST, 4 am UTC). If you’re gonna enter, now’s the time! (Louis Wu 23:33:11 UTC)

Midnight In Iraq, a weblog written by a Halo diehard currently serving in Iraq, has a great piece on a Halo tournament at Camp Fallujah, in Iraq. (Midnight won.) Fun read. Thanks, THX Slayer.(Louis Wu 23:31:18 UTC)