Category: HBO

Okay, this is an unusual one. A couple of days ago, a movie titled ‘Halo | Redemption’ passed the MPRRS. It had been filmed in Halo 1, back in 2003 – but had never been distributed outside of some friends. Jeff Stoltzfus and Shawn Heifert, the co-creators, had been assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division…

It’s a short Weekly Update this week over at Bungie.net – even Frankie’s FIRST post is short. Pretty cool image of Mister Chief, though. Go read. (You can, of course, choose to read it here, in our Weekly Update Archive.)

Very nice. McGrude found this image in a Worth1000 contest – RvB stamps for Going Postal 6. If you’re a member – go vote on it!

Foo Mo Jive points out that Podtacular Episode 59 was released a bit ago… we’re slacking. Go listen! They want to hit 1500 listeners by E3.

A couple of tournament announcements – one I missed from earlier this week (sorry, XsAik0) in Northern Virginia – 2v2 on April 29, more details here or here, and one in West Chester Ohio – 4v4 on May 6 (thanks, Scooter). If you live in either area, check these out!

Lots of new content over at Halo: Portable – you can find Mutha G’s Lookie vid, a collection of Halo rap mp3s, Stephen Loftus’ article on Phantoms, and some PSP wallpapers from Major.Dump. (And of course, later tonight you’ll be able to find a portable version of the weekly update there, as well.)

On the heels of this week’s MLG news, MLG PwnCast releases Episode 10 (yes, 9 came out a couple of days ago) – go listen. (There’s also a ‘call to action’ for anyone at MLG New York.)

A few folks saw this on Wednesday – but it’s still relevant, and new to most. And given Frankie’s postage recently, it’s even MORE appropriate. Go check out today’s One One Se7en.

If you’ve ever hunted for Halo gameplay vids to download, the name Hp-Fil4 is probably known to you; he runs a huge archive in Poland, and has often been the only source of specific games as a non-subscription download. Well… because he lives in Poland, he hasn’t had much chance to compete against the best…

Fifteen new pieces in the Fan Fiction section this week – go read!

DOMINATOR is offering $50 for the best HaloCE map submitted to him by mid-June – go read this forum post for more details. Careful, though – he’s reserved the right to give himself the prize…

Couple of articles out of Bungie.net today, both related to Halo music. The first update is about the upcoming PLAY! concert in Chicago on May 27th. Marty and Mike Salvatori will both be on hand to hang out and sign autographs. The second article is about a music mash-up contest being run by Sumthing Else…

Bluestrike2 points out that MLG PwnCast Episode 9 has been posted – they’ve gotten some help from the crew of MLGStats.com. Go listen!

This one’s sort of strange – the Ogres, Walshy, and Saiyan – Team3D to most of the Halo-playing world – have left Team3D and will be playing under the name ‘Final Boss’ for the rest of the 2006 season. Apparently, it’s a better sponsorship deal. (Not surprising, with all the money flying around right now…

If you liked Mutha G’s Lookie vid a few days ago, you can now grab the MP3 version (and lyrics!) in this forum post. Word, yo. (Don’t forget to vote for his rock station commercial – details are in that forum post.)

Kuniklo pointed out that Bungie is hiring again; they’re looking for a new Lead Web Development Engineer. Dream job for webheads who are also Bungie fans? Sure! Go check it out! (To be fair, Cybrfrk pointed this out to me a week ago, but I wasn’t sure it was a new listing…)

Looks like a nice Halo 2 tourney is shaping up in Clovis, CA in early May – check this page at GotFrag for details. FFA on Friday, 4v4 on Saturday…

Stuntmutt recently hung out with some clanmates (in a bar, where else?), and they discovered why there are only three strips a week. Check out today’s One One Se7en to see for yourself. (We’d like to apologize for the accidental posting of Friday’s strip, for a short time; I blame me. Well, actually, I blame…

Ron Dagan pointed out a Halo-based horror short story on his myspace account – take a look.

Zukan created a trailer for Vendetta, a trilogy he’s planning to make in the next few months; it’s garnered a TON of decent press to date, both from the general public, and from the MPRRS reviewers. It’s really, really well done – I’m looking forward with great anticipation to the final product. Grab a copy…