Category: HBO

There are 18 pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section – go read. I had to delete a surprising number of stories from the queue – either there is a large influx of new writers, or there are community members who simply don’t want to read the rules. If you don’t want your…

I doubt they do this for EVERY applicant – but the fact that they do it at all is pretty darned nice. weephun (a forum regular, and a major contributor during the I Love Bees ARG) applied for a job as a Test Engineer a bit ago. He didn’t have the game programming experience to…

This Spartan Life has released module 3 of Episode 3 – it’s the second part of the interview with Marty O’Donnell. It’s a great discussion of the power of sound design, set amidst the battle for bodyguard position… with a nice homage to Newman and Redford at the end. (I have to say – while…

Wonga. So there’s a project over at High Speed Halo to complete Halo (the first one) in 77 minutes – and they’re currently 6 seconds from that goal. I have no doubt that once it’s completed, they’ll work to bring every difficulty level up to Legendary – but for now, the whole concept of finishing…

A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned a project to put together a ceramic Master Chief – last night, boltofaire stopped by our forum again with new pics. Check ’em out!

If you’re interested in one of those 3-foot-high Master Chief statues, there’s one on eBay right now, with a starting bid of $9.99, and no reserve. (Still almost a week left, though.) Thanks, Cassius.

Pinkuh dropped by our forum last night to display a bunch of commissioned, Halo-related work; neat stuff! (We’ve added them to her Gallery page here, as well.)

Over at the Sumthing Distribution site, you can find a track listing for the Halo 2 Original Soundtrack Volume 2. As far as I know, nobody else has published this yet. I’m drooling already! Update: Mintz pointed out that Bungie themselves published the track listing more than three months ago.

Last week, Gryphonosiris asked for slogan ideas for T-shirts with ODST themes. Today, Stuntmutt puts up a few in the current One One Se7en. Um…

We got word from Bluestrike2, at MLG PwnCast, that there was a problem with the enhanced version of Episode 6, released yesterday, that affected a small number of people, that has now been fixed. If you tried to get the iTunes version and failed yesterday, you should try again.

Luke McKay wanted to be working on some art projects last night – but he couldn’t concentrate, so what came out instead was another RvB vignette. Ah, memories!

The Halo Movie Cynics Database has been quite popular since its inception back in December. If you haven’t seen it, I urge you to visit. However, not all the submissions have been exactly in line with what we envisioned. So with the help of uber-cool Cybrfrk, the database’s home page has been revamped, calling out…

There were a large number of intriguing forum posts last night – here’s a quick roundup.Jason Jones and Alex Seropian both made it onto Next Generation’s list of ‘The Hot 100 Game Developers’. Interestingly, Randy Pitchford is on the list as well, but Halo PC is not mentioned in the paragraph explaining his contributions. Thanks,…

There’s an article on Bungie.net in which Frankie sits down with a couple of the people working on Halo 2 Vista, and gets some details on the project – what’s coming, how they’re planning to bring Halo 2 to PCs, why they went Vista-only. There’s a little bit of info about a map editor, being…

Obienator, of Wld n Crzy Guyz, put together a film called ‘Gameplay May Change During Online Play’ – it’s the story of a normal bunch of guys, meeting a bunch of Xbox Live scum on the field of battle. It’s pretty funny, and the MPRRS reviewers ranked it in the top 6 movies to come…

I wish this sort of thing never needed to be written – but I HATE theft of intellectual property. A week and a half ago, Tony Muzzatti dropped by our forum to announce a casting call for a new TV pilot he was going to film. It included links to a promo video. A few…

It’s RvB Art Update Day! Luke McKay’s collection grows by two; there’s a comic book cover he created for a friend, and a reenactment of a pretty funny scene in the most recent episode of RvB. Then, over on Elnea’s page, she’s put up a new avatar, this time for PixieSquared. Enjoy!

Podtacular Episode 54 has been released – Tips, with a focus on Midship. Thanks, Fr3d-105.

Rogue Gaming posted a note on our forum about a Halo 2 tourney this weekend, in Pickerington, OH (just outside of Columbus). If you’re in the area, check it out! (Online registration will save you a couple of bucks; link is in the forum post.)

QuaDxDaMag3 points out that MLG PwnCast Episode 6 has been posted; you can grab it in regular mp3 format, or ‘iTunes Enhanced’ m4a video format. (Comes with links to web content, and so on.) Grab the one that works for you.