Category: HBO

Yesterday, we pointed out a new video from insidi0us, called Maptacular. It received nearly universal approval on our forum (multiple threads – this is the first), and while I can’t tell you how much traffic the hosts in the MLG thread handled, I can tell you we served over 15,000 copies in the past 24…

This morning, a new trailer from CROSSFIRE (previously known for machinima such as ‘The Harvest’ and ‘Hell Quarters’) passed the MPRRS – Havoc is a new ‘experimental film’ on its way, and the trailer might show you a bit about what you can expect. Superb effects, great camera angles – I’m looking forward to the…

Heh – Frankie pointed out a thread on the Bungie.net forums yesterday, in which a fan has suggested that next week (January 9-15) should be Elite Week; folks should switch over to the Elite model on Xbox Live for the week. Heck… we’ve certainly done SILLIER things…

netjak has reviewed Stubbs the Zombie – and mostly, they liked it. (G Allen, who pointed this review out to us, noted that a 6 from netjak signifies a pretty good game, and a 9 would be a game of the year – Stubbs pulled in a 7.7, which suggests both that they liked it,…

Yesterday’s Day to Day program on NPR looked at the future of video programming… and the first interviewee was Bryan Dann, a teenager from New Jersey (who posts on our forum as HunterXL). During the interview, Bryan brought the interviewer into his basement, and logged into XBL to play some Halo 2 to illustrate how…

Newcity Chicago (a city paper in – yep, you guessed it – Chicago) has a writeup of the MLG Chicago event a couple of weeks ago. It’s a pretty interesting read, because it’s a subject we’ve seen a lot of press on recently – but none from outside the Halo community. (This is pretty mainstream.)…

A couple of tidbits over at MLGPro.com – the Player of the Week this week is Lil Poison, the 7-year-old wunderkind; “pound for pound, Lil Poison is quite possibly the best gamer in the world.” Heh. Nice interview. (Thanks, 3Suns.) And they’ve started a fun new feature – Pro Player Cards, where you can get…

Yesterday, the Village Voice posted their picks for ‘Best Video Games of the Year’… and Halo 2 is on it. (I tried to find their 2004 list, but I wasn’t successful – I was curious to see if Halo 2 would have been on that one, too.)

I love days like this. (Well, not really.) Finally catching up on Halo news – sorry for the delay! Last night, Bungie put up a new Top Story – a number of the staff put forth their New Years Resolutions. There are a couple of TINY Halo mentions, which allow this post to squeak by…

Tied The Leader has another rant up – this one looks at folks complaining about the ‘problems’ with Halo 2. It’s definitely confrontational… but then, this issue always is. Read it with an open mind.

2old2play has posted 2old2type Episode 16, a two-part podcast that looks at the Xbox 360, their new Halo Challenge team, and the future of their MLG Pro team (plus lots of tips). Just under 50 mb… go grab it!

Yesterday, insidi0us (heretofore known primarily for s7ylish speedruns) sent me a link to a thread on the MLG forums, which highlighted a new project he’d just released. In it, he took a really artistic tour through the Halo 1 multiplayer maps – every aspect of this video was amazingly well thought out. Ostensibly, it’s a…

The Ultimate Movie Cynic pipes up in today’s One One Se7en. The man’s got a way with words…

MLG’s Sundance DiGiovanni wrote an article for GameDaily Biz about the potential for watching televised gaming – it was picked up by an Ars Technica blog with some enthusiasm. Has the time come for videogames to join pro sports as spectator events? You decide!

Jessica (I refuse to use her forum tag name!) details her involvement in getting her HS Orchestra Band to play The T&R Suite!The just under 4 min, 18 mb WMV file is being hosted by Mythica, go grab a copy and enjoy!This isn’t the first time we’ve seen video of a school attempting to play…

DigitalPh33r has put together a machinima called ‘Abnormality 2’, which tells the story of some unofficial Spartan augmentations, and what can happen when things go wrong. It’s really well-filmed, has a solid storyline, and decent acting – the only downside is that the video quality isn’t fantastic. Unfortunately, the raw video files have been lost,…

Compton wrote up a 6v6 CTF match in a way that puts you in the game – you can read it here. (And yes, it seems that Compton will soon be acting like a giddy school girl. Scary thought.)

Over at his Tied the Leader blog, XerxdeeJ has written a piece looking at the job Guillermo del Toro might do as director for the Halo movie, if he does, indeed, become the director. A nice upbeat outlook – we all need to read these at times! Check it out.

Ross Mills found a couple of Halo-related strips at the Press Start to Play webcomic – you can find links in his forum thread.

Dead or Alive 4’s unlockable Spartan has been the subject of quite a bit of scrutiny recently… Major Nelson posted 22 new screenshots (thanks, Capt 0bvious), though they look better if you stretch them back to 4:3 aspect ratio, instead of the 16:9 he posted them at, and Jeux France has a 75 mb MPEG-encoded…