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Friday, May 26, 2006 |  |
That Hand! That's... a Dead Man's Hand!
Dweezle86 dropped by our forum to let us know that there's a bunch of new content at Dead Man's Hand; aside from the article we mentioned a couple of days ago, there are interviews with Damian Lacedaemion of THis Spartan Life and Mintz of Halo: Portable, along with a number of Halo-related (or not related) articles. Go read! (Louis Wu 18:45:41 UTC) (permalink)
Customize your Desktop
Wow, very cool. Oftenk pointed out some Halo Dock icons at customize.org - really nice work. Check 'em out! (Louis Wu 17:37:55 UTC) (permalink)
Tourneys in PA, OH
More tourney stuff: Paulie Danger wanted to let people know about a series of events in the Philadelphia area, starting in August - details are at the Console Wars website... and tish mentioned a 4v4 tourney in Cincinnati on June 10 - more details in that forum post. (Louis Wu 17:35:19 UTC) (permalink)
Cookout! Grenades! Cake!
rapture sent word that recently the Hushed Casket held a LANfest - 'Cookout! Grenades! 2' - to celebrate one member's house purchase and the anniversary of the first Cookout! Grenades! LAN (with a shout-out to Midnight, who couldn't be there because he's in Iraq)... and of course, they had a Halo-themed cake (pic 1 | pic 2). Nice! (Louis Wu 17:05:45 UTC) (permalink)
Dry-tacular!
The One One Se7en celebrity guests continue - today's strip comes from Warbow, of Calvin and Halo fame. There's even some color! (Louis Wu 15:25:00 UTC) (permalink)
Posters away
After an unfortunate delay that was all my fault, the winners of the halo.bungie.org poster raffle should be receiving their one-of-a-kind prizes in the next few days! From all of us here at HBO, our deepest thanks to the talented artists who donated their work and of course the fine folks at splodeswag for making the official HBO shirt a reality. Are we done with HBO shirts? Stay tuned! (Ding 14:26:25 UTC) (permalink)
Friday Fiction Update
Fifteen new pieces for you in the Fan Fiction section today - go read! (Louis Wu 14:12:03 UTC) (permalink)
PLAY! with Marty and Mike
Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net, reminds us that Marty O'Donnell and Mike Salvatori will be at the PLAY! premiere tomorrow in Chicago - you can get more information at the PLAY! website. (Louis Wu 13:27:11 UTC) (permalink)
Of birthdays, and such
At times, my online life seems to mirror my real life. Last year's real-life birthday didn't get missed - because it was a big one, and because my wife made sure that I'd remember it - but in general, I forget they're coming until they're here. Seems like that pattern continues online... we missed bungie.org's 7th birthday back in January, and we missed the anniversary of the day blam.bungie.org (the precursor to HBO) went live - May 22, 1999. (To pin these dates down, the indispensable Marathon's Story Page makes life pretty easy.) Today, however, is the 7th anniversary of our forum - it went live on May 26, 1999 - the same day that Rampancy.net was born. It's been a heck of a run... and it ain't over yet! (Louis Wu 13:19:59 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 2 for a song - in GB
If you live in Great Britain, Halo 2 is now officially 'cheap'. Microsoft kicked off a new 'Best of Classics' label today, and Halo 2 is on it - for £9.99. Nice deal! (I saw this at both CVG and gamesindustry.biz.) For what it's worth - EB Games is selling Halo 2 for $29.99 in the US - that's 60% more than this new price. Update: Vironex pointed out that Wal-Mart is selling Halo 2 in the US for $19.82... very close to the GB price. (Louis Wu 12:45:59 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3 Shirts For Sale
Some very cool new shirts available at the Bungie Store - these were first seen at E3, but you can now buy them for yourself. Frankie was first (though the 'retard' comment was a bit out of line - I know for a fact that the guilty party is a pretty bright individual). (Louis Wu 01:52:07 UTC) (permalink)
Thursday's news in brief:
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NJ Halo Tourney, June 3 Reclaimer Hand-eye coordination is hand-eye coordination Halo 3 in demand - even in Japan When Art and Business Clash Wallpaper, For One And All Sargeisms - now in QuickTime |
Wednesday's news in brief:
