Month: September 2011
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Playtime Season 2 is coming
CruelLEGACEY let us know that the ramp-up to Season 2 of his Playtime series is in full swing – the website has new features (detailed here), and the release schedule is outlined here. (Louis Wu 14:56:03 UTC)
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Co-op Wednesday: Uplift Reserve
Kermit’s hosting another Co-op night tomorrow – if you’re interested in running through ODST’s Uplift Reserve (with no vehicles), you should stop by and read the details! Good stuff.(Louis Wu 14:50:51 UTC)
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A Fistful of Awesome
Leviathan has added some very cool ancillary art to his Fistful of Arrows website – new divider pages, new title page, and what he calls ‘slightly Lucas-ed covers’ – not sure what that means. And, as a bonus, a really gorgeous set piece in this forum…
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Rock, Metal, and Time
Postmortem let us know about a new, in-depth piece on the Precursors, posted over at Forward Unto Dawn. A fantastic read – check it out! (Louis Wu 14:49:36 UTC)
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That’s not my fault, someone put your body in my way
Rooster Teeth’s latest Red vs Blue release is a PSA, as a break from the Season 9 storyline – and watching it might just make you want to lobby 343 to add new Firefight voices to Reach. (MoltenSlowa has already begun.) Go watch ‘Drafted’ – and laugh. …
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Team HBO vs the World – again
pete_the_duck tells really good stories. Lots of pics and video, too, for when words are hard. Go check it out. (Louis Wu 14:48:36 UTC)
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The Art of Building Worlds – Limited Edition
Hypertrooper ordered a copy of the Limited Edition of Titan’s ‘The Art of Building Worlds’ – seems to be available only from Titan’s website. He took pictures. It’s gorgeous. If you’ve got the $100 or so (including shipping) to grab a copy from the UK…
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Kampy’s No Bloom Montage
Kampy, a frequent montage creator, whipped up a video showing off zero bloom gameplay, recorded in customs games the night the gametype was released. If you want to see how fast Halo becomes when accurate shooting combines with zero bloom… watch thi…
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PAX 2011 Video – Days 2 and 3, from Chris101b
Chris101b posted his PAX Days 2-3 footage recently – it’s nearly half an hour long, and it’ll give you a flavor for what it’s like to be Chris101b at Halo Fest. Discussion is here on our forum.(Louis Wu 14:44:35 UTC)
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Community Collaboration (Submit)
This week, we will be recording with a few people from GrifballHub and Rukizzel from the Waypoint Forums. We will talk about how Halo has helped build so many different communities and how they are all intertwined with each other. … Continue reading →
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I Think His Appearance Was Superintended
Unique Name noticed a fairly amusing cameo by our favorite artificially intelligent steward of New Mombassa in a recent ad for a Nerf Gun. I think you’ll be able to spot what we mean. Funny though, they should have just gone ahead and called it the “Vi…
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TU, or Not TU?
Cox from HaloCreation sent along a couple of helpful videos to assist in better understanding the recent Title Update gametype released for Halo: Reach. The first is a gameplay comparison video to show the differences pre and post-TU. The second is a h…
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Reason 2 Believe
If you get a chance today, make sure you check out the long-awaited second episode of the machinima “Believer” from IESUproductions. They’ve gone through quite a bit to bring you this latest piece, and I think it’s well worth a look. Go and give it a s…
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Hogging The Road
Xbox360Achievements.org ran a short feature this weekend where they discussed the Halo 4 inclusion in Forza 4 with Turn 10 Studios. The main thrust of the piece is the explanation on why the Warthog will only see “action” in the upcoming racer’s Autovi…
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IGL Fiesta Night This Friday
The fine folks at the International Grifball League want to remind everyone that they are holding another Fiesta Night, this Friday, September 30, 2011. More details can be found here. Lobbies will be available at both 6pm GMT and 6pm EST to try and ac…
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Batter Up
In other news… it’s National Pancake Day. Go splatter someone with a Warthog. Thanks for the social reminder, bentllama.(GrimBrother One 15:30:07 UTC)
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Plasma Cannon Canon
Halo Waypoint added a new piece to their Ordnance collection with the Covenant Plasma Cannon. Go give this a look, as there is always some neat information and maybe a view or two you’ve never seen before!(GrimBrother One 15:27:14 UTC)
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Podtacular Canon Fodder
If you are up for a couple of hours of awesome Halo fiction and story discussion and speculation, definitely check out the newest episode of Podtacular. Elusive Eagle and myself joined Duststorm and a couple of Podtacular community members for some epi…
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Custom Light-Up Cryo Tube
Kaidon stopped in again with yet another customized prop for his Halo action figures – this time, he’s whipped up a light-up Cryo Tube. Awesome!(Louis Wu 13:53:56 UTC)
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Golden Halo
Kevin D. combined one of his favorite JRPG series, Golden Sun, with Halo Reach; the idea’s been realized before, but not with this pair of games. Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:51:50 UTC)