Year: 2011
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Halo Reach: Arena and Ranks
RC Master wrote up a scholarly-style paper on how Arena could be improved. Interesting read! Available as both a PDF (recommended by RC Master, since the formatting is the way he wants it) and online in a standard web format.(Louis Wu 18:29:35 UTC)
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Halo: The Essential Visual Guide (Preview)
CaptainTony pointed out a preview of the Halo Essential Visual Guide coming from DK Publishing in a bit over a month – there are several pages of example content. It’s pretty interesting to see how close these look to a ‘bible-style guide’ that Bungie…
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HBO Friends Montage Episode 2
Elzarthebam put together another montage of footage from HBO Euro customs… some funny bits in there! (I think my favorite was the first Myyke clip – don’t get in his passenger seat!) Just 3 minutes long – go watch.(Louis Wu 17:28:23 UTC)
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Genesis
Arby ‘n’ the Chief Season 6 kicked off last weekend, with a 20 minute first episode… but we missed it until MrWezzle pointed it out. Arby’s deep into a bottle of JD, Chief’s drawing obscene art on the walls, and a group of gamers have decided they d…
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The Twins
Red vs Blue Season Nine, Episode 2 was released last night – once again, the bar’s been raised. The environments are familiar… but the action’s all new. The story will grab you, too. Go watch. (There’s a discussion thread going on our forum, if you …
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Playtime Ep 1 – Training Day
CruelLEGACEY let us know that the first episode of Playtime is now live. On the plus side, this means we’re done with trailers. Another plus – it’s pretty well-done; Cobra asks Warren to help him get better at Halo, but things don’t go too smoothly. Ne…
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The coolest thing I’ve seen this week
I… holy crap. That’s just… wow. Go look.(Louis Wu 16:53:37 UTC)
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Panomania
nomis78 has released three new panoramas, bundled up ALL his recent panorama work for easy zipped download, and is giving away Amazon vouchers. Read his post for full details!(Louis Wu 15:07:26 UTC)
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Kinect – it’s in EVERYTHING
Moorpheus19 noticed an article at Computer and Video Games which points out that Microsoft’s Phil Spencer has said that Kinect support is built into Halo: Anniversary. (Don’t worry – you will NOT be required – or even able – to control your in-game pla…
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Terminal Example Escapes Private Showings
Xbox 360 UK recorded the audio from the Terminal demonstration in their private showing of Halo: Anniversary at E3 – and have now released that (thanks, Elzarthebam). Our forum is full of comments from folks who seem to have forgotten that 343 specifi…
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Overhauling a Reach Staple
nscuDuncan has put the finsihing touches on both his new website, Misriah Solutions, and his first meaty article, Armor Equipment. (It also covers, sort of tangentially, Assassinations.) It’s a pretty in-depth proposal of a series of fundamental change…
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The Escaped Prisoner
Prime999r created a Halo machinima based on Boris Vian’s 1959 poem “L’évadé” – dialogue-free, but very nice cinematography!(Louis Wu 17:36:38 UTC)
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Struggle on the Mountaintop!
TDSpiral offered a while back to make Halo art to requests – he posted one last night that disturbs me.(Louis Wu 17:36:05 UTC)
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Roy takes Columbus MVP
Instinct’s Roy was declared MLG Columbus Halo: Reach MVP – swing by MLGPro.com to read about why, and to see a video of one of the Winners Bracket Finals games. (Louis Wu 17:35:32 UTC)
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This is the ‘cast that never ends…
The Podtacular Anniversary Podcast went on for a LONG time last night – I ended up having to leave after 4 hours or so, but it went for at least an hour past that. (The archived version is just 3 hours; I’m not sure what was cut out.) It was a lot of …
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Podtacular Anniversary Podcast – Tonight!
Just a reminder: The Podcast of All Halo Podcasts (as Podtacular is billing it), with guests from all around the Halo fan community, will be streamed live this evening, beginning at 7pm Eastern time. (Well, they’re kicking off pre-show shenanigans at …
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Spies vs. Guards
Pierre Tartaix sent word that the latest machinima from TGO GMBH has been released – Spies vs. Guards is fantastically filmed and edited, well-paced, and surprisingly tense. As usual with this group, there’s no dialogue – but it’s not missed at all. Go…
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Headhunters Part 1
Archilen pointed out that Headhunters #1 is now live on Halo Waypoint – great work at turning a fantastic story into a motion comic! Looking forward to Part 2.(Louis Wu 11:53:50 UTC)
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Frostbite – Chapter 6
Ty Coker dropped by to announce the latest installment of the Frostbite series – Chapter 6 shows there are always those that see opportunity when faced with obstacles. (Louis Wu 11:53:32 UTC)
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AH: Fails of the Weak Volume 39
Achievement Hunter’s Fails of the Weak #39 is full of… well, fails. Of the weak. Several made me laugh heartily. Go watch! Thanks, Sl’askia.(Louis Wu 11:53:00 UTC)