Month: June 2012

Bungie’s head of User Research, John Hopson, looked back at an article he wrote more than 10 years ago, when he was still a graduate student, and talked about its relevance in today’s game design. The article discusses Behavioral Game Design, and whil…

RC Master is pretty unhappy with what he’s seen so far of the Halo 4 Campaign HUD. So much so, he’s written a four-thousand-word essay on how bad it is! Go see what he thinks.(Louis Wu 15:12:38 UTC)

So… the Halo 4 60-second TV spot (which had its world debut during the England vs France Euro 2012 game this week) made its US debut during last night’s basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Today, if you visit ESPN.c…

IGN’s Rewind Theater took a close look at the Spartan Ops trailer – watch it for a chance to see tidbits you missed when you watched it at full speed! Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 14:06:41 UTC)

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry took a look at the tech on display in the Halo 4 E3 demo – go read it, you’ll come away reassured! Thanks, Deadly Cyclone.(Louis Wu 14:05:47 UTC)

Gamespot put up some new Halo 4 gameplay/commentary – Pros are playing and discussing, Kevin Franklin is on hand to answer questions. CyReN found a YouTube version, and a second one with some sniper footage – go watch! (Louis Wu 14:02:31 UTC)

MASSAIKUR let us know that the second episode of Spartan-Man is up – he’s a superhero with… well, go watch.(Louis Wu 14:00:28 UTC)

Gandhi and DMAQ discuss Spectator Mode in the latest episode of The Great Deb[8] – go listen! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 13:55:54 UTC)

Jordan Bell alerted us to a new Top 10 video from Anoj – this one focuses on multikills. There are some fantastic ones in there (Number one, especially). Go watch! (Louis Wu 13:53:59 UTC)

Gametactics interviewed Dave Ellis at E3 last week – there’s a summary of all the content revealed over the week, and a focus on Spartan Ops (which is what Ellis spends most of his time working on). Most interesting tidbit i heard that I didn’t know be…

This week’s Halo Bulletin went live last night (it’s got a timestamp of 15:00 PST, but I’m pretty sure that’s a lie) – it’s almost entirely a Q&A, with fans asking and Frankie answering. Some really cool info in there – be sure and read it careful…

Robowski told us about Post Game Carnage Report 118 – Sucker Punch. (The title refers to what the team thinks Halo 4 will do to Call of Duty… check out the episode pic on that page.) Coverage includes everything revealed at E3.(Louis Wu 16:11:34 UTC)

Dogiojoe was excited and wanted all fans to know that the final comic in the Halo Fall of Reach series – Invasion #4 – was released yesterday (it’s been almost two years since this started!). If you want more info on the overall series, Halo Nation has…

Dust Storm sent word that the latest Podtacular wraps up their E3 coverage, with a focus on Campaign. Go listen! (Louis Wu 16:10:18 UTC)

Anoj posted a new Explains video yesterday – this one focuses on stuff from E3. Thanks, Ogan Pavano. (Louis Wu 16:10:02 UTC)

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OboeCrazy has a new Oboe Scores up – this one is short and sweet. What can you do from the back of a Mongoose? Some real damage, it seems!(Louis Wu 19:05:36 UTC)

gunn3r11 sent word of a new article at The Spartan Force – one of their members headed out to MLG Anaheim last weekend, and wrote up his FFA experience. Fun read! (Mocha did pretty well!)(Louis Wu 18:51:20 UTC)