Month: December 2012
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Border Ring on Excellence
An opinion-piece on Kotaku today brought up Halo in an interesting way today as it relates to “getting things right” in a shooter game. The focus of the article is actually the Borderlands series, but the author uses Halo as an example of good shooter …
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Now THAT’S Time and Dedication
OboeCrazy mentioned to us a friend who is one of a very small few to complete 117 Weekly Challenges in Halo: Reach! Holy crap! (GrimBrother One 18:22:47 UTC)
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Frozen Sleep – A Halo 4 / Cortana Tribute Song
From Diego: Malukah made a new song, and it’s a tribute to Halo and Cortana called “Frozen Sleep”. It hits me right in the feels. Frozen Sleep – A Halo 4 / Cortana Tribute Song
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Halo IRL: John-117
Halo is a fictional universe. However, sometimes we catch sight of things in real life that remind us of our favorite science fiction video game franchise. This particular series, titled Halo in Real Life, showcases those very moments. Enjoy the subtle…
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Happy 5th Birthday, Grifball!
From Kalbelgarion: Grifball is now five years old. Celebrate the anniversary of the world’s greatest sport with birthday wishes from Rooster Teeth, Xbox LIVE, and 343 Industries, including Frank O’Connor, Kiki Wolfkill, and THE Kevin Franklin! We’ll a…
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Wild’s Forge Challenge – A Forge Cafe Contest
From undr zid: Forge Cafe is hosting its first Forge contest. The deadline will be TWO WEEKS from now, ending December 30th, 2012 at midnight CST. Rules: • You will be given a template that can be downloaded from Lit3rly Log1c’s File Share. • You …
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Crimson Egg-Heads on your Desktop
Firestream whipped up a couple of nice wallpapers involving the Play Arts Kai Sarah Palmer action figure (we mentioned it most recently last week) – go grab one! I found this at Halo Waypoint – I thought angel was on break until January?(Louis Wu 17:44…
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The Fails of Requiem 2 – A Halo 4 Montage
From CruelLEGACEY: The Fails of Requiem is back with more fails, wins, and laughs from Halo 4! Episode 2 features a great example of how NOT to prevent your Mantis from being hijacked, a few show-stopping assassinations, as well as some of the worst m…
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Rewind Youtube Style 2012
Der Flatulator, at NeoGAF (and Bry, on our own forum) both noticed some Halo content in the year-end YouTube retrospective vid, Rewind YouTube Style 2012. Nice touch – Halo content appears for the first time… at 1:17. (Louis Wu 16:49:13 UTC)
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Win a Halo 4 LE OST
The Consequence of Sound is giving away a Halo 4 Official Soundtrack Limited Edition Box Set – just sign up for a chance to win! (Sorry, world – this one’s US-only.) Thanks, heckfu.(Louis Wu 16:45:21 UTC)
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Sarah Palmer – A Fan-made Halo 4 Wallpaper
From firestream: This desktop is actually based off the shots of the new Play Arts Kai figures coming out next year, particularly the Sarah Palmer one. Feel free to download and enjoy! Sarah Palmer – A Fan-made Halo 4 Wallpaper
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It’s time to blame games again
You knew it was coming – in the wake of last week’s horrific school shooting, video games are being called out as potential threats. NBC’s Chuck Todd names Halo, specifically (though it’s likely he was just picking a well-known title, rather than tying…
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The Glitch
CorridorDigital released The Glitch – fantastic effects! And some awesome Halo content, to boot. Go watch! Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 16:28:31 UTC)
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FuD Blu-Ray Review, from IGN
IGN reviewed the Forward Unto Dawn Blu-Ray release – they liked it. (Gave it a 9.1, even. Hmm… actually, now that I think about it, for IGN, that’s failing, isn’t it?) Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 16:23:19 UTC)
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King of the Hill – Halo 4 Weekly Montage 5
From HT Edge: This is our fifth Halo 4 Montage, featuring clips from the King of the Hill playlist! King of the Hill – Halo 4 Weekly Montage 5
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Crimson DLC Woes Continue
In the last couple of days, there have been a rash of reports of people being permabanned from Halo 4 Matchmaking after playing the Crimson DLC. (Originally, it looked like it was people who’d downloaded the maps as part of the ‘Pay and Play’ promotion…
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Mapping out gun ranges
Over on the Halo Council forums, K2Five posted some useful pics – they show the ‘red reticule’ range on various maps, for DMR and BR. (This is the range at which you can see the reticule color change to red, to indicate a headshot.) To be clear: these …