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Friends FTW!
GatchamanUK stopped in to let us know that the Halo: Reach Project we mentioned a couple of times last summer has been finished, and published! You can find a summary of the most interesting bits on the professor’s website, or the full paper at arXiv….
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Halo 4 Armor Customization
Greenskull sent word of a new video – he talks about armor customization across the Halo games. If you’re interested, swing by and watch!(Louis Wu 18:49:38 UTC)
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AGLA Signups Now Open
TrueFlyingCow let us know about the opening of the 16th Season for the American Grifball League of America (AGLA) – signups don’t close until this Saturday, March 24, at midnight. Swing by their website for full details – including how to sign up with…
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Cold Cash for Hot Controllers
MLG Columbus kicks off this Friday – there’s $56,000 on the line for Reach players! The full press release can be seen on MarketWatch.(Louis Wu 17:21:43 UTC)
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LEGO Chief
Gary Whitta, former Editor-in-Chief of PC Gamer Magazine, visited the Bricks by the Bay 2012 exhibition… and found a very cool Master Chief construction! (Of course, the non-Halo stuff is amazing in its own right.) Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 13:5…
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Panoramic Monday
So, the weekend’s over and you’ve got to be back to work or school. Got something important you should be doing on the computer? Well why don’t you ignore it and check out some awesome panoramas from the Community Customs group instead! Some great shot…
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RC Offers an Objective View
RC Master was excited to let us know about a new article series he is writing on his less-than-stellar opinions of Halo’s Objective gametypes. Part 1 is up now, go and take a look at his reasonings – which are very well-thought out and detailed – and s…
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Podtacular 278: Mailbag Show
Download | Shownotes On today’s show, we pull out the dusty mailbag and read your comments on the show’s we’ve had over the past couple of weeks. Needless to day, there are lots of opinions and questions out there about … Continue reading →
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Farewell to a Legend – Winner Announced
We heard from Kontrol Freek that the winner of their Farewell to a Legend contest has been announced – go see who’s going to be playing on his new Reach Xbox 360 with a Master Chief vs the Flood statue in the background (and a pair of Freek Legendarys…
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Fails of the Weak 78 – and some BtS Goodies
Achievement Hunter has published Fails of the Weak Volume 78 – some fun fails this week! You can watch it on AchievementHunter.com or YouTube – thanks, Taco Power. (Taco Power also pointed out a new video from Rooster Teeth, showing off a behind-the-s…
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Queso Man 11
Queso Man let us know that his 11th montage is now online – he lists it as his ‘penultimate chapter on Reach’, but I think he means that it’s the last one. This release in in tribute to Bungie’s last weeks of Halo stat keeping – there are some pretty …
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Halosphere’s got extra goodies
I missed this yesterday, but there’s still time; the weekend’s not over! In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, Halosphere is bringing you the “Luck of the Irish” weekend – lots of extra booty to win! If you’ve never played Halosphere, now’s a fine time…
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MLG Columbus 2011: Championship
Over at Halo Waypoint today, you’ll find the Championship Finals games from MLG Columbus last year – Instinct against Str8 Rippin. Great play!(Louis Wu 15:40:50 UTC)
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The Art of Video Games
davidfuchs visited the Art of Video Games exhibit at the American Art Museum (it just opened!), and took a bunch of pictures. Some of them, including a Halo-related one, can be found in his forum post – the rest are here. Looks fantastic! (Louis Wu 15…
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Banshee Stealing Guide
Folks have noticed that the ‘knock a banshee off the platform’ trick on AotCR is a bit harder in Halo Anniversary than it was in the original game… so Rockslider put together an illustrated guide which might help in pinning down that sweet spot we a…
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we rollin elite, we don’t mess with you jackals
Tashi0106 pointed out a new release of Halo rap by T-Money-N-Ca$h Flow… it has its moments.(Louis Wu 15:33:49 UTC)
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Heroes and Helicopters
Bungie has posted a new Mail Sack for your reading pleasure – its questions shed light on some of the oddities present in the Bungie community, while its answers do the same for the Bungie development staff. As always, a fascinating read. Did you know…
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The Anatomy of Halo: The Library
Halo Waypoint’s ‘The Anatomy of Halo’ series has a new release – this one focuses on the Library. This piece makes me alternate between fascination with the structure, and sadness that in all the fighting I did in there, I never ONCE tried to access a…
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To Perk or Not to Perk
MaxRealflugel took a stab at theorizing about the customization options we might be seeing in Halo 4 in the latest article at The Secrets Within – go see if you agree with him!(Louis Wu 17:15:58 UTC)