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The Awesomeness is Impossible to Regulate
Also up on Waypoint today is the latest Anniversary flythrough from Gus and Geoff at Achievement Hunters. This time they take a look at the new Installation 04 Firefight map. As always, some beautiful looks at what is sure to become a fan favorite!(Gri…
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Can I Have An Avatar Papasan Chair to Pile Them In?
The Halo Avatar Collection will grow a little bit larger come tomorrow, with the addition of new items in the November Collection. New Halo: Anniversary T-shirts and a Grunt Birthday pet are the latest additions. Check it out!(GrimBrother One 16:02:19 …
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Get the Scooper on the Cooper Trooper
We mentioned yesterday a new series by thebruce0 looking at grassroots storytelling in the Halo Community. He stopped by later to let us know that the first article is live! The initial piece features a great interview with Pete Cooper of Operation: Ch…
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Get a Fridge, a 360, and HCEA – Free
Wow. So Monster is giving away a bunch of stuff to celebrate the release of Halo Anniversary – the grand prize includes a custom HCEA-themed fridge stocked with Monster, a 360, a few copies of the game, and a few years of LIVE. To enter, you have to …
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Halo and phones – like chocolate and peanut butter
Simpsons Rule found a really bizarre appearance of Halo-related material – it’s a website for a new phone company. Oh, Halo – you’re in our collective psyche.(Louis Wu 19:51:24 UTC)
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There Is No Forgiveness To Be Found Here
The Achievement Hunters team strikes again as they team up with Halo Waypoint to bring us another awesome flythrough of a new upcoming map. This time they’ve set their sights on Penance. Again, they provide us with an incredible mix of beautiful pan sh…
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Waypoint Community Modcast Episode 3
The Waypoint modsquad is back with Episode 3 of the Halo Waypoint Community Modcast. The Waypoint Community Leader/Mod team takes to the mics again, this time beginning a 2-part retrospective on Halo: Combat Evolved. Yours truly is among the hosts, so …
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Samurai Fronk: Return to Glory
JDQuackers is back with the first episode of the All-New Samurai Fronk… the energy is palpable! (As is Fronk’s blowhole.)(Louis Wu 14:46:22 UTC)
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Halo Speed Art
Dust Storm also let us know about a couple of speed art videos recently uploaded to YouTube – Sean McCoy has put together a scene from the Halo 4 trailer, and an iconic image from Halo 3: ODST. Both are pretty entertaining to watch as they come into be…
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Final Podtacular Decade Show
The final podcast in Podacular’s Decade series is happening this Saturday night, November 12, at 7 eastern. Swing by the site for more details – and tune in for the live broadcast! (Louis Wu 14:41:58 UTC)
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Women of Xbox: Epsiode 1
Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris is trying something new – a series entitled ‘Women of Xbox’. Female gamers from the community will offer general tips, tricks, and reviews. First up: GrifballHub’s GooseChecka. Her skillset is impressive!(Louis Wu 14:40:22 UTC)
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Zombie Cartographers Map Pack #1
FyreWulff put together the Zombie Cartographers Map Pack #1 – a collection of submitted maps for folks who love Infection. Check it out! (Louis Wu 14:33:57 UTC)
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A glimpse into the mind of a Halo artist
Over at NeoGAF, TheOddOne stumbled across a Picasa gallery belonging to Paul Russel, formerly an environment artist at Bungie, now working at Certain Affinity. It’s got some amazing stuff in it; what caught TheOddOne’s eye was Halo 3: The Lost City (w…
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Winter Contingency: Wandering dropship escape
Rockslider continues to explore the options available with the first Falcon on Winter Contingency… go read about it!(Louis Wu 16:06:31 UTC)
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Waypoint Video Roundup
There was a boatload of new material released on Halo Waypoint this week – we touched on only a small portion of it. Here’s a summary of some of the videos we missed – there’s plenty more content that we’re simply skipping! (That means you should explo…
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Arby ‘n’ the Chief: Cradle to Grave
Ogan Panavo pointed out that Cradle to Grave, the latest episode in the Arby ‘n’ the Chief series, went live yesterday. The most obnoxious of the hackers is dealt with first.(Louis Wu 15:39:50 UTC)
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Halo art, rounded up
CaptainTony stopped in with another deviantART roundup. He says that after Thanksgiving, he’s going to drop these to one per week. (Louis Wu 15:39:06 UTC)
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They got the band back together
Wow. Looks like Mike Salvatori got hired by Bungie! I wonder what they’re working on…?(Louis Wu 23:00:05 UTC)
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AFoA Adjunct – Final
Leviathan has now officially completed A Fistful of Arrows – he’s posted the final Adjunct segment, a followup to the Quezon Superindentent’s piece released last week. A fitting conclusion to the project – go read it (either on our forum or on the pro…
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A Machinima Reality Show – depends on YOU
I’m not sure I ever envisioned seeing a project like this one – but I’m wholeheartedly behind this iteration, primarily because of the guy who’s putting it forward. pete_the_duck wants to create a Machinima reality show… but he doesn’t have the equip…