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Gamespot Ranking Their Top 25 Games of 2015 and Halo 5 Made It
Gamespot has been ranking their Top 25 games of 2015 and Halo 5 made the list. As Urban Reflex said, there are ‘bunch of games I’ve either never played, never heard of, or disagree with. Just like every list of top games ever’.(MacGyver10 15:57:03 UTC)
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Rockslider’s Banshee Battling, Stunt Drive Special
Rockslider is back with more general Halo CE shenanigans. His warthog gets a little help from a banshee-friend on his way into battle. Check out the links in our forum for your video flavor!(MacGyver10 15:54:19 UTC)
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‘Forging Ahead’ – Halo 5: Guardians Forge Mode ViDoc
343 Industries put a ViDoc up last week for the recently released Forge mode in Halo 5: Guardians. Go watch the story of the Halo 5 Forge mode coming together. (Thanks munky-058!)(MacGyver10 15:52:00 UTC)
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Halo Reach Now Backwards Compatible on Xbox One
In a list of some great old 360 games (Fable III, Iron Brigade, etc), fans of Halo will see a familiar old face resurfacing now on their Xbox One. As of today, Halo Reach is back with backwards compatibility on the Xbox One. This puts all the Halo games ‘cept Halo Wars on one console! If you have it digitally, you re-download it immediately, or if you have the disc, just pop it in your XBO to play! (Thanks kidtsunami!)(MacGyver10 16:20:16 UTC)
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Brand New Machinima Controls in Custom Games for Halo 5
Along with the Cartographer’s Gift update yesterday, 343 Industries sneaked in a huge bullet point in way of machinima controls in custom games! (Thanks davidfuchs!(MacGyver10 16:18:14 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians Collector’s Edition On Sale at Amazon for $99
Munky-058 stopped in with word of a major discount on the Halo 5: Guardians Collector’s Edition at Amazon. Even if you already have the game, $99 for all the sweet physical items and a digital copy of the game might be for you!(MacGyver10 16:16:08 UTC)
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Respawned In The Warzone Vehicle Garage
Sometimes when playing Warzone, things don’t go exactly as you planned (I’m looking at you, ‘Mr. Legendary Boss Kill Stealer’!), but sometimes those things can be pretty cool too! Xmoosev3 stopped by our forum to show a video of him getting into the vehicle spawn area in the Warzone garages on a respawn! Go check it out! (Quick YouTube link if needed.)(MacGyver10 20:55:23 UTC)
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Canon Fodder – Mythellaneous Topics
GrimBrother One slid into our forum with another Canon Fodder during the turmoil that is ‘Forge Release Day’. You can read about what might be the closest we plebeians come to the ‘Halo Bible’, a few VERY quick answers to community questions and see the Joe Staten interview segment from last week’s livestream. All of this is available for you at HaloWaypoint.com!(MacGyver10 20:21:31 UTC)
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December Update for Halo 5 (Cartographer’s Gift) Is Live!
Looks like the December update for Halo 5: Guardians is live! Go check out the ‘Cartographer’s Gift’ for new REQs, maps and of course, FORGE! (Which legendary Grifball-forger, Nokyard, and ‘Entombed’ level designer Ducain23 seem to be streaming by the way!) Thanks ChrisTheeCrappy!
(MacGyver10 20:14:12 UTC)The Cartographer’s Gift update is now available! Details & content update notes: https://t.co/2x8UuvSmz2 pic.twitter.com/C5QksdiOcL
— Halo (@Halo) December 16, 2015
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ASE Ep. 171 Marathon Tempus Irae 36 For Your Eyes Only
The S’pht decide to give the cyborg a special reward, and this easter egg produces the first level worthy of an inclusion in Anita Sarkeesian’s “Tropes vs Women” series as we’re led into a pool full of nude female simulacra. Just be sure to play nice, unlike Narcogen.
We’re fighting the Pfhor in Italy of the past in third party scenario Tempus Irae!
Tempus Irae can be played, like the other Marathon games, using the open source Aleph One engine which you can get here for Windows, Mac and Linux:
Tempus Irae and other third party scenarios for the Aleph One engine can be downloaded here:
http://source.bungie.org/scenarios.php#more
There’s a ZIP format archive here:
http://nardo.bungie.org/alephone.php
Direct link:
http://nardofiles.bungie.org/Tempus_Irae.zip
We use irons’ Co-Op script, (but not this time) which gives weapons and ammo to both players if either picks any up, and prevents weapon loss on death (so items can’t be destroyed in lava or slime). The script also allows one player to teleport to a destination set by themselves or their partner, in case co-op players run into a problem a solo player would have to restart for.
http://simplici7y.com/items/co-op
Tempus Irae has its own spoiler guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/tempus/
Subscribe to the Narcogen’s YouTube channel for Anger, Sadness and Envy video podcasts:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIof4Cp3-cam7bAFzDEwK_wzSSEya050i
Subscribe to the iTunes channel or RSS feed for shorts and audio podcasts:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/anger-sadness-and-envy/id266991411?mt=2
http://feeds.feedburner.com/AngerSadnessEnvy
Music used in this episode:
“What About Bob?” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (intro music)
“New Pacific (Reprise)” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)
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Halo 5 Concept Artist Darren Bacon, Featured at Concept Art World
Speaking of concept art, Darren Bacon, one of the concept artists for Halo 5: Guardians, has been featured at Concept Art World. Go check out some of the work he’s done for Halo 5 there, and follow the link to his website while you’re at it for more!(MacGyver10 22:12:21 UTC)
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Halo Concept Art Printed by Acme Archives Direct on Lithograph, Giclee and More
There has always been plenty of beautiful concept art for Halo games, but it’s never been the easiest to get your hands on nice prints of these. 343 has teamed up with Acme Archives Direct though to provide many of these gorgeous shots in giclee, metallic print or lithograph. Go check ’em out!
(MacGyver10 21:59:51 UTC)Looking for official Halo art prints? @AcmeArchives has you covered. See the collection: https://t.co/Xc8kLFjFdi pic.twitter.com/FMv6QTwGAw
— Halo (@Halo) December 15, 2015
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New Features for ‘Spartan Companies’ Coming With The Cartographer’s Gift Update
One of the updates coming with ‘Cartographer’s Gift’ that I missed until recently is a new batch of features for Spartan Companies. You can check it out in the Cartographer’s Gift info article, but the quick breakdown is a company-wide service record, company-specific commendation and a unique armor set for being in a company. A great time to mention, HBO has our own Spartan Company available to join!(MacGyver10 20:27:15 UTC)
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Podtacular 520: Train REQd
Cartographer’s Gift is just around the corner bringing our first two DLC maps, Social, Forge, Requisitions and File Share to Halo 5: Guardians. After a break from Thanksgiving and short show after last week’s Game Awards, we’re back to our … Continue reading
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Advanced Controller Settings Coming With Halo 5’s December Update
The Sandbox Team posted a quick look at the Advanced Controller Settings coming with the update for December. They also let drop that the ‘Cartopgrapher’s Gift’ update hits next week!(MacGyver10 22:49:50 UTC)
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BestGameEver’s Interview With Matt Forbeck, Writer of ‘Halo: New Blood’
Unfortunately, I sometimes read an email and file it away before doing something about it. Flugelmeister sent me just such an email three days ago with a great interview I forgot to post. Check out BestGameEver for an interview with Matt Forbeck, the writer for ‘Halo: New Blood’ that told the story of the character of Edward Buck, a key figure in Halo 5: Guardians and Halo 3: ODST.(MacGyver10 22:43:25 UTC)
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