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OurThreeLives, a New Halo ARG?
Looks like fans of ILoveBees and season one of the Hunt the Truth audio series have something to be excited for! There appears to be a new ARG for Halo with ties to Hunt the Truth, check out the twitter account associated with the ARG and HaloArchive that has started working on the game already! Thanks zofinda!(MacGyver10 20:05:59 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #70 Cayde’s Stash
Hunter Vanguard Cayde-6 sends us into the Cosmodrome to find some hidden stealth technology.
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Spartan Palmer, Go Straight to Jail! Do Not Pass Go and Do Not Collect $200!
Saw a tweet from Rob Semsey that had me doing a bit of Googling. Looks like in addition to the game of Risk, Halo will now let you put fortresses and firebases on Reach, New Mombasa and other Halo locales! Exclusively available at Gamestop, it’s the Monopoly: Halo Collector’s Edition available now with custom Halo-themed tokens, gameboard and more.(MacGyver10 21:34:34 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #69 The Coming War
We check out a Cabal distress signal from Phobos in Destiny The Taken King ‘s first level.
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The History of Blue Team
Most of us that frequent Halo fansites probably know a good bit about the history of John-117 Master Chief and the spartan Blue Team, but if you need a refresher, or might have missed something in the comics, novels or elsewhere, the Halo Canon YouTube channel has a great piece on The History of Blue Team to get you ready for Halo 5: Guardians. If you want more on each individual member of Blue Team, the channel has also done pieces for John, Linda, Fred and Kelly that focus on the spartans themselves.(MacGyver10 21:14:45 UTC)
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Sword Lunge the Lightsaber!
Dust Storm sent us an email giving us a heads up on the latest Corridor Digital piece. In The Ultimate Gun Game we have combatants facing off with many of the most popular weapons from videos games. The portal gun, Minecraft’s diamond sword, Mario Kart’s red shell and yes, some Halo weapons make an appearance of course!(MacGyver10 00:09:49 UTC)
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Last Light Available Now
Don’t forget the latest Halo novel is available now! Check out the tweet from 343 Industries for more on the murder mystery set in the Halo universe and featuring Spartan Blue Team leader Fred-104!
(MacGyver10 19:13:01 UTC)Join Fred-104 of Blue Team in Halo: Last Light by @TDenningauthor! Available now: http://t.co/hrm0vke6Pu pic.twitter.com/MeYbtfnTeB
— Halo (@Halo) September 15, 2015
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Bring Your Own Bros
Like most of the Halo campaigns before it, Frankie has confirmed that there will be no campaign matchmaking in Halo 5: Guardians. Apparently, your squad of AI companions will more than likely be better teammates than a random ‘uncooperative, ammo-stealing, car-crashing diet racist you might have ended up with’.(MacGyver10 18:41:48 UTC)
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343 Industries Dev Blog on Campaign and Story
Ask and you shall receive! Studio Head, Josh Holmes is back with another developer blog, and here he tackles the story and campaign of Halo 5: Guardians! In addition to a couple of videos Morpheusl9 let us know about, there is plenty on the technical aspects of what makes the campaign mode tick, testimony from the Campaign Lead Engineer on one of his favorite moments in game and the importance of player choice in maneuvering through the environment. It’s a great opportunity to see behind the curtain of what goes into making a Halo campaign!(MacGyver10 20:08:08 UTC)
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Woaf 117: Part 8 – Johnson and On and On
The Woaf is back with more hilarity as his patience is running thin with the covenant menace and confusion by re-animated Marines, AI misinformation and plasma trajectories. The Woaf himself let us know in our forum, but you can also check it out on YouTube!(MacGyver10 20:02:47 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians Series 02 Action Figures
Bounce-A-Gon gave us a heads up on series 02 of the Halo 5: Guardians McFarlane toys coming out soon. You can see previews of Spartan Buck as well as the HERMES, HELLJUMPER and ATHLON spartan armors. Each toy purchased includes a free ‘supply REQ pack’ as well for in-game content!(MacGyver10 19:59:17 UTC)
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Halo Community Update and Episode 24 of The Bulletin
We missed the late community update and bulletin last Friday, but there is plenty to talk about! Bravo mentions the new Halo: Last Light novel coming out this week, but also goes into detail on Warzone REQ progression system. We also get promises of more reveals coming soon, including more story reveals, the REQ Pack system and spartan customization. Go give it a read on HaloWaypoint! Jay is also back with a cool look at a life size Hunter cosplay and some new footage of the Halo 5 Arena map Plaza! Check it all out on HaloWaypoint!(MacGyver10 19:54:21 UTC)
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Podtacular 503: Interview with Gus & Pax Prime 2015 Recap
We’re back from our two weeks off of the podcast as we start counting down the days to the launch of Halo 5: Guardians. While there was not much Halo at Pax aside from Warzone playable at the Xbox booth, there was plenty of things to keep us busy. We are joined by Rebel Rouser and Minolta1034 from Ready Up Live to recap our Pax Prime experience. Before our recap, we had the honor of talking with Gus from Rooster Teeth about his experience with gaming, his thoughts on Halo 5: Guardians and the evolution of video games, and what it’s like to work at a gaming/entertainment company.
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ASE Ep. 169 Marathon Tempus Irae 34 I Can Feel It
Blackstar and Narcogen have to reboot the Pfhor computer core in one of Tempus Irae’s most puzzle-filled levels.
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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Friday Fan Fiction – only 3 weeks late
Totally late, but hey, it’s Friday, right? Check out HWPD’s latest submission for LORC: Beginnings – it’s live now in the Fan Fiction section!(Louis Wu 03:40:44 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #67 Prison of Elders: Skolas’s Revenge
To cap off Year 1 of Destiny just before the launch of the Taken King expansion, Blackstar, Funkmon and Narcogen take on Skolas, Kell of Kells, in the Prison of Elders.
This episode contains only the final boss fight against Skolas and not the waves leading up to him. The boss fight has been edited for length.
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