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Mister Chief and Mister Locke? Lockelz? Lockleberry?
We missed these wonderful pins from Gamescom, but thanks to a tweet from Bonnie Ross, we can at least see Mister Chief and…Mister Locke in beautiful pin form? Wonder how we at HBO could get some of these to give away?
(MacGyver10 19:37:17 UTC)Gamescom was great this year. Look who was sitting at my desk when i returned today. Halo 5 pins by @franklez pic.twitter.com/wfy5bVFahy
— Bonnie Ross (@PlutonForEver) August 9, 2015
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UFC Heavyweight Champion Punches In for Halo 5
Fans of mixed martial arts will be pleased to hear that UFC Heavyweight Champion Fabricio Werdum will cameo in Halo 5: Guardians according to a backstage demo at Gamescom. Apparently the bruiser is a fan of Halo and the folks at Halo are big fans of his!(MacGyver10 19:02:15 UTC)
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Halo, rated ‘T’ for TV?
Some noise has been made over the latest installment in the Halo universe receiving a ‘T’ rating rather than the usual ‘M’ rating most all Halo games have worn on their sleeve. While most would agree the Halos of the past could have easily been rated ‘T’, Forbes takes a look at eSports and how they might have influenced the decision to drop the rating down a peg on Halo 5: Guardians.(MacGyver10 18:52:27 UTC)
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A Playable Character from the Halo Science Fiction Universe
Almost 5,000,000 articles in English, and guess which one Wikipedia picked as their Featured Article for today? Thanks Gravemind!(MacGyver10 15:32:34 UTC)
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Fan Fiction Update (a bit late)
Andrew Werth submitted a Fan Fiction piece a couple of weeks ago -but we simply didn’t see it. Apologies to anyone following his ‘Halo: Echo’ story – the next chapter is up now in the Fan Fiction section!(Louis Wu 19:44:21 UTC)
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‘It Looked Too Real’
Sometimes a genetically-enhanced, cyborg super-solider fighting a zealous sect of religious aliens on a space station just isn’t science fictiony enough, or at least the writers at Kotaku seem to think so. AfroRyan point out an article at Kotaku that feels Halo 5: Guardians is becoming a little too like other modern military shooters. Check it out if you’d like!(MacGyver10 15:13:56 UTC)
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Never Trust the Dice
We’ve been reading and seeing a lot about the new Halo: Fleet Battles tabletop game from Spartan Games, but our own forum user Jaydee shared his experience commanding the UNSC against the relentless Covenant. It’s a great read for those interested in the gameplay of the new game!(MacGyver10 15:11:39 UTC)
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Canon Fodder: Rhine Installation
GrimBrother One stopped by with word of another Canon Fodder last week. You can read the words at HaloWaypoint for more information on the Gamescom reveals, some lore on two of the new Halo 5 maps and the SDCC panel on the Hunt The Truth audio series!(MacGyver10 15:08:33 UTC)
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Podtacular 499: Together At Last
Gamescom has brought us a plethora of more Halo info, not just limited to Halo 5: Guardians. While we got the announcement of Colosseum and gameplay on Fathom, we also got the announcement for Halo Wars 2, the Halo World Championship as part of the Halo Championship Series, and the Halo 5: Guardians Limited Edition Xbox One and other limited edition Xbox One controllers were finally revealed. We all are together for the first time all recording in the same room as we’re here in Austin, Texas in celebration of our 10 year anniversary.
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ASE Ep. 164 Marathon Tempus Irae 29: …evil so singularly personified
Blackstar and Narc witness a high-level assassination aboard the Pfhor ship and then proceed to disable the engines, while S’pht’Kr beam in and explode some Juggernaughts.
We’re doing a new Marathon adventure– this time 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
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
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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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Digital Foundry Shows Halo 5 Locked at 60fps
This day and age, games can’t just be about how they play or the fun you can have, but it’s all about the numbers. For those that care, Digital Foundry has a new video up showing off the locked-in 60fps that Halo 5 is sporting these days. A bonus is the multiplayer footage featuring some in-game clips of levels I hadn’t seen yet!(MacGyver10 16:03:28 UTC)
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T for Teen, Not T for Teabag
Halo 5: Guardians will be the first mainline Halo game to be rated T for Teen instead of M for Mature. For a little explanation on that, profhalo let us know that the Game Idealist has an article up on the ESRB’s explanation.(MacGyver10 15:44:18 UTC)
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Podtacular 498: Saint’s Testimony Discussion
The latest addition to the Halo fiction is brought to us by the one and only Frank O’Connor, which brings up an interesting concept about Smart AIs in the Halo universe. In Saint’s Testimony, we hear the plea of one Smart AI, Iona or obtaining human rights in spite of her seven years of service approaching rampancy. She delves into the idea of dreaming, how it repairs certain parts of her neural net similar to how humans reorganize information when they sleep and dream. This show is filled with spoilers if you haven’t read/listened to it. We were pleased to have PensHalo on the show to discuss this book.
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Halo 5: Guardians LE Console Shown Off
If you saw the announcement of the new LE Halo 5: Guardians Xbox One console, you might be thirsty for some more information on this sweet LE gaming device. The Day 2 video of Xbox Daily from Gamescom should give you all the juicy bits you’re looking for on the design of this XBO. The included link even jumps you straight to the Halo-related parts!(MacGyver10 19:59:13 UTC)
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Halo 5 Campaign Twice the Length of Halo 4
According to the folks at Gamesradar, the new campaign with Halo 5: Guardians will be twice the length of Halo 4’s campaign! According to what they were told at Gamescom, it started out even bigger that twice Halo 4’s length, but you’ll still spend quality time in human, forerunner and covenant worlds!(MacGyver10 19:22:57 UTC)
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Halo Wars 2 Developer Is Hiring
Looks like Creative Assembly, the UK-based development studio behind the newly announced Halo Wars 2 is hiring! Go see if a career in developing a brutish Halo RTS is in your future!(MacGyver10 15:39:26 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft