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Evolved Combat
Game Informer released an interview last week with Josh Holmes and Ian Longo, discussing the evolution of Halo 5 – what’s included, how they’re working on tweaking the product as we near the home stretch. It’s a pretty interesting piece! Go watch. Thanks, Bounce-A-Gon.(Louis Wu 14:40:54 UTC)
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ODST Lightspeed Rescue
A few days ago, crazedone1988 stopped by our forum with a link to ‘ODST Lightspeed Rescue‘, his mashup of ODST and Power Rangers – oh, the feels!(Louis Wu 14:37:03 UTC)
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ODST Reviews
More reviews are showing up for MCC’s Halo 3: ODST – FilmsGamesETC liked it quite a bit (though they wished they could swap back to see the older graphics), and IGN loved it (even with minor framerate dips at busy parts). Neither review took points off for features that were in the original but not the remake (specifically, Firefight). As a huge fan of ODST’s campaign (and someone who really enjoyed jumping back into this recently), I’m okay with that. 🙂 Remember – it only costs $5 (and it’s free if you played MCC in the first few months)!(Louis Wu 14:35:31 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 159 Marathon Tempus Irae 23: Never Satisfied
Cosimo has created some fiendish puzzles for Leonardo, but we’re the ones trapped in them!
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, 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 Dart Guns
Ray Reece shot us a link from Engadget – if you’re at SDCC this year, you’ll be able to pick up a set of Halo dart guns (one UNSC, one Covie). You MIGHT be able to buy it at Toys R Us after the show – but you won’t get the super-cool carrying case. I want one! (Louis Wu 20:23:16 UTC)
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Halo Dart Guns
Ray Reece shot us a link from Engadget – if you’re at SDCC this year, you’ll be able to pick up a set of Halo dart guns (one UNSC, one Covie). You MIGHT be able to buy it at Toys R Us after the show – but you won’t get the super-cool carrying case. I want one! (Louis Wu 20:23:16 UTC)
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Halo 3: ODST Co-Op, from R.net
I don’t even need to write the blurb for this one – it was done for me:Blackstar and Narcogen from Bungie fansite rampancy.net take a look at the first two levels of the new version of the game, now running at 1080p and 60fps, on the Xbox One.
https://youtu.be/XKokG1sVkb4Thanks, Narc! (Louis Wu 20:20:16 UTC)
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Halo 3: ODST Co-Op, from R.net
I don’t even need to write the blurb for this one – it was done for me:Blackstar and Narcogen from Bungie fansite rampancy.net take a look at the first two levels of the new version of the game, now running at 1080p and 60fps, on the Xbox One.
https://youtu.be/XKokG1sVkb4Thanks, Narc! (Louis Wu 20:20:16 UTC)
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Let’s Look at Halo 3:ODST Master Chief Collection
Blackstar and Narcogen talk about their fondness for Halo 3: ODST and their misgivings about the Master Chief Collection while playing the first two levels in co-op mode.
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Podtacular 489: Ramblings of the Third Kind
Following up on a pretty quiet news week, the gang decides to talk about some theories behind the Hunt the Truth podcast and how things may play into Halo 5: Guardians later this year. We touch on the subject of FERO’s involvement with the Insurrection, Sapien Sunrise’s end game and possible influence on humanity, and the possibility of seeing some of the characters from the podcast either in the upcoming TV show or game. We also dive a bit into the campaign play style from past games and talk about what we would like to see with it in Halo 5 and future games. Normal shenanigans and ramblings ensue and we look forward to returning to normal on our next episode.
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Halo 5 takes the cover of GI
Big news today: The July 5th issue of Game Informer will feature Halo 5 as its cover story… and the info in the teaser trailer on their website is enough to make long-time fans pretty happy. Our forum is… excited. Join in! (Teaser spoiler: Buck’s back. w00t!)(Louis Wu 22:24:54 UTC)
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CMT SPV3 Update
Neil, from CMT, let us know that the SPV3 project has been updated – a playthrough of Pillar of Autumn is online. You can see (and hear about) all the updates that have made it in… this looks amazing! They’re hoping to have a playable version at PAX this year.(Louis Wu 23:13:06 UTC)
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That Arbiter looks AWESOME
Looks like there’ll be some exclusive Halo Mega Bloks products released at SDCC this year (as most years). Nice! Thanks, MacGyver10.(Louis Wu 22:53:40 UTC)
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Down to the Bone
Episode 11 of Hunt The Truth was released this weekend – man, this is exciting. 20 minutes of great audio! Go listen. Thanks, zofinda. (Louis Wu 22:51:31 UTC)
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Halo: Mythic Preview 13
munky-058 pointed out a new fanmade Halo tabletop game in the works – definitely worth a look. Halo: Mythic was created by Vorked, and there’s been a lot of work put into this! (Louis Wu 22:49:48 UTC)
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You Better Watch Out
Episode 9 of Red vs Blue Season 13 is now out for the general public – and that Santa guy we met last time? Yeah… he seems like he could use some lessons in basic human thought processes. There are things you just don’t offer! This one definitely ramps up the tension – go watch! (And we didn’t mention it last week when it was released, but there was a new PSA – The Sound of Stupid. I’d never heard of ASMR before… but it’s okay, this PSA isn’t really about that.) (Louis Wu 22:43:02 UTC)
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Halo coming back to PC?
Phil Spencer has been chatting about the possibilities of more Halo titles on PC… many sites, including Forbes, are speculating that we might hear more at E3 next week. Stay tuned!(Louis Wu 22:40:36 UTC)
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