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Canon Fodder – HEV-en Sent
This week’s Canon Fodder contains an interview with Joe Staten, discussing the recent release of ODST for the Master Chief Collection. It’s a pretty interesting read! There’s also a reminder of Sadie’s Story, which was fantastic the first time around and should be a blast to revisit, as well as a roundup of ODST-related fiction, and a link to the MomoCon panel with Steve Downes and Keith David. All in all, a packed issue! Go check it out.(Louis Wu 22:07:19 UTC)
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Hunters in the Dark – Excerpts
Grizzlei pointed out new excerpts available of the upcoming Hunters in the Dark – go give ’em a read!(Louis Wu 22:03:00 UTC)
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Halo 5 Tease
Mixmasterchief noticed an image included in a promo video that seems to show Menendez and Halsey talking to a young John… check it out!(Louis Wu 22:02:07 UTC)
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Drunken Halo 114
Justin Bryce sent word that episode 114 of Drunken Halo is now live. In this episode Travis and Justin discuss what the’ve been up to and then share their thoughts on ODST and Remnant. Make sure you listen to the whole episode, there’s a big announcement the end – go listen!(colindosaj 23:27:08 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #61 Prison of Elders Level 32
Blackstar and Narcogen team up with renowned Halo and Destiny webcomic author Stuntmutt to take on Urroxx and his Grudge in last week’s Prison of Elders level 32 activity.
Blackstar and Narcogen are brothers who live on opposite sides of the globe but stay in touch playing co-op games, especially ones by Bungie, new and old. Right now we’re going through the second expansion to Bungie’s shared world shooter, Destiny: The House of Wolves.
Stuntmutt is the author of Halo webcomic One One Seven and Destiny webcomic Vault of Farce.
http://destiny.bungie.org/tagged/vault-of-farce
http://nikon.bungie.org/misc/stuntmutt.html
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Free MCC Xbox at BoingBoing
Want a shot at a free Master Chief Collection Edition Xbox One (and a bunch of goodies to go with it)? Swing by BoingBoing – they’re giving one away! (Louis Wu 17:24:57 UTC)
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Cairo Station’s Warthog, now in H2A
Bizz let us know that he’s reproduced his uncovering of the hidden Cairo Station Warthog in Halo 2 Anniversary – even though the original glitch didn’t work. He and his friend got there with a new trick – go watch! (Louis Wu 23:25:32 UTC)
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Impede
Wahrer stopped by with a tune he put together for ReclaimerHub – it’s been heavily inspired by Halo 2’s Impend/Impart. Pretty cool – go listen!(Louis Wu 23:23:13 UTC)
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Podtacular 487: Signal Archive
The Hunt the Signal contest has come to a close, lasting less than two weeks until a winner was declared. Similar to previous pre-launch ARGs, this contest heavily involved the use of cryptography to solve a myriad of puzzles to progress as a team of four. Starting off with a mysterious signal embedded at the end of the sixth Hunt the Truth episode, the contest launched with a link to StolenGauntlet.com. From there people waited for the countdown to reach the end and start the contest. Many teams tried to solve the puzzles, but the victors came from a group behind the Twitter account ONISEC3. How they got there is this episode’s topic. To follow along, there’s a Waypoint forum thread here, and we also recommend checking out Halo Canon’s videos here and here.Also in this episode, we had the privilege of talking with Media Bias, one of the members from the Halo Archive. The archive is one of the more recently sprouted communities that has amassed a large following with regards to the Halo lore and universe. They have a growing repository of information and articles that any lore fan would be best to check out.
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Podtacular 485 – Dev Interview
Dust Storm let us know that Podtacular 485 has a conversation with 343 Executive Producer Dan Ayoub and Certain Affinity Lead Environment Artist JP Eaten about Remnant and ODST. Go listen! (Louis Wu 23:28:07 UTC)
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Video Walkthrough of ODST
There’s a great video walkthrough of ODST with dev commentary – Senior Game Designer Max Szlagor, from 343, and ODST developer Joe Staten (now with Microsoft) discuss ODST, both the original and the new updated version. It’s 10 minutes long – go watch! (Louis Wu 23:07:56 UTC)
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Scrambled Eggs
It’s still early days, but fans have already noticed that two different easter eggs have been pulled from the MCC version of ODST. The first was the poster that could be found in Mombasa Streets that read ‘Destiny Awaits’, showing a picture of the Earth and the Traveler. (This was a nod to Destiny, just beginning its development when ODST was finishing up.) It’s been replaced by a picture of the earth and the moon, with a caption that reads “For Her”. The second is the infamous dancing Marty – it’s been swapped out for a dancing Beamish. As more are found, we’ll let you know!(Louis Wu 23:03:29 UTC)
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ODST and Remnant coverage from ReclaimerHub
ReclaimerHub has put together a video covering ODST and Remnant – go see what they think! Thanks, Mixmasterchief.(Louis Wu 22:55:21 UTC)
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Episode 8: Test Your Might
We missed last week’s episode of Red vs Blue Season 13 – but you shouldn’t. The alien gateway the away team found provides some scary moments for the folks who go through it – Tucker and Carolina both give it a shot. What happens when Caboose goes in, though?(Louis Wu 22:52:41 UTC)
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HCU – May 29
Last week’s Halo Community Update contains a bunch of information about Halo 3: ODST (now available for MCC) and Remnant, the free remake of Halo 2’s Relic. (There’s a bunch of other good stuff, including playlist information, Halo Championship Series info, a great montage showing off H2A footage, and a full Achievement list for ODST.) Explore! Thanks to Bounce-A-Gon for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 22:45:32 UTC)
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Hunt the Truth Episode 10 – Gag Order
Our favorite shouting match contender, Andrew Del Rio, is featured on this week’s Hunt The Truth episode. Go give it a listen! Thanks, Grizzlei.(colindosaj 21:29:06 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-op #60 Prison of Elders Level 28
Funkmon leads Blackstar and Narcogen through the Prison of Elders.
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