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Hunt the Truth – Episode 06 ‘Boxing Story’
The latest episode of the Hunt The Truth audio series is now available. In this episode Giraud investigates the rumors that ONI has been spreading misinformation. Go listen!(colindosaj 23:14:53 UTC)
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Spartan Locke Figure by McFarlane Toys
343 Industries posted an interview with McFarlane Toys about creating a Spartan Locke figure. The interview takes you through the process of bringing 3D models into the real world. Go read!(colindosaj 23:13:46 UTC)
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Cavern Megabattle – Banshee and Rockets
Rockslides’s back with a pair of videos showing off heavy carnage in AotCR’s cavern megabattle – a dozen marines, more than 3 dozen movies, and a Spartan. What a glorious mess! Go watch.(Louis Wu 23:03:46 UTC)
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Frankie talks MCC and moving forward
Xbox Achievements is running a story that highlights Frank O’Connor’s thoughts on the mistakes that were made with Halo: The Master Chief Collection and the efforts 343 is taking to ensure a smoother launch with Halo 5 Guardians. This stems from a larger interview that we mentioned a while back. Thanks, gamerguy2002. (colindosaj 23:57:03 UTC)
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Podtacular 479: Three Four Tweet
This week’s news come in the form of tweets and forum posts from Creative Director, Josh Holmes. Late last week, Josh took to Twitter to answer some of the community’s questions regarding Halo 5, some immediate, some to be expanded upon come E3 and leading up to launch. He also replied to a user over on the Team Beyond forums regarding Breakout and bit team play in Halo 5.
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GrifballHub needs you NOW!
Kal Belgarion reminds us that tomorrow is the last day of the GrifballHub Kickstarter campaign to fund a Grifball booth at RTX this year. As of this writing, with 27 hours to go, they’re at $11,675 of their needed $11,750 – just $75 short! Can you help? Update: Less than 5 minutes after I posted this, someone pledged $76. They just hit $11,751 – full funding! That’s awesome. There are stretch goals, though, so don’t stop now!(Louis Wu 23:54:52 UTC)
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Reclaimer Writeup 3: Hegemony
Wahrer stopped in to announce a writeup at ReclaimerHub that looks at the state of the Covenant after the events of Halo 3. Lots of info here!(Louis Wu 23:49:42 UTC)
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Cal Poly Wind Ensemble performs Halo
Aaron Jacobs notified us of a performance by the Cal Poly Wind Ensemble from last year – it’s a stirring rendition of ‘Finish the Fight’, along with some great stuff from ODST. Go watch!(Louis Wu 23:46:47 UTC)
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Kotobukiya 2-Pack coming this fall
Over at Action Figure Fury, there’s a summary of the upcoming ARTFX statue 2-pack (due in November) – a Spartan wearing Mark V, and a Spartan wearing Mark VI Mjolnir. Nice combo! Big Bad Toy Store has them available for preorder for $130. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 23:41:44 UTC)
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PSA: Rehashed
We missed it on Monday, but Rooster Teeth released another PSA – this one is called ‘Rehashed’, and explains how we, as a society, really appreciate remakes and reboots more than original stories. Sarge does his best to illustrate. (Sarge’s best needs some work.) (Louis Wu 23:34:31 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 153 Marathon Tempus Irae 13: Brain Damage
We’re starting a new Marathon adventure– this time fighting the Pfhor in Italy of the past in third party scenario Tempus Irae!
We’re once again hemmed in by waterways and key/lock puzzles. At the end, though, we find that Da Vinci’s manuscript has been stolen! He blames the locals, but we suspect the Pfhor.
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/
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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)Marathon,Marathon Infinity (Video Game),Bungie,Bungie Studios (Organization),Cooperative Gameplay (Gameplay Mode),Cooperative Game (Game Genre),Let’s Play
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Podtacular 478: Puzzle Solving
The Mysteries of Halo 5: Guardians continues to unravel in the latest episode of Hunt the Truth, but also in another image puzzle this past weekend. After a mysterious email was sent to Australians, people everywhere began trying to solve a puzzle that eventually lead to the Halo 5 cover art for the game. The art reveals what appears to be Blue Team, Locke’s team with a couple of familiar Spartans, Chief and Locke in their infamous standoff, and Sanghelios. Ben Giraud’s trip to ONI had it’s own twists with a one-on-one interview with Franklin Mendez, the one who trained John and the rest of the Spartan IIs. Ben’s struggle with the truth would get the better of him and get him fired shortly after, only to be left at home with a decision to follow through on the job, or turn tail and spill the beans. After many recommendations, we’re honored to have Toa Freak on as our special guest.
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Invasion goes the way of the dino
343i executive producer, Josh Holmes, stopped by the Beyond forums and confirmed that Invasion won’t be part of Halo 5 Guardian’s multiplayer suite. He did mention that there are plans for large-scale multiplayer modes, which leads me believe that he is alluding to something other than traditional BTB. Thanks, Bounce-A-Gon. (colindosaj 21:52:47 UTC)
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Secrets secrets are no fun
Hmm…
Thanks, The Lionheart. (colindosaj 21:48:37 UTC)Hardcore Halo lore fans would lose their minds if they knew who's voice we recorded today.
— Frank O'Connor (@franklez) April 30, 2015
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Halo: The Original Trilogy – Epic Retrospective
Thomas Davidson put together a retrospective of the original Halo trilogy. This is extremely well put together and worth your time. Go watch!(colindosaj 21:41:59 UTC)
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HCS Cup #1 Cancelled
343 Industries announced that HCS Cup 1 will be cancelled due to party connectivity problems. Although Halo: The Master Chief Collection has received a handful of patches over the past 5 months, connectivity and online matchmaking issues still persist. Hopefully we will receive further updates regarding HCS and connectivity fixes sooner than later. Kotaku is currently running on story on the situation that details some of the specifics. Thanks, gamerguy2002.
(colindosaj 22:07:51 UTC)We're aware of and investigating party joinability issues. As a result, we'll be canceling HCS Cup #1, and apologize for the inconvenience.
— Halo (@Halo) April 26, 2015
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There is another…
Kyle Johnson also created a Force Awakens/Halo mashup trailer. The Force is strong with this one! (colindosaj 21:37:49 UTC)
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Halo 5 fan made trailer – Force Awakens style
TheGamingVault put together a Halo 5 Guardians fan made trailer inspired by the Star Wars Force Awakens teaser trailers. Very cool, but it needs more lense flare!(colindosaj 21:33:23 UTC)
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