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Martin O’Donnell now part of the Classic FM Hall of Fame
Martin O’Donnell was recently inducted into the Classic FM Hall of Fame for his iconic work for the Halo series. Neat!(mastrbiggy 22:19:32 UTC)
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Podtacular 469: Two Sides to the Same Story
Last week, we dove into the beginning of Hunt the Truth, a journey into the life of the infamous Master Chief from the investigative reports of Benjamin Giraud, a ONI war photographer and journalist, but that wasn’t the only thing. If you caught the season finale of The Walking Dead, you would have seen two videos of Master Chief and Agent Locke staring at each other in the face of death. Do we hail the traitorous hero, or question the cost of Chief’s efforts to save humanity? We focus on this with an open mic call having the community participate in our conversation and give their thoughts and question on the two videos and what they mean. Join us and our fellow Podtacularians as we hunt for the truth.
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ODST is looking FINE
Frank O’Connor is excited with how ODST is looking – check out this Tweet:ODST conversion to 60fps and 1080p is really showing off some of the subtle improvements to the H3 engine Bungie put in the 360 version.
— Frank O'Connor (@franklez) April 7, 2015I’m really looking forward to playing this through again!(Louis Wu 22:53:14 UTC)
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Halo 5 TV Spot Concept Art
Hedgem0ny let us know about some Halo 5 tv spot pitch art by Ev Shipard. There’s one from Spartan Locke’s POV and one from Master Chief’s POV. Very cool!(mastrbiggy 21:13:59 UTC)
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Capital Assets
Episode 2 of Red vs Blue Season 13 went live yesterday for everyone – and Grif is on a really important mission. Will his needs be met? Watch to find out!(Louis Wu 18:12:18 UTC)
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Four Score and 7 Years Ago…
Okay, so maybe it hasn’t been a few decades, but it sure seems like it. It’s just been a few months. Back in October, we hosted the 10th Annual 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest – and it’s taken until today to get the prizes packaged up and mailed to the winners. Swing by the Prizes page to see photos of the goodies. And please – winners and waiters alike, please pardon our extreme lateness. It won’t happen again.(Louis Wu 23:30:46 UTC)
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Master Chief, a Lightsaber, the Empire, and Starfleet
A group of indie filmmakers are raising money for a fairly strange movie premise titled, Galactic Battles. The idea is to merge the universes of Star Wars, Mass Effect, Star Trek, and Halo into a single universe. You can check out their indiegogo page here.(mastrbiggy 20:14:07 UTC)
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Behind the scenes look at the MCC cinematic trailer
It’s Art Mag posted a behind the scenes look at how Digital Domain created the Halo: The Master Chief Collection cinematic. The video shows the entire process including, storyboarding, the VFX pipeline, and motion capture. This is worth checking out!(mastrbiggy 08:40:04 UTC)
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Canon Fodder: Clarity and Grace
GrimBrother One filled the latest Canon Fodder with questions from fans, and answers from canonical sources. (See what I did there?) Grim, as always, tiptoes a fine line between facts and hints, without knocking over existing constructs or disappointing fans. Go read!(Louis Wu 22:13:43 UTC)
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Microsoft issues DMCA takedowns against Halo Online modders
According to Ars Technica, Microsoft is serving DMCA takedown notices to those who have accessed Halo Online content and are outside Russian territory. So far the takedown specifcally targets GitHub’s repositories, but this has also affected any YouTube videos that feature Halo Online content. Thanks, arithmomaniac. (mastrbiggy 20:54:58 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 149 Marathon Tempus Irae 05-06: Downward Spiral / Repository Three
We’re starting a new Marathon adventure– this time fighting the Pfhor in Italy of the past in third party scenario Tempus Irae!
In this episode there’s a castle filled with classical art, walls that explode, and aliens. It’s always aliens.
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
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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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Exploring the SuperCarrier
We haven’t heard from t00lbox in a while, but thankfully he still posts elsewhere; Bounce-A-Gon noticed a reddit post describing Termacious Trickocity’s exploration of the SuperCarrier at the end of Long Night of Solace. Pretty awesome – go watch!(Louis Wu 23:58:05 UTC)
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Steal My Kill
This is so six weeks ago… but it made me laugh, so I’m posting it. The Warp Zone (yeah, they like One Direction) has a parody of OD’s “Steal My Girl” that’s pretty good. Plus, there’s a Grunt Plushy in there! Go watch. (SEspider posted it on our forum a couple of weeks ago – but it was STILL a month old then. We gotta start keeping up!)(Louis Wu 23:52:58 UTC)
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Halo 5: SPECTRE
MixMaker1 stopped by with his latest mashup trailer – this one portrays the tensions and rivalry between Locke and Chief and it is mixed with sound from the 007 Spectre trailer. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 23:10:24 UTC)
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Pillar of Autumn speed run with plasma combo
Rockslider posted another POA kill ’em all speed run – this time using plasma weapons. He managed to complete the run in 8:14 – go check it out!(mastrbiggy 22:44:09 UTC)
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Project Contingency – Pre-Alpha of Valhalla
This is a little old, but the folks working on Project Contingency released a small update last month that shows off some pre-alpha footage of Valhalla. Seems like this CryEngine Halo mod is still coming along nicely. Neat!(mastrbiggy 22:39:34 UTC)
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Podtacular 468: Hunting the Truth
The latest Halo promo pulls a page from the old playbook taking the Hunt the Truth ARG and incorporating an audio drama podcast. While it’s not quite like the ilovebees campaign back for Halo 2, it has some similarities posing more questions than it answers. We’re excited to see where this journey goes as we dive into the bullet teaser trailer and episode zero of #HUNTtheTRUTH.
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Free Phone with MCC Xbox Bundle
Looks like Best Buy is offering a free phone (the Nokia Lumia 635, running Windows Phone 8.1) for buyers of the new Xbox One/MCC bundle; get an Xbox One, a copy of the Master Chief Collection, AND a phone – all for $349! This is not an April Fools joke.(Louis Wu 23:39:44 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft