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At midnight, they turn into pumpkins. Wait…
Hey, have you voted yet for the pumpkins in our 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest? There are just a few hours left – the voting’s pretty close! Let us know your favorites – help pick the winners! (Louis Wu 01:12:22 UTC)
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The Halo 2 Listening Guide
Den of Geek has an awesome review/retrospective on the Halo 2 listening experience – go read!(Louis Wu 23:06:18 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 143 Marathon EVIL 21: Life’s End Part 1
We’ve finished with the canonical Marathon Trilogy and are moving on to third party scenarios, starting with EVIL. In this scenario, a UESC ship from Tau Ceti runs into a spatial anomaly that sends them far away where we encounter something dark and evil.
We’ve finally arrived at the final level of EVIL!
EVIL 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:
EVIL 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
EVIL has its own spoiler guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/evil/
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)Marathon,Marathon Infinity (Video Game),Bungie,Bungie Studios (Organization),Cooperative Gameplay (Gameplay Mode),Cooperative Game (Game Genre),Let’s Play
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The Halo 20 Year Plan
Bonnie Ross talked to CVG about the future of the Halo franchise – interesting read (though fans may be hoping for a shorter-term focus right about now). Go check it out!(Louis Wu 21:58:58 UTC)
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MCC Launch Woes Continue
343 is still working on the problems unearthed by the launch of the Master Chief Collection – the long wait times in Matchmaking are already being addressed (though not with 100% success yet), but there are plenty of other broken items. reddit has a formatted list, Kal stopped by our forum with Grifball-specific problems, and sites like Polygon are reconsidering their original scores (thanks, UnrealCh13f). Fingers crossed that some of this can be taken care of soon!(Louis Wu 21:55:02 UTC)
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Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta: Josh Holmes Interview
Following up with our previous interview, with Quinn DelHoyo, this time we talk with Josh Holmes, Studio Head for Internal Development for Halo. During this discussion, we talk about the new Spectator Mode that will be available in basic form for the beta, go into a little more detail with the ranking system for Halo 5, and discuss how the pro team has benefitted development and the changes that have already been made from their input.
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Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta: Quinn DelHoyo Interview
Last week we got to talk to Quinn DelHoyo, Multiplayer Designer for Halo 5: Guardians after getting hands-on with the game. In this interview, we talk about the new Spartan Abilities and how they play to the Halo 5 sandbox, the three maps they were showing off that will be available at the beginning of the beta and how CSR is being revamped as the new Skill XP ranking system for Halo 5: Guardians.
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Halo: Retrospect
ZoLA has released a 90 minute documentary called ‘Halo: Retrospect‘ – it’s taken him a year to put it together, but it’s a pretty impressive look back at the competitive Halo scene. Go watch! Thanks, RVideo.(Louis Wu 23:26:08 UTC)
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Driving the Halo 4 Mammoth
Lord Zedd showed off a video in which the Mammoth in Halo 4 was actually drivable. Cool! Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 23:24:38 UTC)
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Do not doubt the reality
Beorn found another backwards audio clip in the Halo 2 Anniversary Original Soundtrack – and even nailed down where the quote came from. Nice!(Louis Wu 23:22:51 UTC)
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Nightfall on the cheap
If you don’t have an Xbox One, you can still watch the first episode of Nightfall – it’s available on iJustine’s Official Stream. Thanks, robofin117.(Louis Wu 23:21:00 UTC)
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Forge Resources
pete_the_duck is already supplying hot new content for the Forge community – swing by his site to see some great stuff! He’s got guides, fun tidbits, and critiques – they’re under construction, but they’re getting bigger, and they’ll help! Go read.(Louis Wu 23:17:09 UTC)
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MCC Launch Issues Update
If you’ve been Matchmaking with the Master Chief Collection, you’ve probably run into some issues – according to a new blog post on Halo Waypoint, they know about the problems and they’re working on them. The first fixes went live this morning – server-side, so you don’t even need to update your local content – and more are coming. Hang in there!(Louis Wu 23:08:31 UTC)
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Killing off the Golden Goose
Den of Geek wonders, is it time for Master Chief to Die? Go read the rationale.(Louis Wu 23:03:08 UTC)
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Looks almost like it shoots
Nick Jensen (no stranger to Halo creations) has put together a full-size Halo 2 Anniversary BR55 with LEGO blocks – looks fantastic! Thanks, Black Six.(Louis Wu 22:59:14 UTC)
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He did a Halo thing
Jordan117 put together a large list of links that represent his memories of 15+ years in the Halo community – go read it! It’ll bring back things for you, too.(Louis Wu 22:57:01 UTC)
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Your Halo 5 Beta Primer
Everything you need to know about the Halo 5 Beta on The Master Chief Collection’s Launch Day:- A Behind the Scenes documentary from 343 gives you some perspective on what the studio wants out of the Beta (and what they hope you’ll get)
- A sizeable collection of videos from IGN give you details on the new gameplay, show you what it looks like, and takes a close look at the BTS vidoc during a new episode of Rewind Theater.
- Rooster Teeth’s The Know put up a Hands-on video with gameplay and commentary (thanks, gamerguy2002).
- Team Beyond has some gameplay with no commentary – you can hear all game sounds (thanks, Gravemind).
A leak this weekend caused some Halo communities to panic a little bit… but with context, the misunderstandings begin to clear up. Go read and watch! (Louis Wu 18:51:25 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft