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Two more MCC Polls – Voice Off
So the fact that HBO’s active staff was at the Halo Launch Invitational this week meant that some stuff fell by the wayside – time for some cleanup! First up – a pair of GameVGame polls, based on the Master Chief Collection – Sunday they asked “What is your Favorite Halo 4 Campaign Level?“, and today they want to know “Which is the Best Game in Halo: The Master Chief Collection?“. Go answer both!(Louis Wu 23:21:51 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 142 Marathon EVIL 16: Shmackle Part 2
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.
Blackstar and Narcogen discover a hidden door and some even more surprising things as they finally discover the true nature of the area they’ve been transported into in the 2nd part of the level Shmackle.
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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ESL’s Halo Launch Invitational
Okay – mastrbiggy and I (and Tex, and Domino Theory, and Voltron, and…) are headed back to Day 2 of the Halo Launch Invitational, kicking off the festivities for the MCC Launch and the Halo Championship Series – yesterday was a fun-filled day of gameplay from legendary names (From Ogre2 to Flamesword and many, many people in between), and today promises to be just as exciting. Last night Believe the Hype and Str8 Rippin were the two teams that advanced without losing – today the remaining 6 teams fight through the Losers Bracket to see who has the right to face one of them in the finals! Watch all the action on Twitch.(Louis Wu 18:28:44 UTC)
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Halo Starscope
There’s a new site online, showing some interesting Halo events in the context of their positioning in the universe – navigate via an interactive star map! Go play. Thanks, padraig08.(Louis Wu 18:20:37 UTC)
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Space Banshees found in Halo 4 Map
Gamecheat13 found some unused, untextured Space Banshees (the models are right out of Halo Reach) and a copy of the Broadsword in a Spartan Ops map – his speculation was that there might have been a planned space battle that never materialized. Interesting stuff! Thanks, gamerguy2002.(Louis Wu 18:18:15 UTC)
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Forgecast Episode 4
pete_the_duck stopped in to let us know that the next episode of Forgecast is out – and the Podtacular crowd joined him for discussions about the next iteration of Forge. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 18:13:28 UTC)
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GameVGame: Favorite Reach Campaign Level?
We didn’t get this up yesterday – but GameVGame posted the next iteration of their Halo Campaign Series polls… which is your favorite Reach level? Go vote! (Louis Wu 20:23:50 UTC)
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Pumpkin Voting – Now Open!
We need your help! This year, we received more than 20 submissions for our 343 Guilt O’ Lantern contest (well, a few more than that, but joke entries were disqualified), and we need your help picking the winners! Swing by the voting page, peruse the pictures (be sure to click on the thumbnails, many of the designs NEED to be seen in larger format to be appreciated), and pick your favorite 5 – we’ll tally the votes and declare winners after we close the page next Friday night!(Louis Wu 21:50:33 UTC)
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The last written Bulletin
The latest Halo Bulletin went live last night on Waypoint – it’s really worth reading. There’s a breakdown of the Skulls available in the package (and how they affect scoring and Achievements), there’s a description of the LASO playlists, and there’s a summary of the ranking system in the Collection. Additionally, there a recap of the upcoming Halo Championship Series, a new installment of Canon Fodder (we love you, Grim!), and a note about how the Bulletin, in its current form, is disappearing. (It’s moving to the Halo Channel, starting next week, and will be in video format from there on out.) Because of this change, the local copy of this week’s Bulletin will be the last we archive in our Halo Bulletin Archive. (Sad days!) Go read – and enjoy the end of an era!(Louis Wu 21:44:27 UTC)
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Sharing History
Polygon has a great piece from Ben Kuchera about introducing the next generation to Halo. It brought back some real memories – go give it a read!(Louis Wu 21:36:39 UTC)
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All 110 maps, in order
IGN has been counting down the best Halo maps – the top 10 are now online. I’m intrigued that no map past Halo 2 made the top cut. Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 21:32:57 UTC)
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H2A Prologue Terminals 1 and 2
Halo Waypoint has released a pair of ‘Prologue’ Terminal vids (Beholden and Unyielding), filling in some of the Halo 2 backstory that happens outside the games – readers of the earlier novels might recognize some situations. Fascinating! Thanks, Mid7night.(Louis Wu 21:28:22 UTC)
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Forge Space
Wow, interesting. FyreWulff made some simple graphics to show you the size of the Forge canvases in the Master Chief Collection, and how they compare to the canvases we’ve had before. That’s a lot of space!(Louis Wu 21:25:30 UTC)
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The Reviews Begin
A bunch of reviews for the Master Chief Collection have landed – thanks to our forumgoers for ferreting out the links!Go see what’s coming next week!(Louis Wu 21:23:10 UTC)
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Let’s Play Destiny Co-Op #18: The Garden’s Spire
To pass through the Vex’s Black Gate and into the Black Garden, we need the Gate Lord’s eye to work. Ghost says the Cabal are guarding a Vex Spire that can help us do that.
For complete stats:
https://www.bungie.net/en/Legend/PGCR/1/4611686018429850686/2305843009221559453/294380488?_
Subscribe to the Narcogen’s YouTube channel for Anger, Sadness and Envy video podcasts:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIof4Cp3-cam7bAFzDEwK_wzSSEya050i
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Harsh words for Nightfall
Ouch! The Verge has looked at the first of Halo: Nightfall’s five episodes… and came away underwhelmed. Give it a read, unless you want to judge for yourself first.(Louis Wu 22:45:32 UTC)
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GameVGame: Favorite ODST Campaign Level?
The latest Campaign Level poll from GameVGame focuses on Halo 3: ODST – go pick your favorite!(Louis Wu 22:42:33 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 141 Marathon EVIL 19: Shmackle 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.
Blackstar and Narcogen are teleported into the very heart of Mystic Pfhor civilization, and tasked with infecting something with a computer virus. However, a fiendish puzzle of mindbending proportions awaits them, the nature of which they can as yet neither perceive nor comprehend…
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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Podtacular 449: Forgecastular
Probably the biggest news that graced our eyeballs this past month from IGN was Halo 2 Anniversary’s Forge. It is undoubtedly the best Forge editor we’ve seen in any Halo title. From three completely blank canvas maps, to all new terrain pieces and building blocks, to scriptable switches, this includes the things many Forgers wanted and even more things that the whole Halo community will benefit from. Since the news was so big, we had to get some help to cover all of it. We teamed up with the folks at The Forgecast to help us break down everything we saw in the video. The Forgecast hosts include pete the duck, Psychoduck, NOKYARD, and Ducain23.
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft