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Halo 4’s Art Director steps down
IGN has an article about a change at the top of 343’s art direction; Kenneth Scott, senior art director, has stepped down, and his position is being filled by Nicolas ‘Sparth’ Bouvier, an artist well-known to the Halo community. Thanks to Schooly D for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 21:32:39 UTC)
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I’m tellin’ y’all it’s sabotage
Tashi from HaloGAF interviewed Gabotron ES about a new Halo 4 gametype he created called Sabotage. Inspired by Reach’s Invasion gametype, Gabotron ES spent months modding and messing around with Megalo to create a gametype that would scratch that Invasion itch. It’s an interesting read – go check it out!(mastrbiggy 10:33:20 UTC)
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I Voted
Yesterday, Waypoint released this week’s bulletin – it has information regarding the playlist update and there’s a poll for which game type you’d like to see in Team Doubles. Voting only lasts for four days – don’t miss out! There’s also some information about the second installment of Halo: Escalation as well as a six page preview. On January 13th there will be a BTB Swat (sounds like my one of my nightmares) Community Playdate. The bulletin closes with an interview with our favorite quacking Forger, petetheduck – go check out what he has to say! Read it on Halo Waypoint or in our own archive.(mastrbiggy 10:17:18 UTC)
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Spartan Assault – Giant Bomb Quick Look
Jeff and Brad from Giant Bomb check out what Halo: Spartan Assault has to offer – they don’t seem too impressed. You can watch it on Giant Bomb or YouTube.(mastrbiggy 09:53:57 UTC)
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Installation 01 – a fan-made game
TheChunkierBean stopped in to announce his free-to-play Halo game, built on the Unity engine. The video shows off some early weapons and some physics – looks great! (Louis Wu 21:49:32 UTC)
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PGCR: 2013 was a Great Year
Robowski let us know that his latest blog entry at Post Game Carnage Report summarized the highlights of 2013 – go see how great a year it was for them! (Louis Wu 21:46:25 UTC)
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First Look: Goosechecka – The Halo Mole
The Halo Mole Team let us know that the next contestant has been revealed – Goosechecka holds the honored seventh slot. Check out the intro video for more info – and try and guess whether she’s a real contestant… or the Mole? (Louis Wu 21:45:17 UTC)
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AGDQ 2014 Halo 2 Speedrun
NOKYARD found an archived version of Monopoli’s Halo 2 speed run from Awesome Games Done Quick 2014 – if you weren’t able to watch it in the wee hours of the morning now is your chance. Monopoli and crew provide some really great commentary on their strategies and some insight into how the game was built and how it functions. CyReN pointed out that that stream of Halo 2 overtook League of Legends as the most viewed game on Twitch! Pretty impressive for a game that came out in 2004.(mastrbiggy 23:36:35 UTC)
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Halo: Escalation #2
GameRevolution has posted a review of Halo: Escalation #2 – it’s more of a quick summary of the action, but it serves as a nice reminder that the issue will be available tomorrow, both in stores and via digital download. Grab your copy!(Louis Wu 22:34:28 UTC)
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We’re doing it because we think it really matters
OXM has an interview with Microsoft’s Phil Spencer – he talks about the Halo TV series coming from MS and Steven Spielberg. It’s an interesting read – it gives some insight into how MS sees Halo, going forward. Thanks to Grizzlei, who found it at examiner.com.(Louis Wu 22:11:21 UTC)
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Can you endure?
TrueAchievements’ Achievement of the Week this week is ODST’s Endure Achievement – swing by the site and complete it for yourself (or help others do so)! Thanks to Morpheus for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 22:06:15 UTC)
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Why I Game
This isn’t really Halo-related, but it’s video-game related, and the submitter shows up around here quite a bit. Gina ‘Dogiojoe’ Johnson has just kicked off a Kickstarter campaign for a book she’s written called ‘Why I Game’ – it’s a response to the ‘video games are responsible for violence’ reaction after many gun-related tragedies in this country. There are Halo-specific perks, in honor of her favorite hero, Master Chief. Check it out!(Louis Wu 22:03:45 UTC)
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Best Films Never Made #3 – Neill Blomkamp’s Halo
An article focusing on the aborted Halo film helmed by Neil Blomkamp was written last April at One Room with a View… but it popped up in my Google feed last night. Weird. It’s a nice overview of the project, and contains a bunch of tidbits I’d never seen before. Definitely worth a read.(Louis Wu 21:59:25 UTC)
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Xbox Ondering
This morning a blog post by Xbox Corporate Vice President of Marketing, Strategy and Business, Yusuf Mehdi thanked fans for “an epic 2013” and touted some of the cool happenings and titles on their way in 2014. Missing conspicuously from the list was Halo, which inevitably led to some fraught musings regarding the next installment making it in time to meet its 2014 goal on the Xbox One. As Game Informer points out though, there is no current reason for concern, highlighting some post-blog tweets o’ clarification from Rob Semsey, PR manager for the Halo and Forza franchises. So far, it looks like the next step in our journey is still on pace for this year! (GrimBrother One 18:33:35 UTC)
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ASE Ep. 89 Feel the Noise M2 lvl 27
In the penultimate level of Marathon 2, Blackstar and Narcogen are beseiged by Hunters and Cyborgs of the Mother of All variety, and the Sph’t’Kr are about as harmful as the are helpful.
This podcast uses:
Aleph One, free and open source versions of Marathon for Windows, Mac and Linux at http://source.bungie.org
Remixes of the Marathon soundtrack by Craig Hardgrove at http://themarathonmusic.com
We use irons’ Co-Op script:
http://simplici7y.com/items/co-op
Thanks to the maintainer of the Marathon Story Page, the denizens of the Marathon Story Forum and the Marathon Spoiler Guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/story
http://forums.bungie.org/story/
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m2/
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)
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HaloGAF Episode 16
HaloGAF Radio Episode 16 is live – Tashi is joined by Steelyuhas and Heckfu to discuss the Xbox One and the recently faked Halo 5 images. Go listen!(mastrbiggy 08:36:38 UTC)
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You Found Me…
Halo Waypoint focused on a gorgeous painting by ThePriceOfPower a couple of days ago – if you missed it, you should swing by. (Louis Wu 22:56:04 UTC)
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Spartan Assault Level Specific Achievement Guide
MixMaker117 put together a level-specific Achievement Guide for Spartan Assault – pretty helpful! Give it a look to speed up your achievement hunting.(Louis Wu 23:01:19 UTC)
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