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Some people show their love for Halo by playing the games. Others get a relevant image permanently placed upon their body. Enjoy this particular example of a Halo-related body modification, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
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From Beyond Entertainment:
Earlier this week, Onyx was introduced through the Community Forge Island playlist. We’ve been huge fans of Onyx since its release a few weeks ago, so we thought it’d be appropriate to feature this fantastic work crafted on the Forge Island canvas.
From Dust Storm:
Spartan Thorne and Dr. Glassman have been traveling through canyons on Requiem making their way to Galileo base after their escape from the Covenant. While they’ve made considerable progress and almost home, they are not alone, pursued by an unknown threat. Back on infinity, the Promethean attack continues as Halsey and Lasky run around Infinity until found by Palmer. The true purpose of the Promethean attack is revealed when Dr Halsey is willingly snatched up by a Knight. Will Thorne and Glassman survive the impending attack? What’s going to happen to Dr. Halsey from the UNSC for her treason and from the Covenant after allowing herself to be captured? If you’ve got two and a half hours, then let me and HaloFanForLife give you the rundown. Enjoy!
From Andrew Gagnon:
In this episode, Wiener Dog Team ventures out to save Jesse and falls into a trap.. which they know about… or do they?
We are happy to announce that Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, a live-action web series that delivers a dramatic story of heroism and sacrifice, is now available on DVD, Blu-ray and Deluxe Edition in the UK. If you’re in that particular region, buy yours now for the ultimate Halo experience!
From oObex:
Hello Grifballers, look here for the Top 10 Halo 4 Grifball Screenshots of April 2013! To be considered for a future Top 10 spotlight, go to the official thread and post your screenshots.
Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a particularly interesting vehicle. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!
“Blue team was halfway to Florida when they realized that they forgot to screw the turret onto the roof.” –EZcheeZ217
“I think our DIY Warthog is missing something. Check the box again.” –sarcasmbully
“Missing tire? That’s okay. We just saved 15% by switching to GEICO.” –L3roy J3nkins96
“When I joined the Corps, we didn’t have any fancy-shmancy tanks! We had sticks!
Two sticks and a rock for the whole platoon, and we had to share the rock!” –Prophetic Onion
“Are we there yet?” –ReachTim
“At least Kat isn’t driving…” –TD Appocolapse
“The all new Puma 2.0! Elbow Grease and Headlight Fluid sold separately.” –Arag0rn117
“What is love? Baby, don’t hurt me!” –DSight
“Ready. Set. Camp!” –Dillon Dunlap
“ROOOOAADD TRIP!” –o Chappel
Now that we’ve wrapped up that picture, let’s start a new one. Up for your captioning pleasure this week is an image featuring a Spartan in need of assistance. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!
Author: BlackLotus 0103
From Rooster Teeth:
Jack and Geoff continue their tradition of mocking your gaming inadequacy. Enjoy this week’s episode of Fails of the Weak!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
From lindseystomp:
Lindsey Stirling and William Joseph present their amazing cover of the Halo theme song.
Urk from Bungie tells IGN that everything Bungie does on the backend for Destiny is platform agnostic, but the company still has not definitively announced, nor definitively denied, versions of the game for other platforms like PC or Mac.
YouTube user toolsmyth (Bo Lindbergh in the Marathon Story Page’s forum) has posted some gameplay from the first level of Bungie’s first shooter, Pathways Into Darkness, now available in the App Store for the Apple Macintosh.
Leyvin360 on YouTube also has a Let’s Play series for the game that he started last year.
Narcogen and Blackstar play Level 3 of Bungie’s classic sci fi shooter, Marathon: Never Burn Money. Leela tasks us with recovering three chips to repair the Marathon’s defensive system, and on our own we attempt to reach an isolated and cryptic terminal that may hold the secret to the identity either of the mysterious security officer who is the player’s avatar, or the even more mysterious door-controlling Durandal we have yet to meet.
We’ve gotten some useful feedback on past episodes, and I’ll just acknowledge it here:
Yes, we are rusty. I haven’t done much mouse and keyboard FPS gaming since the Unreal Tournament days, and it shows. Hopefully we’l get into a groove and I hope to ratchet the difficulty up a bit as we play. Right now we’re on normal, hopefully we can get up to Total Carnage before the game is over.
Yes, we missed some spots. We missed a garbled terminal and a hidden door in the first level; I’ve gone back to record that and it’ll be in a future episode. In level two I made the easy grenade hop and put it after the credits, but didn’t make the big one. In this level, we made a couple of attempts to do the grenade climb to reach the Gheritt White terminal, but failed. For that, I am bringing in a ringer. More on that later.
UPDATE: This video of Never Burn Money by Vidmasters Challenge shows the same level in the original Marathon engine, at Total Carnage difficulty. The player reaches the room where the grenade climb is at 01:30. The player actually does the climb twice– once to reach the 3X shield recharge from the floor, and a second time to reach the ledge with the terminal.
For more information on this level, visit the Marathon Spoiler Guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m1/2.shtml
For more information on the Gheritt White terminal, visit the Marathon Story
Page:
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/gheritt.html
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
Subscribe to the 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 video 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)
“fatman” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (gameplay background music)
“New Pacific (Reprise)” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)
For original Marathon soundtracks as well as Craig Hardgrove’s remixes, visit Craig’s Marathon Music page:
Narcogen and Blackstar play Level 3 of Bungie’s classic sci fi shooter, Marathon: Never Burn Money. Leela tasks us with recovering three chips to repair the Marathon’s defensive system, and on our own we attempt to reach an isolated and cryptic terminal that may hold the secret to the identity either of the mysterious security officer who is the player’s avatar, or the even more mysterious door-controlling Durandal we have yet to meet.
We’ve gotten some useful feedback on past episodes, and I’ll just acknowledge it here:
Yes, we are rusty. I haven’t done much mouse and keyboard FPS gaming since the Unreal Tournament days, and it shows. Hopefully we’l get into a groove and I hope to ratchet the difficulty up a bit as we play. Right now we’re on normal, hopefully we can get up to Total Carnage before the game is over.
Yes, we missed some spots. We missed a garbled terminal and a hidden door in the first level; I’ve gone back to record that and it’ll be in a future episode. In level two I made the easy grenade hop and put it after the credits, but didn’t make the big one. In this level, we made a couple of attempts to do the grenade climb to reach the Gheritt White terminal, but failed. For that, I am bringing in a ringer. More on that later.
For more information on this level, visit the Marathon Spoiler Guide:
http://marathon.bungie.org/spoiler/m1/2.shtml
For more information on the Gheritt White terminal, visit the Marathon Story
Page:
http://marathon.bungie.org/story/gheritt.html
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
Subscribe to the 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 video 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)
“fatman” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (gameplay background music)
“New Pacific (Reprise)” by Alexander Seropian, remixed by Craig Hardgrove (outro music)
For original Marathon soundtracks as well as Craig Hardgrove’s remixes, visit Craig’s Marathon Music page:
This “live action” trailer for Destiny promotes the first gameplay reveal coming up at E3, as well as emphasizing how central cooperative play is to Bungie’s new game… “the power of the pack is the wolf, and the power of the wolf is the pack.”
Actor Giancarlo Esposito (“Gus” from Breaking Bad”) here plays a character seemingly telling a bedtime story about the Guardians. Perhaps he’ll have a voice role in the game itself?
Halo is a fictional universe. However, the place where it’s created is not. Serving as home to both Mister and Master Chief, little else is known about the inside of our studio…until now. Enjoy a teeny tiny peek inside 343 industries, and if you have a hankering to see or learn about something that isn’t overly top secret, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com and we’ll see what we can do!
From Rooster Teeth:
In this episode of Halo HORSE, we continue our journey through the Halo HORSE Tournament of 2013 with an epic match-up between Joel and Geoff to see who will face Ray. Watch and cheer on your favorite!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
From Mike:
I’m getting married next April and being a HUGE halo fan, I decided to make a miniature Halo ring for my wedding band! I know it’s not a tattoo, but I’ll be wearing it for the rest of my life. It’s a titanium band, with the features of the original ring laser engraved on both the exterior and interior of the ring.
From The Halo Mole:
The Mole was originally a TV show first aired in Belgium and is currently in production in Bulgaria and the Netherlands (the longest running series of the franchise). In 2001, both the United States and the United Kingdom picked up the series becoming very successful. Due to lack of funding, the UK version was cancelled after 2 seasons, and after a 4-year hiatus, the US version concluded with Season 5. Australia is bringing back the series for 2013.
During The Mole, 10-14 contestants are chosen as players, but unknown to the contestants, one of them is the Mole. The contestants, as a team, must complete challenges worth a designated amount of money. During the challenges, contestants must try to figure out who is sabotaging them from within. At the end of each episode, the contestants take a quiz based on the Mole’s personal life and their actions during that episode. The contestant, who scores the lowest on the quiz, is eliminated. Players have the opportunity to earn exemptions during challenges. An exemption grants a player an automatic free pass to the next round of the competition, but this usually comes at a cost to the team. When three contestants remain, the final quiz is taken. The contestant with the highest score on the final quiz is the winner and claims the money accumulated by the team during the challenges.
For The Halo Mole, there will be 10 contestants selected (9 candidates and 1 Mole). Each episode will consist of 2 challenges (along with short interviews), a quiz and elimination. Each episode should take no more than 90 minutes depending on the length of the challenges. We will film two episodes a day, meaning that any contestants must be available for at least 3 hours over the 4 consecutive days that we will be filming (times will be arranged to suit all chosen contestants but will take place in June). We’re excited about this project and hope you are, too!
Halo is a fictional universe. However, sometimes we catch sight of things in real life that remind us of our favorite science fiction video game franchise. This particular series, titled Halo in Real Life, showcases those very moments. Enjoy the subtle Halo references sometimes spotted when out and about in the real world, and if you have a picture you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
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