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  • Halo 4 Matchmaking Update: 10.27.13

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    Today we’ve added some new items into Halo 4 Matchmaking. The first of these is the addition of Neutral Flag to the Capture the Flag playlist. If you haven’t yet had a chance to play this game type throughout the Halo series, fear not. We’ve broken down the game type details and flag locations for each map below.

    Neutral Flag

    Neutral Flag uses the same map layouts as currently offered in the Capture the Flag playlist, but places a single flag in a neutral (central) position on the map, and either team is able to capture the flag by bringing it back to their own base. After a flag is captured, it is returned to the neutral position, so be sure to time when you capture the flag!

    Neutral Flag is available on the following maps. Check out each map’s image for the location of the neutral flag stand.

    Pitfall

    Monolith

    Skyline

    Ragnarok

    Exile

    Additionally, we’ve removed Abandon and Meltdown from the Capture the Flag playlist due to community feedback and gameplay flow, and reorganized the voting options to prominently feature Neutral Flag. We hope you enjoy this game type and look forward to hearing your feedback.

    Community Forge Ricochet

    The Halo 4 Ricochet Forge Contest presented by Certain Affinity and the Community Cartographers has come to a close, and the Community Forge Ricochet playlist is now available. The playlist contains the top six finalists from the contest, which are:

    Parallax by thefro3po
    Butter by Purely Fat
    Hekau by MrGreenWithAGun
    Breezeway by GrenadeGorilla8
    Firestone by Boxing Beats
    Inheritor by Squally DaBeanz

    In addition to these six maps being playable in this playlist, Shotgun Ricochet is also available on all maps. This game type won our inaugural Community Choice poll, edging out Legendary Ricochet and Quickochet by just a small margin.

    Shotgun Ricochet

    Shotgun Ricochet

    In Shotgun Ricochet, players are equipped with Shotguns, Plasma Grenades, and Thruster Packs in Shotgun Ricochet. Tune in to next week’s Bulletin for the next Community Choice Poll, where you’ll have three new options to choose from.

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  • Play Halo 2 PC with a DualShock 4

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    Bryan Newman discovered that the DualShock 4 controller works with Halo 2 PC – if you thought it was kind of pointless to buy a controller for an unreleased system at least you know that you can play some good old Halo 2 PC with it :). (mastrbiggy 21:48:31 UTC)

  • Feedback Wanted

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    MatthewDratt stopped by with hopes of receiving some feedback on his machinima script. He posted the script for the first four episodes, so if you’re willing to help with scripting or voice acting go repsond to his post.(mastrbiggy 21:43:17 UTC)

  • Prinz Eugn’s Battle Rifle Redesign

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    A few weeks ago Prinz Eugn shared some early concept work of his Battle Rifle redesign and received plenty of feedback. Yesterday he shared his final version of the Battle Rifle redesign. I think it looks really neat – go check it out!(mastrbiggy 21:32:54 UTC)

  • ASE Ep. 68: Ex Cathedra M2 lvl 7

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    ASE Ep. 68: Ex Cathedra M2 lvl 7

    Durandal wants to infect the Pfhor computer systems with a virus. Naturally, this means a visit to a temple and the sewers. Only on L’howon. Join Blackstar and Narcogen for level 7 of Marathon 2: Ex Cathedra.

    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

    For audio recording, we use Mumble:

    http://mumble.sourceforge.net

    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)

  • The Most Powerful Women in Gaming

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    Fortune magazine published on article on the 10 most powerful women in the gaming industry, Kiki Wolfkill, executive producer at 343 Industries, made the list. Awesome and congratulations! Thanks, the bruce0.(mastrbiggy 19:46:43 UTC)

  • Halo HORSE 150

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    Jack takes on Geoff in the latest episode of Halo HORSE – go check out all the crazy Forge contraptions! Watch it on AH or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(mastrbiggy 19:40:40 UTC)

  • Fails of the Weak 162

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    Geoff and Gavin from AH take a look at all the silly and strange Halo 4 bloopers from the past week – all that talk of Indian food is making me hungry. Watch it AH or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201. (mastrbiggy 19:31:08 UTC)

  • PGCR 183

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    The PGCR crew got together with Spirit of Fire for some simulcasting. The all-star panel includes, ChaOs Addict3d, Zack from SoF, Big Heeb, Skills, and Justin from the Drunken Halo podcast. They discuss the faults of Halo 4 and what 343i can do to fix things moving forward. Go listen! Thanks, Robowski.(mastrbiggy 19:30:11 UTC)

  • Vintage Grifball Apparel

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    GrifballHUB is doing a limited run of “vintage” Grifball t-shirts – make sure to place your order before October 31st. Head on over the GrifballHUB for more info. Thanks, Kal Belgarion. (mastrbiggy 19:29:31 UTC)

  • F2F Quickie: The Mark of Shame

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    Andrew Gagnon sent word of the latest F2F Quickie, ‘The Mark of Shame‘ – pretty funny! (mastrbiggy 19:28:59 UTC)

  • HBO Has a Front Page?

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    Just a quick apology for the lack of news this week. Stay calm and Halo on!(mastrbiggy 19:18:02 UTC)

  • Podtacular 396: Glasslands Discussion

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    We’re back again at taking a look at the Halo Universe as offered this time by the Kilo-Five trilogy. The first book written by Karen Traviss, Glasslands picks up right where Ghosts of Onyx leaves us with Dr. Halsey, Chief Mendez and the Spartans that entered the Onyx shield world. While they explore the dynamic world of the Forerunner remnants, the relationships between Humans and Sangheili remain complex and convoluted with the establishment of peace between Lord Hood and the Arbiter and the armament of Sangheili clans by ONI. We are introduced to the Kilo-Five team lead by Captain Serin Osman and manned by a mixture of ODSTs, Spartan Naomi, and Professor Phillips. Join us as we take a look of the effects of the Halo events that took place in Halo 3 and the ongoing struggle of the UNSC and Covenant. We of course take a look a this week’s Halo Bulletin as well introducing Neutral Flag and the results of the Ricochet Forge Contest. We were lucky enough to have some of the best Halo community members on the fiction from Forward Unto Dawn, FinalPOSTMORTEM and DynamicDave along with Laird and TDSpiral. Enjoy

  • The Bungie Mooncast

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    Journey through space and time.

  • Halo 4 – Fails of the Weak 162

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    From Rooster Teeth:

    It’s Friday, which means it is time for your weekly dose of failure. Join Geoff and “special guest” Gavin and enjoy Fails of the Weak!

    Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.

    Halo 4 – Fails of the Weak 162

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  • Halo 4 Friday Caption Fun 25

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    Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a flying Spartan. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!

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    “Sadly, Sir Bob Spartan’s idea of camping out in space backfired when he bought the tent without a gravity field.” –Neowankenobi
    “Even with his ‘lunge’ armor mod, Paul never did get to the rocket launcher first.” –Prophetic Onion
    “In Forerunner Russia, grenade throw you.” –RubricFlunky553
    “Jimmy quickly discovered that he couldn’t fly.” –Reclaimator263
    “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a super Spartan!” –HurryingCandy
    “I must go, my people need me.” –Gerardo Munoz
    “I’ll never let go, Jack…” –Simon Yeado
    “I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the skyyyyy!” –deluca34
    “Timmy wanted to reenact Leonardo’s famous painting, but couldn’t find a Forerunner to play the angel.” –alchemPyro
    “To INFINITY, oh, I’m already here.” –Cristian Isiah Overland


    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 spooky Spartan. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!

    Halo 4 Screenshot

    Author: THY REAPERMC

    Caption your heart out here!

  • Halo 4 – Fails of the Weak 162

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    From Rooster Teeth:

    It’s Friday, which means it is time for your weekly dose of failure. Join Geoff and “special guest” Gavin and enjoy Fails of the Weak!

    Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.

    Halo 4 – Fails of the Weak 162

    Discuss

  • Halo 4 Friday Caption Fun 25

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    Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a flying Spartan. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!

    Halo 4 Screenshot


    “Sadly, Sir Bob Spartan’s idea of camping out in space backfired when he bought the tent without a gravity field.” –Neowankenobi
    “Even with his ‘lunge’ armor mod, Paul never did get to the rocket launcher first.” –Prophetic Onion
    “In Forerunner Russia, grenade throw you.” –RubricFlunky553
    “Jimmy quickly discovered that he couldn’t fly.” –Reclaimator263
    “It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a super Spartan!” –HurryingCandy
    “I must go, my people need me.” –Gerardo Munoz
    “I’ll never let go, Jack…” –Simon Yeado
    “I believe I can fly. I believe I can touch the skyyyyy!” –deluca34
    “Timmy wanted to reenact Leonardo’s famous painting, but couldn’t find a Forerunner to play the angel.” –alchemPyro
    “To INFINITY, oh, I’m already here.” –Cristian Isiah Overland


    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 spooky Spartan. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!

    Halo 4 Screenshot

    Author: THY REAPERMC

    Caption your heart out here!

  • Halo vs. Duck Hunt – A Halo 4 Machinima

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    From offlimegames:

    What would happen if Halo met Duck Hunt?!

    Halo vs. Duck Hunt – A Halo 4 Machinima

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  • Halo vs. Duck Hunt – A Halo 4 Machinima

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    From offlimegames:

    What would happen if Halo met Duck Hunt?!

    Halo vs. Duck Hunt – A Halo 4 Machinima

    Discuss