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BCM 84: Freakiness and fun
Rockslider packaged up a bunch of fun clips from a variety of campaign levels for his latest video – it’s a smorgasbord of Covenant carnage! Go watch.(Louis Wu 21:24:50 UTC)
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Halo 4 Essential Visual Guide – out soon!
The Halo 4 Essential Visual Guide is hitting stores this week – but some people got their hands on it a little early. You can read some of the new tidbits over at the Halo Waypoint forums – thanks, zofinda.(Louis Wu 21:24:19 UTC)
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Recolor your weapons
ForgeWorldMaps stopped in with word of a video showing off ‘hidden skins’ for certain weapons… they look to be more like color glitches due to Champion Bundle assets, but either way, they’re fun!(Louis Wu 21:23:33 UTC)
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Covers for Escalation #1 revealed
We mentioned Halo: Escalation, a new comic series from Dark Horse coming in December, back in July – but mikimarquez noticed a pair of covers for the first issue over at Comic Book Resources (Find ‘Escalation’ on the page). The Kenneth Scott variant is… wild.(Louis Wu 21:22:01 UTC)
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Weekend Webcomic – Compromise
Weekends and webcomics go hand in hand, and there’s no better day to celebrate that relaxing ritual than on Sunday. Today’s Halo-themed Weekend Webcomic is brought to you by DairyBoy Comics. Enjoy his Halo-themed strip, and if you have a comic you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!

by: DairyBoy Comics
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Hindsight: Reach
Forward Unto Dawn is celebrating Reach’s 3rd birthday with a look back of their own – they’ve kicked off ‘Hindsight: Reach‘, a retrospective analysis of the game. The first two chapters, Noble Actual and Winter Contingency, are online already. Thanks, davidfuchs.(Louis Wu 20:00:26 UTC)
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The Drunken Halo Podcast Ep 61
Justin Bryce let us know that Episode 61 of the Drunken Halo Podcast is now online – main topic of conversation is the Halo 4 Champions Bundle DLC. Go listen! (Louis Wu 19:54:24 UTC)
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Happy Birthday, Reach!
Today is the third anniversary of the release of Bungie’s last Halo title, Halo: Reach. Bryan Newman kicked off a thread on our forum – and there is some fun reminiscing in there! Go join in. (Louis Wu 19:21:26 UTC)
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That’s a lot of bullets.
As they are wont to do, IGN created a new ‘Top 100 Shooters‘ list – and our forum denizens took umbrage with some of the position choices. Check the list for yourself, and weigh in! (Thanks, Kermit.)(Louis Wu 19:18:45 UTC)
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Podtacular 389: Matchmaker of Destiny
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The Halo 4 Global Championship showed off some amazing talent and provided Halo fans with some of the best competitive Halo, the likes of which have been unmatched. While a podcast on the Championship and PAX is due, the topic of our podcast this week is the latest Halo Bulletin and a guide into the world of Destiny with the folks from Guardian Radio. First, bs Angel shows us what we can expect with upcoming matchmaking updates including merge of playlists, the latest rotational playlist set through the end of the year, and a tease to race finally coming to Halo 4. Cortana is also the rumored assistant on the Windows Phone revealed from a beta build of the operating system in app form. Finally, Mark Turcotte, Craig Hardgrove and Derrick Smith from the fan site Guardians of Destiny join us in our charades to tell us what Bungie’s next title is all about. Enjoy
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Vin Diesel loses at HORSE
It’s Friday, so it’s time for AchievementHunter’s newest offerings – Fails of the Weak 156 (AH.com | YouTube) has Gavin and Michael making fun of hapless players who make minor mistakes that end up costing them, while Halo HORSE (AH.com | YouTube) is another PIG episode pitting Ray against Ryan with new maps (yay!). Check ’em both!(Louis Wu 23:34:40 UTC)
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Halo 4 Friday Caption Fun 19
Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring a Spartan caught in an unusual position. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!
“Ralph-32 found that break dancing in MJOLNIR armor was harder than he’d thought.” –ElectricZealot
“Okay, who moved my chair?” –smileyken
“Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” –deluca34
“Give me a minute, guys. I think I might have pulled something after that flag cap.” –Sidewinder1996
“Tune in this fall for the premier of Dancing with the Spartans!” –ISAF Mobius 18
“Because being painted like a French girl is so 20th century, painting me like a Spartan will do.” –Rafael Chavez
“STOP! Spartan Time!” –Michael Page
“While it did make for amusing photos, it was found that the “Banana Peel” Armor Ability
wasn’t very practical in the field.” –F1SHNC1PPARONES
“Spartans found that sliding on one’s rear end was marginally less effective than crouch walking” –Twizzsted
“Spartan Jimmy didn’t sign up to do sit-ups. He signed up because he knew what the ladies liked.” –OompaMyLoompaa
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 everybody’s favorite Covenant flying vehicle. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!Author: ROBBIERAMPAGE
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Halo 4 – Fails of the Weak 156
From Rooster Teeth:
It’s Friday, which means it is time for your weekly dose of failure. Enjoy Fails of the Weak!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Tyrant’s Halo 4 Mythic Walkthrough – Midnight
From MythicTyrant:
Greetings! This video covers the eighth and FINAL mission in Halo 4 on Mythic Difficulty (also known as true LASO – Legendary All Skulls On with no deaths or saves). Be sure to look out for the written portion of the walkthrough, which is available on halo.bungie.org!
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Waypoint Weekly Test Nights: 9.14.13

From AgentPaperCraft:
Hello, Waypoint goers! With the addition of community-made content into matchmaking, custom maps and game types have become a integral part of Halo’s multiplayer experience. It keeps matchmaking fresh with all new content and game types that keep us on our toes. Forgers and game type creators often work hours, days and even months on their content before it’s considered for matchmaking, and it’s usually the lack of having a ready player-base to test their maps that it takes so long. So I offer an option to our forgers, a place to bring your maps and game types to have them tested and reviewed by a group of the top forgers around. You’ll receive top-notch forging tips and tricks to wow your players, improve map spawn and flow, provide a better map experience and get your name out there. You’ll also get to work directly with the Community Cartographers, a select group of community Forge enthusiasts who work with 343 Industries in the search of top quality content for matchmaking consideration. Every Saturday night at 6PM ET, get an invite by sending “AgentPaperCraft” a message over Xbox LIVE, or leave a comment in the Test Night Thread.
Join us this week as we induct another round of our Forge mentoring program, a program where we pair you up with a veteran forger to help hone your skills creating and distributing your custom content. Your mentor will help co-forge your map, offer you a higher level of assistance in understanding dynamic map flow, spawn placement, structural design, and other important aspects of designing your custom map. For more information about the mentoring program, head over to the ForgeHub thread where you can also post your maps for review and testing.
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More Dustbowl Megabattle action
Rockslider continues to explore the possibilities of his Dustbowl Megabattle – there are two new videos, each looking at a different technique for enjoying this fight. Swing by his forum post for details… then go watch the videos!(Louis Wu 23:19:57 UTC)
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More Dustbowl Megabattle action
Rockslider continues to explore the possibilities of his Dustbowl Megabattle – there are two new videos, each looking at a different technique for enjoying this fight. Swing by his forum post for details… then go watch the videos!(Louis Wu 23:19:57 UTC)
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The future moves closer
Kermit pointed out an article at Gizmodo which discusses an upcoming personal assistant for Microsoft mobile products… called ‘Cortana’. It’s an intriguing choice by MS, and the story would be even better if the Gizmodo article hadn’t included a puerile fan-made video as ‘commentary’.(Louis Wu 20:44:51 UTC)
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Looking ahead for Halo 4
bs angel dropped the latest Halo Bulletin on Halo Waypoint last night – it’s chock-full of information about what’s coming, in both the short and long terms, with respect to online Halo 4 gameplay. Matchmaking changes, new playlists, and even changes to Spartan Ops are covered. Go give it a read! As always, we have a version for you in our Halo Bulletin Archive.(Louis Wu 20:37:16 UTC)


