From HT Edge:
Crespo2006 creates a unique series of videos which utilizes Halo medals in a variety of different games. This one features them in Halo 2, 3 and ODST.
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Forward Ops: From Exodus to Accession
Postmortem announced a new article at Forward Unto Dawn – Forward Ops looks at the goods and the bads of the first season of Spartan Ops, and kicks off an ongoing series in which Postmortem attempts to create his own (hypothetical) season of the game. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 17:52:28 UTC)
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One heck of a Halo outfit
Wow – someone is selling a suit of Halo armor… that’s actually made of body armor. (The claims it makes are questioned by Bry in this post… but the bottom line is, this isn’t just a costume.) It ain’t priced like a costume, either – starting bid is $13,500. Wowsers! (Thanks, The Lionheart.)(Louis Wu 17:49:28 UTC)
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Show Why You Love Halo Valentine’s Contest
From Dogiojoe:In accordance with the national “love” holiday, I am holding a contest to see who loves Halo the MOST. From today until February 28th, 2013 at 11:59MT, submit an entry into one (or all) of the following 4 categories and get a chance to win a Master Chief Avatar Costume!
Category #1: Draw or paint something related to Halo.
Category #2: Write a TRUE story of why you love Halo. It can be about your first moment playing one of the games or why you love a favorite playlist; even a story about how you met your boy/girlfriend via Halo, just make sure that it’s true, and includes why you love Halo.
Category #3: Edit a video montage style. Trying to get noticed as a pro Halo gamer? Already a pro and just waiting for the public to react to your insane play style? Well if you have gaming footage of your Halo matches and a computer, I want to see your talents!
Category #4: Edit a video trailer mash-up style. Like to mash up trailers and music into a video? I want to see your talents! Upload a Halo mash-up.
Check out the rules and all related information via the link below!
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Bungie Alums Resurface With Familiar-Looking Project
Bungie co-founder Alexander Seropian, who left Bungie after Halo 1 to found Wideload Games back in Chicago, has found himself a new gig: he’s teaming up with another Bungie alum, Brent Pease of Oni fame, and Tim Harris, co-founder of Industrial Toys. They’re making a mobile shooter called Morning Star, as well as an interactive comic as a companion piece called Morning Star Alpha.
The sample art for Morning Star Alpha, visible at the top of the Industrial Toys page, features a girl in a glowing purple outfit and wearing a Nintendo power glove, and a space marine in green armor.
I’m getting a certain feeling of deja vu…
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Tyrant’s Halo 4 Legendary Walkthrough – Reclaimer
From MythicTyrant:With Infinity back on the offensive, it launches the fleet’s largest land-based vehicle – the Mammoth – to aid the Master Chief in bringing down the Gravity Well. Unfortunately, a series of particle cannons stand in the way between him and success, and only the Chief can bring them down.
This week, we’ve upped the stakes a bit by activating both Mythic and Tilt skulls, bringing enemies to their HIGHEST health capabilities. On the plus side, what works for them also works for you. While this approach isn’t typically recommended, it comes in handy for speed runs and missions involving many skips.
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Meanscreen Production Machinimas
PhatMonkey shared some Meanscreen Production machinimas – The shorts are particularly wacky. Overly friendly Flood is worst Flood. Go check them out!(mastrbiggy 10:07:27 UTC)
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Feminist Review of Halo 3: ODST
Dragonclaws posted another feminist analytical review on Youtube – this time she takes a look at Halo 3: ODST. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 09:56:46 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Paving the Way for Future DLC
Jake108 let us know about his Geekscape article that talks about how Spartan Ops revolutionized console downloadable content. Go read!(mastrbiggy 09:52:44 UTC)
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Successful Troll Is Successful
An obvious troll slings some mud at Bungie and manages to provoke a thoughtful resopnse from Achronos about Bungie’s plans for deep social integration between Bungie.net and Destiny:
This web site is designed for a game you know little about. It is designed for both familiar and unfamiliar social interactions. It our platform for the future – not a marketing site, but a place to grow the community of our new universe from. It has some holes, some rough edges, sure. Your irrational fear of the words “social media” is just that: irrational. You’ve been part of a social media site for a while – bungie.net has always been one.
Check out the thread, but don’t feed the troll.
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Predestination Is Pre-Sorted Mail
Bungie’s first Mail Sack since the Destiny reveal is open for questions at Bungie.net. Deej also includes word that “a steady cadence of updates” is planned, so if the reveal only left you wanting more, don’t worry, it’s coming.
So go ahead and submit your questions!
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Previews Aren’t The Problem
While he specifically mentions Aliens: Colonial Marines and not the press coverage of Bungie’s Destiny reveal, Ben Kuchera‘s latest piece at Penny Arcade Report is about the shortcomings of game journalism, and makes a nice bookend to Matt Soell‘s piece about transparency.
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Taking A Closer Look
MrGreencastle in the DBO forum also picked apart some of the images from the ViDoc, taking a detailed look at what they might mean for Destiny’s interface and gameplay features.
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The Destiny Letters
Ex-Bungie Community Guy Matt Soell, who was with the company during the early Halo days, has penned a response to some of the complaints about Destiny’s reveal being more “hype” than “substance”. It’s well worth a read, so please go take a look (Warning: little bit of NSFW language. No images, but some imagery.)
If you ask me, though, the crux of the issue is right here:
For years now, even before Destiny was a rumor, people have been calling for more transparency and less hype from Bungie. If a few pieces of concept art and a YouTube video are “hype,” it’s only because Bungie’s process has made less feel like more. They do not deluge the press or their fans in an antiseptic wash of tedious data. Anyone can do that. Bungie wants your entry into this world to be an experience unto itself.
Soell makes a good point; the Destiny reveal was not a planned press event watered down; it was an extension of the Cortana Letters-type experience to the mainstream gaming press. Looks like not all of them had as much fun as some of the fans (myself included) did.
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Halo 4 Mythbusters – Episode 6
From DefendTheHouse:DefendTheHouse is proud to present the sixth installment of our Halo 4 Mythbusters series! In this episode, we put some of our most asked questions to the test.
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Prima Games Official Spartan Ops eGuide – Episode 10
From Prima Games:Things have not gotten better despite the string of defeats you’ve delivered upon the Covenant. If anything, things have only managed to get worse. Requiem is on a collision course with its sun, which will claim the USNC Infinity crew as casualties of very grim physics. Fireteam Crimson and Majestic are sent to the Harvester to recover an artifact that will hopefully make things right before it’s too late.
Check out the official eGuide for episode 10 of Spartan Ops via the link below!
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Renegades Episode 3 – A Halo: Reach Machinima
From NukeTacoProductions:This week, the momentum of last week’s action-packed episode doesn’t slow down. How so? You’ll just have to watch and find out. We hope you like you what you see, and we hope to see you back next week for the release of Episode 4 of Renegades!
In this episode: Destruction…destruction can bring about pain and suffering but occasionally, it will bring about truths that would remain hidden otherwise. After the battle with the M.P., the duo is split up, forcing one to rescue the other from imprisonment. Check out www.nucleartacoproductions.com for more Renegades and other exciting content!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Revisiting a 10-year-old talk
Wow, was THIS a blast from the past… in more ways than one! BOLL stopped by (!!!) to point out that a 2003 GDC talk by Jaime Griesemer, Marty O’Donnell, and Mat Noguchi (and Hamilton Chu!) was made available in video form. Back in 2006, Gamasutra released the audio, and soon after Jaime provided us with the slides… but this is the first time the video has been made available for free. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:50:16 UTC)
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Requiem
If you’ve got a jailbroken iPhone 4S, davidfuchs has created a pretty gorgeous Forerunner-like theme for you – check it out.(Louis Wu 14:35:31 UTC)
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HBO Forum Card Game – a look at what almost was
pete_the_duck stopped in to announce the final state of his HBO Forum Card Game project, with descriptions, pictures, and a Schooly D-supplied video. (Save Schooly’s bandwidth and watch our slightly smaller version here.) I’m sad, now, that this will never really see the light of day… but I’m pretty pleased that pete was willing to share!(Louis Wu 14:20:45 UTC)
