Over at marathon.bungie.org this week comes the announcement of the opening of the newly-renovated archive site for Marathon-related files:
Go check it out!
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Expendable: Lancer (Solo Legendary)
RC Master is back AGAIN with another Spartan Ops run-through – this time, it’s Ep 8, Chapter 3, Lancer. He manages a no-deaths solo run on Legendary – go watch how!(Louis Wu 21:14:19 UTC)
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AotCR Bridge Descents, Revisited
Sligfantry has released a couple of videos showing off some really cool bridge descents. It’s worth struggling through the video quality – because the content is pretty amazing. In one drop, he boards a Pelican – in midair! (Louis Wu 21:11:31 UTC)
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Desktop Prettiness – on multiple levels
We got a couple of new tidbits from Firestream – first off, he redid his site to make it easier to get all of his desktops in one place (works great with mobile devices, even!), and second, he’s released a new desktop focusing on Sarah Palmer. Go check ’em out! (Louis Wu 21:09:28 UTC)
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Podtacular-tacular
Dust Storm let us know that the Podtacular crew has been cranking out shows with abandon this week – swing by to listen to:
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Conan O’Brien Reviews Halo 4
From teamcoco:Conan is less interested in shooting things and more interested in his sexy A.I. guide, Cortana.
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The Harlem Shake Halo Dance
I don’t have much to say about this other than how ridiculous it looks. Thanks, CyReN.(mastrbiggy 10:12:26 UTC)
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Rescuing Majestic on Legendary Solo
RC Master informed of us his no death run (with some help from Scarab) on the Spartan Ops mission “Majestic Rescue’ from Episode 8: Expendable. He was able to finish the mission with 13 kills and in under 8 minutes, wow! Go watch.(mastrbiggy 10:00:57 UTC)
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Two Pelicans, One t00lbox
t00lbox stopped by with a tutorial showing how you can do a Pelican crossover glitch on Shutdown – this trick lets you get out of the map and explore some neat spaces. Oh, you can have two pelicans instead of one!(mastrbiggy 09:40:30 UTC)
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Halo 4 – Fails of the Weak 125
From Rooster Teeth:Jack and Geoff laugh at the misery represented in these clips from Halo 4! Oh mah gosh!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Radar Glitch on Rail
XyloxHD posted a video video showing off a weird trait zone glitch on the map Rail. One of the player trait zones allows radar to appear for a moment – should be handy for Doubles Pro (no radar.) He also shows off a neat jump that I had no idea about. Go watch! Thanks, VivaciousJazzy.(mastrbiggy 16:08:55 UTC)
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Welcome, Reclaimer
Fuchsdh is working on a Forerunner iPhone theme – he still has lots of work to do, but even in its current iteration it looks pretty darn slick. That lock screen! (mastrbiggy 15:58:56 UTC)
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Forge FOR Pete, get Halo swag!
pete_the_duck is looking for specific types of Forge maps for his top secret Forge Project. Pete has 10 Knight and 10 Watcher avatar codes (courtesy of BS Angel) that will randomly be given away to authors of maps that impress him. Submit your maps by February 20th – get Forging!(mastrbiggy 15:54:00 UTC)
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MLG Episode 5 (Halo 3 Machinima)
deathmcgunz let us know that the latest episode of ‘MLG’ is now live – Cameron confronts Remey about the doubles match and Vincent has something to say about his actions. Go watch!(mastrbiggy 15:43:55 UTC)
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Fails of the Weak 125
Jack and Geoff from Achievement Hunter present Fails of the Weak volume 125 – this one has a lot of vehicle based clips, particularly vehicular physics fails. Watch it on AH or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201 .(mastrbiggy 15:39:20 UTC)
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Una guerra Sangheili non ha mai fine…
Back in 2009, Leviathan made his ‘A Sangheili’s War’ graphic novel available in PDF format. Today, I learned from bs angel that an Italian fansite has made this available… in Italian. Check it out! (For what it’s worth, Levi gave his blessing to the conversion, though he has no way of telling how good the translation actually is.)(Louis Wu 23:33:19 UTC)
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DICE Summit 2013: Changing The Universe – Three for Three
343i’s Frank O’Connor and Kiki Wofkill share what it was like building a AAA game studio from scratch, rebuilding the Halo franchise and expanding Halo beyond video games. 343 Industries is really unique in terms how the studio was formed and the challenges they had to face (as many of you already know) – it is worth checking out what they have to say. (mastrbiggy 20:46:39 UTC)
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Tyrant’s Let’s Play Spartan Ops – More Ep 2
The Tyrant continues to power through Spartan Ops with friends – CruelLEGACEY has joined him for two more Episode Two chapters, For Science and Hacksaw. Go see how they did!(Louis Wu 18:36:43 UTC)
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Halo 4 Animation Show Reel
According to Will Christiansen’s job title, he’s a Gameplay Animator here at 343. According to his animation reel, however, he’s just plain awesome. For proof of both things, check out this teeny-tiny taste of the stuff he worked on for Halo 4.
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Spamhammer – Halo Fan Art
From Zach:I made this a while ago when Halo: Reach came out. Hope you like it!
Spamhammer – Halo Fan Art
