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Jump to your doom – or not
Rockslider approached the recent AotCR PAL-only bridge descent method with his usual methodical completeness – his latest video shows you how to make it a bit more consistent, and how to use it to shave multiple seconds off a speedrun. Nice!(Louis Wu 23:35:00 UTC)
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Spinning Round the Hunter
mrkevinhurd created a nice all-round view of the new Forward Unto Dawn Hunter statue – you probably STILL can’t get your hands on one, but at least now you can see how it looks from every side! (Louis Wu 23:32:23 UTC)
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Happy Halodays – A New HFFL Contest
From HaloFanForLife:I’m proud to announce HFFL’s Halo Holiday contest. So what is the contest going to be? It’s a classic Christmas song rewrite, with a Halo theme!
The song must include at least two verses and a chorus. Extra thought will be given to entries including artwork. Extra EXTRA thought will be given to those who submit the song as a YouTube video.
I will take submissions for the contest from now until December 23. The grand prize is a Halo Mega Bloks 10th Anniversary Warthog, the second place winner will receive a Mega Bloks Halo Covert Ops: Battle Unit set, and there will be three third prizes. Click the link below for additional information and to enter. Good luck!
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Stream Crusher
TG Daily reports that Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn is up for a Streamy Award, at the (aptly named) Streamys, an awards show for the best achievements in online video. Halo: Forward Unto Dawn is up for 8 Streamys, including Best Action or Sci-Fi Series, Best Writing, Best Male Performance in a Drama for Tom Green, and Best Female Performance in a Drama for Anna Popplewell. I’m not going to include the clever line I originally came up with for that last one. Awesome stuff!(GrimBrother One 18:36:14 UTC)
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Border Ring on Excellence
An opinion-piece on Kotaku today brought up Halo in an interesting way today as it relates to “getting things right” in a shooter game. The focus of the article is actually the Borderlands series, but the author uses Halo as an example of good shooter design, and brings up some very specific reasons why. An interesting read for fans of both series; go check it out!(GrimBrother One 18:26:24 UTC)
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Now THAT’S Time and Dedication
OboeCrazy mentioned to us a friend who is one of a very small few to complete 117 Weekly Challenges in Halo: Reach! Holy crap! (GrimBrother One 18:22:47 UTC)
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Frozen Sleep – A Halo 4 / Cortana Tribute Song
From Diego:Malukah made a new song, and it’s a tribute to Halo and Cortana called “Frozen Sleep”. It hits me right in the feels.
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Halo IRL: John-117
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!
As seen and captured by funjon
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Happy 5th Birthday, Grifball!
From Kalbelgarion:Grifball is now five years old. Celebrate the anniversary of the world’s greatest sport with birthday wishes from Rooster Teeth, Xbox LIVE, and 343 Industries, including Frank O’Connor, Kiki Wolfkill, and THE Kevin Franklin!
We’ll also be running four one-night tournaments this week to celebrate. Check out all the details at GrifballHub.com!
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Podtacular 336: War Games Discussion
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There has been a big debate going around the Halo community on the end product we have been given for Halo 4 War Games. While there are people on multiple sides of multiple issues, there is no doubt that Halo 4, like any other game, is not without its faults. Some of these bugs, glitches, or issues have been exploited, while others are pretty harmless, but create a double-take reaction when noticed. For many people, the game feels like something resembling a “beta” version, and on top of that ponder the question of why we didn’t have a public beta for Halo 4. Many of those questions and more we address on this show and hopefully give you some helpful answers to help but your thoughts to rest, or at least dormant for a while.
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Wild’s Forge Challenge – A Forge Cafe Contest
From undr zid:Forge Cafe is hosting its first Forge contest. The deadline will be TWO WEEKS from now, ending December 30th, 2012 at midnight CST.
Rules:
• You will be given a template that can be downloaded from Lit3rly Log1c’s File Share.
• You can add whatever you want to the template, but you are not allowed to edit the template itself.
• How you use the budget is entirely up to you. You could use all of it, or only 500; the choice is yours.
• You can have one partner to collaborate with, or you can work on your own. Note that only one person will be awarded per map.
• The map can support any game type, including mini games, but MUST be functional as a working map.
•Your map must be playable with 16 people, as these will be judged at the Forge Cafe Game Nights.
Disqualification criteria:
• Map was turned in after the deadline.
• Map is not functional. Spawns not set up, spawns off map, trapped spawns, game type not set up, etc.
• Offensive map title or description.
• Stolen map or manipulated map (plagiarized, hacked, or any other means of cheating).
Judging criteria – Maps will be judged based on:
• Aesthetic appeal.
• Reaction of testers.
• Overall fun and replay-ability.
• Creativity.
Prizes:
[1st] 1600 MSP card + premium user promotion.
[2nd] Halo 4 Avatar T-shirt code (male or female) + premium user promotion.
[3rd] Premium user promotion.
Good luck to all participants!
UPDATE: Template has been updated to fix a minor glitch. Contest has been extended 1 week + 1 day; it will now end Monday, January 7th, 2012 at midnight CST. Search “Lit3rly Log1c”, “undr zid”, or “FC Quicksilver” and download “Contest Template V1.1.”
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Crimson Egg-Heads on your Desktop
Firestream whipped up a couple of nice wallpapers involving the Play Arts Kai Sarah Palmer action figure (we mentioned it most recently last week) – go grab one! I found this at Halo Waypoint – I thought angel was on break until January?(Louis Wu 17:44:09 UTC)
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The Fails of Requiem 2 – A Halo 4 Montage
From CruelLEGACEY:The Fails of Requiem is back with more fails, wins, and laughs from Halo 4! Episode 2 features a great example of how NOT to prevent your Mantis from being hijacked, a few show-stopping assassinations, as well as some of the worst melee combat you’ve ever seen!
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Rewind Youtube Style 2012
Der Flatulator, at NeoGAF (and Bry, on our own forum) both noticed some Halo content in the year-end YouTube retrospective vid, Rewind YouTube Style 2012. Nice touch – Halo content appears for the first time… at 1:17. (Louis Wu 16:49:13 UTC)
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Win a Halo 4 LE OST
The Consequence of Sound is giving away a Halo 4 Official Soundtrack Limited Edition Box Set – just sign up for a chance to win! (Sorry, world – this one’s US-only.) Thanks, heckfu.(Louis Wu 16:45:21 UTC)
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Sarah Palmer – A Fan-made Halo 4 Wallpaper
From firestream:This desktop is actually based off the shots of the new Play Arts Kai figures coming out next year, particularly the Sarah Palmer one. Feel free to download and enjoy!
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It’s time to blame games again
You knew it was coming – in the wake of last week’s horrific school shooting, video games are being called out as potential threats. NBC’s Chuck Todd names Halo, specifically (though it’s likely he was just picking a well-known title, rather than tying the game directly to the Newtown tragedy). NeoGAF has an interesting conversation on the topic (don’t mind the snarkiness). Thanks, TheOddOne.(Louis Wu 16:42:56 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
