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The Eggs Keep Coming
Chuckthelittlealien thinks he’s found Sargeant Johnson in Halo 4 – check out his vid!(Louis Wu 18:16:26 UTC)
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Getting into the Halo 4 clip game
Greenskull decided he hadn’t been filming enough Halo 4 clips (like… none), so he filmed some. A fun splatter clip, a nice Hail Mary stick, and the Green visor, earned by getting a bunch of splatters (a LOT, for one day, that’s for sure). Go see! (Louis Wu 18:14:16 UTC)
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Fails of the Weak 112
Fails of the Weak 112 went live last night – more Reach fails from the Achievement Hunter guys (AH.com | YouTube). Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 18:10:43 UTC)
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Child’s Play’s doing well this month
ANOTHER charity auction, also benefitting Child’s Play, just kicked off – Laird stopped by to announce his annual goodies have begun to flow. A Halo 4 helmet and a couple of poster-sized prints are the first wave – go see!(Louis Wu 18:07:47 UTC)
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It’s always fastest before the Dawn
The speedrunning has begun – NartFOpc turned in a Legendary run on Dawn that’s just over 8 minutes. What will the limit be?(Louis Wu 18:05:48 UTC)
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A new look at iconic characters
The Penny Arcade Report has a review of Paul Davies’ new ‘Awakening: The Art of Halo 4’ – if you haven’t ordered this, read the article, you might want to. Thanks, Flynn J Taggart. (Louis Wu 17:58:57 UTC)
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Master Chief
Nikko B201 found a pretty nice piece of artwork showing off the Master Chief as drawn by Stuart Ng – take a look! (Louis Wu 17:57:04 UTC)
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Top 5 HAVEN Jumps – Halo 4
The Halo Council’s Clicked shows off some useful jumps in Haven – study ’em to get a leg up on your opponents! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 17:54:12 UTC)
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Dogiojoe’s Charity Auction kicks off
Dogiojoe let us know that the first batch of auctions, benefitting Child’s Play, are live now (more details on her blog) – swing by eBay to see a bunch of signed Fall of Reach Boot Camp comics! (I mean SERIOUSLY signed.) More stuff will be coming online today, and more still on Monday – all auctions last 1 week (these are through nearly 2 days already, so you’ve only got 5 days to bid). Folks who bid and lose will be eligible for a drawing for a Red vs Blue shirt – so you can win even if you don’t win! Go see.(Louis Wu 17:52:36 UTC)
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Meanwhile, at Bungie.net…
While we slept, Bungie.net turned out all sorts of interesting stuff. Two new mail sacks (last week’s had secrets, this week’s is the best ever), iOS engineer Adam Brown reveals his path to success… and even behind the scenes things coming to light. (Beckx pointed out a Kotaku article that throws light on some Destiny details that were supposed to be in a company-only blog, but was archived by Google.) The dark period isn’t over… but we’re closer to the light!(Louis Wu 17:47:12 UTC)
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Haliens – A Halo: Anniversary Machinima
From c0ldvengeance:The audio from James Cameron’s Aliens with the footage from Halo: Anniversary. This is a re-make from another video created 10 years ago.
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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A Fan on a Mission – An Interview with Jacob Benton

From Laura Akers:As the editor on Halo Waypoint, I basically had two roles: one, to make sure all the text we used was grammatically correct and Halo-appropriate, and two, to test our content and then push the button that would send it out into the world. When you’re at the end of the pipeline like that, it means a lot of late nights. Luckily (for me, anyway), I was rarely alone. Most nights, I had the company of our first video editor, Jacob Benton. Jacob was, and remains, a jack-of-many-trades. In addition to editing together our videos, he — along with Jeremy Patenaude (check out Jeremy’s interview here) — was our Halo fact-checker. He spent months working with our people on the backend to get the forums just right. He helped host Halo events. And eventually, he became a mission designer on the long-awaited Halo 4. From super-fan to one of the creative minds behind Halo 4, Jacob remains one of the most grounded, humble, and kindest people I know. He also possesses the ability to have played Halo, for over a decade now, without swearing. No joke.
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Halo 4 Forge Tutorial – Dominion Setup
From Certain Affinity:This video describes how to set up Dominion using Forge in Halo 4. Game labels for each object listed below:
Base Terminal – “DOM_Base”
Base Stripes – “DOM_Decor”
Base Status Monitors – “DOM_Bigscreen”
Decorations – “DOM_Decor” [Wires, Junction Box, Battery]
Antennas – “DOM_Fortify”
Turrets – “DOM_Turret”
Turret Monitors – “DOM_Screen”
Barricades – “DOM_Fortify”
Vehicle Pads – “DOM_VPad”
Shield Doors – “DOM_Shield”
Ordnance Drops – “Alpha_Resupply”
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First Halo 4 Grifball Tournament Tonight
Kal, of GrifballHub.com, sent word that they’re hosting their very first Halo 4 Grifball tournament tonight. Signups for the event open at 10:00PM EST and the games begin at 10:30PM. All teams are welcome!(Louis Wu 18:45:51 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Episode 2 Trailer
A trailer for Week 2 of Spartan Ops was released on both Halo Waypoint and YouTube this morning – go watch for a taste of what’s coming next week! (I’m excited!) Thanks, Shadders. (Louis Wu 18:44:28 UTC)
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Free XP and Armor – only a little cheating
There are a bunch of unlocks for various goodies hidden throughout Halo 4, and the folks on the Halo Waypoint forums are doing a great job of documenting them. However, since the solutions are spread out across a LOT of pages of posts, Shadders was kind enough to gather the info together in a single post on his Little English Halo Blog. Skip this if you like to solve puzzles on your own. Swing by if you’re lazy and just want goodies.(Louis Wu 18:37:39 UTC)
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Dongles
I missed this on Wednesday, when it came out – but I’m caught up now. Penny Arcade was intrigued by the flexibility of our favorite blue AI, when it comes to connecting to unfamiliar networks. I am too… now. (Louis Wu 18:34:23 UTC)
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A full line of Strategy ‘products’? Weird.
If you’re struggling at any stage of the Halo 4 campaign (or want some tips for the Multiplayer side of things), Prima’s got you covered – swing by Halo Waypoint for a press release about the Official Strategy Guide (and the different flavors that are available).(Louis Wu 18:33:00 UTC)
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Halo 4 Emblem Unlocks
If you’re wondering about when you might see new emblems (or what you might need to do to see them), CyReN posted a chart at NeoGAF detailing all of the available Halo 4 emblems (and when most of them unlock). Handy!(Louis Wu 18:31:00 UTC)
