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HaloGAF Podcast Ep 6: No Guests Allowed
ncsuDuncan and crew posted the latest HaloGAF Podcast last night – episode 6 has some great Comic-Con recaps from Domino, a roundup of Halo news, and a special guest appearance from Morgan Freeman! Go listen. (Louis Wu 12:27:42 UTC)
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Halo 4’s New Weapons
The Little English Halo Blog has taken a close look at the new weapons shown so far in Halo 4 outings – nice roundup! Thanks, Munish23.(Louis Wu 12:24:21 UTC)
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SDCC Spartan Ops Impressions
Geekscape’s jake108 let us know that the team’s posted a new article discussing Spartan Ops, as shown at SDCC. Go give it a read!(Louis Wu 12:19:47 UTC)
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Koala Stuff
FulRoro stopped in with word of a Reach Funtage – I really enjoyed it!(Louis Wu 12:07:29 UTC)
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mastrbiggy’s goodies – sorted
mastrbiggy’s SDCC giveaway received nearly 200 entries in the two days it was open, and now has five lucky winners:- Das Kalk
- CortanaVII
- Menacentiment
- allanion
- Dogiojoe
Congratulations to all five!(Louis Wu 11:57:49 UTC)
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Arby ‘n’ The Chief Bytes S01E12: Armor Deep
The latest Arby ‘n’ the Chief Bytes episode shows off a new Chief problem… pretty odd for a plastic action figure! (Louis Wu 21:25:48 UTC)
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Valve’s Source Filmmaker… for Halo machinima
ZoxinTV has put together an advanced tutorial for importing Halo models into Source Filmmaker – and there are some animation tests showing what it looks like. Pretty promising! Thanks, wwm0nkey.(Louis Wu 21:23:02 UTC)
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When real life intrudes…
Whoa. Looks like Drunken Halo has gone on indefinite hiatus… because Justin has been diagnosed with cancer. Our hopes go out to you, Justin! Go listen to Justin and Travis discussing the uncertainty of the future.(Louis Wu 18:09:37 UTC)
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Weekend Webcomic: The New Fall Look
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, which features everybody’s favorite Spartan super-soldier, is brought to you by ZZoMBiEXIII. Enjoy this Halo 4-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: ZZoMBiEXIII
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Pointing out the folly of man
A few days ago, Demoncarnotaur grabbed a few shots from some SDCC footage, showing off the new Halo 4 Jackal design. This led to some discussion on NeoGAF about how these puppies look a lot like Godzilla. Last night, he grabbed a few more – they’re definitely freaky.Update: HaloBase’s Legend put together a comparison.(Louis Wu 15:42:38 UTC)
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FotW 96
Fails of the Weak 96 went live – Jack and Joel look at some bad choices and luck. You can watch it on AH.com, or YouTube. Thanks, Nikko B201.(Louis Wu 15:40:57 UTC)
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Waypoint Weekly Wrap-Up – 7.21.12
You’re a busy person, and we have a thing for releasing as much Halo-related content our multi-fingered appendages can handle. That means—assuming you aren’t a speed reading super-soldier—you probably missed a few stories along the way. Not only do we forgive you, but we’ll also happily provide a convenient weekly wrap-up of absolutely everything we covered during the last seven days. Don’t worry about saying thank you. We’d rather you spend that time soaking in the goodness that is this entertaining collection of articles. Off you go!
News
The Halo Bulletin: 7.18.12
343 Industries Community Playdate, 7.19.12
Super Jackpot Weekend: July 20-22
Office of Halo Intelligence: Part 9
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn Coverage
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – The Master Chief
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Interview with Anna Popplewell
Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn – Interview with Director Stewart Hendler
Videos
Halo 4 E3 Demo Recreation – A Mega Bloks Stop Motion Video
Halo: Reach MLG Top 10 Plays 18
2012 RTX Grifball Panel Highlight Reel
Execution – A Halo: Reach Ninjatage
Couple Meet in Real Life Five Years After Connecting on Halo
Rooster Teeth Expo 2012 – 405th Shenanigans
Forge Cafe Halo: Reach Map Spotlight 4 – Tension
Fails of the Weak 96
Fun Stuff
Tattoo Tuesday: Emile-A239
Halo IRL: Wiping the Galaxy Clean of All Termite Life
Figures in Action – Halo Beauty
Friday Caption Fun 59
Community Happenings
Bridging the Gap Between All Communities in Halo
Waypoint Community Modcast – Episode 20
HaloTracker’s Premium Forge
MixMasterChief’s Halo 4 Impressions
Signed Halo 4 SDCC 2012 Posters – Charity Auctions
Community Customs Night: 7.20.12
Halo Waypoint Defiant Achievements Playdate: 7.20.12
Halo: Reach Screenshots
Causatum – Simply Amazing
Zealot – Completely Bad Ass
Splattered – Freakin’ Funny
Autumn Leaves – Simply Amazing
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Halo pops up in lots of places
Anthony Vaccaro, who worked as an environment artist on Halo: Reach (and now works at Naughty Dog) started a thread on Polycount about a workshop he’s going to be teaching, showing how to create game environments using modular assets. The fun part? He’s going to use a cool Halo concept of a hallway as his base. Pretty awesome! Thanks to Computron for noticing.(Louis Wu 14:21:49 UTC)
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Halo 4 LE Console Custom Sounds, from Major Nelson
If you watched all the 343 panels from SDCC, you saw Kiki Wolfkill turn on the Halo 4 LE Console, and you MIGHT have heard the sounds that the console makes when you turn on the console, and when you eject a disc. (Adding these custom sounds to consoles started with the Reach console a couple of years ago – a nice little touch.) In yesterday’s podcast from Major Nelson, these sounds were played in high-quality. If you just want to hear the sounds themselves, fast-forward to 1:09:44 in his podcast. If you would like a little bit of context (and a reminder of what you’re about to hear), start a bit sooner (maybe around 1:09:10 or so). Thanks to Hypertrooper for pointing this out! Update: If you’re too lazy to scrub through a long mp3 file, Legend from HaloBase tells us that he’s put just the sounds themselves online in a YouTube video. (It’s still 10 times longer than it has to be; it’s 23 seconds long, while the sounds are about a second each… but hey, that’s way better than a couple of hours!)(Louis Wu 14:09:48 UTC)
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Forward Unto Dawn Preview, from G4
G4TV put up another video filmed during the after-hours Halo 4 event at San Diego Comic-Con – this one focuses on Forward Unto Dawn, and includes interviews with Stewart Hendler (the director) and Anna Popplewell (who plays Chyler Silva). Thanks, Ogan Panavo.(Louis Wu 14:02:41 UTC)
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Nightfall LASO – Variants
The Tyrant has posted yet another LASO run – two, even. The first, with RC Master, shows you easy ways of doing this run on Co-op (including getting through the gate even with a second player), and the second shows how and what to clear to give yourself unlimited (and unmolested) time to work on that Forklift glitch without being shot. (Louis Wu 14:00:16 UTC)
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An Ancient Evil Awakens…
DeviantART’s GRANDBigBird put together a picture that will make it hard for you to look at Prometheans the same way, come November 6. Thanks to NeoGAF’s Boomwood for pointing it out. (Louis Wu 13:55:00 UTC)
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Operation Resurrect Part 1
Phat M0nk3y let us know that he and his crew have released Operation Resurrect Part 1, a new Reach-based machinima. This section is monstrous – just under an hour long. In his words, ” follow a squad as they try to save Earth and bring peace back to a foreign species.” Check it out!(Louis Wu 13:51:58 UTC)
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mastrbiggy gives good schwag
A few days ago, we mentioned a series of poster auctions from mastrbiggy – the money he was raising was all going to Child’s Play. These auctions finished yesterday, and once again, Halo fans prove how hard they rock – he raised just under $1000 with these three posters! (He also picked five winners for his SDCC Goodies Giveaway, but we’re holding off on announcing names until all five have responded to email… he may have to pick new winners if he doesn’t hear soon.)(Louis Wu 13:49:26 UTC)
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HRSotD: Autumn Leaves
HRSotD (short for Halo: Reach Screenshot of the Day) is a daily feature dedicated to the wonders of Halo: Reach screenshots and the artists that capture these amazing images. A variety of shots—all of which are completely unaltered and captured in Halo: Reach's theater mode—are included for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the varied selection of images, and maybe even find inspiration to make your own!
Author: Halo Conceptor
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
