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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
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Last Hazard
FullRoro stopped in with a link to Last Hazard, a Halo 4-based recreation of the Metro: Last Light Announcement Trailer. It works surprisingly well – check it out!(Louis Wu 19:20:43 UTC)
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Friday Caption Fun 59
Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring perhaps the only situation where tank does not beat all. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!
“The ‘Tank Beats Everything’ achievement is going to be a bit more difficult than I first anticipated.” –DivinerSage
“Jimmy was less than pleased with his ‘Grow Your Own Scorpion.'” –DeltaGenesis
“When 343 Industries said this is an enemy Master Chief has never faced before, I think they were right.” –sh4m5ul
“Halo 4: We’re gonna need a bigger tank.” –lone wanderer86
“Hunters will no longer be a problem with the UNSC’s new Shrink Rifle.” –DarkoroDragon
“The augmentations for the new class of Spartans exceeded all expectations.” –N0BLE 06
“The new UNSC Scorpling didn’t seem as formidable as its predecessor.” –Novus 7Crews
“Sheila and Lopez finally connected circuits. Bow chicka bow wow!” –Isaiah0140
“Tank beats everything…except dogs, large birds, low walls, traffic, and people.” –Shizzlaz
Now that we’ve wrapped up that picture, let’s start a new one. Up for your captioning pleasure this week is an image featuring a never-ending staircase. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!
Author: Fearless GT
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Halo Waypoint Defiant Achievements Playdate: 7.20.12
From SHADOWSTRIKE1:
To everyone who is still looking to grab those elusive Defiant Achievements such as “All Alone,” “Don’t Touch That!” and “Paper Beats Rock,” look no further! SHADOWSTRIKE1 is hosting another Community Playdate, and this time, it’s aimed at helping you tackle your Halo: Reach gamerscore! The night will consist of a party of Waypoint friends going into the Living Dead and Squad DLC playlists with a certain goal in mind – Defiant maps.
What this means is that we will only be voting for Defiant maps in these playlists to increase your odds of obtaining those hard-to-come-by achievements. In no way is this a boosting party. Nothing will be given, and achievements will still be earned. However, with everyone voting for Defiant maps constantly, you can bet that you’ll have plenty of chances at grabbing those achievements.
If you would like to attend, please visit the following sign-up thread and let me know if you plan on attending. Hope to see you there!
Halo Waypoint Defiant Achievements Playdate: 7.20.12
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Fails of the Weak 96
From Rooster Teeth:Jack and special guest Joel take a look at a week’s worth of failure within the planet of Reach. Watch out for flying Grunts and rockets!
Editor’s note: Language is mature. Proceed with caution.
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Super Jackpot Weekend: July 20-22
Whether you like the vehicular action of Heavies or the feeling of seven people watching your back, hop into Big Team Battle or Anniversary BTB this weekend because starting today and ending on Sunday, games played and completed within those playlists will present you with the chance to receive a 20,000-credit bonus.
Happy Super Jackpot Weekend!
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The Tyrant Documentaries – Building a Shrine
The Tyrant has posted a new episode of The Tyrant Documentaries – it explains how Halo is referenced in his upcoming ‘Shrine’ project, and how you can help get that project off the ground. He will be publishing personal Halo guides (dedicated to specific gamertags, and done the way those people have requested) for folks who donate certain amounts – watch the episode for full details. Interesting funding idea! Go watch.(Louis Wu 16:57:39 UTC)
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Nak3d Eli discusses SpOps
Nak3d Eli put up a video commentating about a Spartan-Ops playthrough from SDCC (interspersed with plenty of tidbits of his own experience at the show) – thanks, StalkerUKCG.(Louis Wu 16:51:36 UTC)
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SDCC Halo 4 MP Preview, from G4TV
Kevin Franklin gave a short tour of Halo 4’s multiplayer to G4TV – thanks, mastrbiggy.(Louis Wu 16:49:17 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
