From The Halo Council:
This is Episode 4 of The Halo Council’s Top 5 Halo Plays series, hosted by u4iX. Enjoy!
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Super Jackpot Weekend: June 15-17
If you like action of the long barrel variety, hop into Team Snipers this weekend because starting today and ending on Sunday, games played and completed within that playlist will present you with the chance to receive a 20,000-credit bonus. So stop reading, and go get some!
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Totally forgot to look in the Fan Fiction queue this morning – there’s one new piece this week. Go read!(Louis Wu 16:31:52 UTC)
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Inside Gaming goes to E3
Kiki Wolfkill talked to Inside Gaming’s Adam Kovic at the after-hours party during E3 – you can watch this at Halo Waypoint (or directly on YouTube). Topics of discussion include Spartan Ops and story across modes. Go watch!(Louis Wu 16:30:16 UTC)
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Yeah, you should enter. Really.
pete_the_duck stopped in this morning to encourage folks to enter the Community Cartographers Forge Contest – he doesn’t want you to think that your entry would be a waste of time, because an awful lot of what he’s looking at (as a judge) is… well, not very good. Read, then get to Forging!(Louis Wu 16:19:14 UTC)
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Understanding Contingencies, Producing Fun
Bungie’s head of User Research, John Hopson, looked back at an article he wrote more than 10 years ago, when he was still a graduate student, and talked about its relevance in today’s game design. The article discusses Behavioral Game Design, and while Halo’s not mentioned directly, the subject of how games get people to keep playing them has been a hot topic on our forum recently, and the ideas in this article are fantastic food for thought. Take a look! Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Louis Wu 16:17:05 UTC)
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E3 2012 – Inside Gaming’s Halo 4 Reception Party
From Machinima:Coming at the end of this year is Halo 4. For now, join Adam Kovic and Kiki Wolfkill for some info about Spartan Ops and the overall cohesiveness of the upcoming game.
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But I don’t WANT a bubble, mommy!
RC Master is pretty unhappy with what he’s seen so far of the Halo 4 Campaign HUD. So much so, he’s written a four-thousand-word essay on how bad it is! Go see what he thinks.(Louis Wu 15:12:38 UTC)
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A new viral campaign?
So… the Halo 4 60-second TV spot (which had its world debut during the England vs France Euro 2012 game this week) made its US debut during last night’s basketball game between the Miami Heat and the Oklahoma City Thunder. Today, if you visit ESPN.com (and ensure that your ad blockers are turned off), you’ll see a banner at the top with a Halo 4 video; play it, and some weird stuff happens. Read the entirety of the thread started by Hoovaloov to see what’s already been discovered – and be sure to add your own thoughts to the mix!(Louis Wu 14:15:06 UTC)
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IGN Rewind Theater: Halo 4 Spartan Ops
IGN’s Rewind Theater took a close look at the Spartan Ops trailer – watch it for a chance to see tidbits you missed when you watched it at full speed! Thanks, ChrisTheeCrappy.(Louis Wu 14:06:41 UTC)
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Digital Foundry Tech Analysis: Halo 4 at E3
Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry took a look at the tech on display in the Halo 4 E3 demo – go read it, you’ll come away reassured! Thanks, Deadly Cyclone.(Louis Wu 14:05:47 UTC)
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New footage from Halo 4 MLG Tourney
Gamespot put up some new Halo 4 gameplay/commentary – Pros are playing and discussing, Kevin Franklin is on hand to answer questions. CyReN found a YouTube version, and a second one with some sniper footage – go watch! (Louis Wu 14:02:31 UTC)
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Spartan-Man Episode 2
MASSAIKUR let us know that the second episode of Spartan-Man is up – he’s a superhero with… well, go watch.(Louis Wu 14:00:28 UTC)
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The Great Deb[8] Ep 2 – Spectator Mode
Gandhi and DMAQ discuss Spectator Mode in the latest episode of The Great Deb[8] – go listen! Thanks, CyReN.(Louis Wu 13:55:54 UTC)
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Anoj’s Reach Top 10 Episode 48: Multikills
Jordan Bell alerted us to a new Top 10 video from Anoj – this one focuses on multikills. There are some fantastic ones in there (Number one, especially). Go watch! (Louis Wu 13:53:59 UTC)
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Spartan Ops Summary from Gametactics
Gametactics interviewed Dave Ellis at E3 last week – there’s a summary of all the content revealed over the week, and a focus on Spartan Ops (which is what Ellis spends most of his time working on). Most interesting tidbit i heard that I didn’t know before:The stuff that you actually do in the missions is actually going to have an effect on the future of the computer-generated series.
Go listen to the whole thing! Thanks, Steelyuhas (who found it on Ellis’ Twitter feed).(Louis Wu 18:18:04 UTC)
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Wanna know stuff? Read the Bulletin.
This week’s Halo Bulletin went live last night (it’s got a timestamp of 15:00 PST, but I’m pretty sure that’s a lie) – it’s almost entirely a Q&A, with fans asking and Frankie answering. Some really cool info in there – be sure and read it carefully! (It’s local, too, if you’d rather read it here.)(Louis Wu 16:11:53 UTC)
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PGCR 118
Robowski told us about Post Game Carnage Report 118 – Sucker Punch. (The title refers to what the team thinks Halo 4 will do to Call of Duty… check out the episode pic on that page.) Coverage includes everything revealed at E3.(Louis Wu 16:11:34 UTC)
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Halo: Fall of Reach Comic – Complete
Dogiojoe was excited and wanted all fans to know that the final comic in the Halo Fall of Reach series – Invasion #4 – was released yesterday (it’s been almost two years since this started!). If you want more info on the overall series, Halo Nation has you covered, and Marvel’s got info about the Invasion series specifically. (Louis Wu 16:10:35 UTC)
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Podtacular 296
Dust Storm sent word that the latest Podtacular wraps up their E3 coverage, with a focus on Campaign. Go listen! (Louis Wu 16:10:18 UTC)