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It’s fun, all over again!
It’s not Halo-related… but it’s pretty exciting. Bungie’s Marcus Lehto tweeted that the project he’s currently working on (not Destiny) has its first playable prototype up and running… and he’s having a blast. How great is that? Thanks, ncsuDuncan.(Louis Wu 18:10:19 UTC)
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Behind the Frontlines: Preventing an Uprising
Dani wrote up a new Behind the Frontline article for Forward Unto Dawn – it’ll make you think about the purpose that the extended universe content is supposed to serve. Are the Halo-related books and comics supposed to prime you for playing the next game – or are they supposed to stand on their own, and give you a different window into the reality touched upon by the games? Go read and decide.(Louis Wu 17:41:40 UTC)
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Mator’s Halo Stunting
Mator stopped by to announce that he’s blogging about some Halo 1 tricks he’s still performing – it’s great to see that there are people for whom this game STILL has fun to offer! Go explore his blog.(Louis Wu 17:38:42 UTC)
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Many thousands of words
A side benefit of playing online with Hedgemony is that you might end up looking spectacular in some after-the-fact panoramas. Such a fate befell Kanbo this morning, when Hedge posted some beautiful pics created from gameplay that took place last night. (Hedge can make anything look beautiful – he also posted some pics of Halo 3 Flood that make me want to go out and dance in a field of flowers.)(Louis Wu 17:36:37 UTC)
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Waypoint Weekly Wrap-Up – 5.5.12
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: 5.2.12
Super Jackpot Weekend: May 4-6
Reach Weekly Challenge – 4.30.12
Halo 4 Coverage
Game Informer: The Inspirations For Halo 4
Variety: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn revealed
Game Informer: The Arsenal Of Halo 4
Game Informer: Special Edition Halo 4 Podcast
Videos
Kranking and Zed – A Halo: Reach Montage
Headlong Walkthrough – A Halo: Anniversary Gameplay and Commentary Video
The Halo Council’s Top 5 Halo Plays 1
The Tyrant Documentaries 14
Wings of Equilibria 3 – A Halo: Reach Machinima
SoSick Top 6 Halo: Reach Plays 1
Hurpin’ and Durpin’ – A Halo: Reach Machinima
Halo Community Rocket Video – A Halo: Reach Montage
SingleHaloClips April 2012 – A Halo Communitytage
Spartans – A Halo: Reach Screenshot Montage
Fails of the Weak 85
Fun Stuff
Weekend Webcomic: A Fistful of Arrows p.11
Tattoo Tuesday: Smoking Guns
Friday Caption Fun 50
Community Happenings
Sign-ups Now Open for GrifballHub’s Spring Fling
Community Member of the Week: Deadpool Psycko
New Meta-game Campaign High Score
Community Customs Night: 5.4.12
Halo: Reach Screenshots
Forward Unto Dawn – Fun with Forge
The Light – Funky FX
ZzZzZzZzZz – Absolutely Hilarious
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Tyrant’s Anniversary Legendary Walkthrough – The Pillar of Autumn
The Tyrant has kicked off his Halo Anniversary Legendary Walkthrough – the first chapter, Pillar of Autumn, is online now. It’s 21 minutes long (he includes all of the cutscenes) and gives you plenty of commentary to help you get through this classic game. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:01:45 UTC)
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Halo
Leviathan visited this morning with an image that’s simply gorgeous. Go enjoy. (Large version is SORT of usable – cropped – as a desktop wallpaper.)(Louis Wu 13:32:27 UTC)
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Halo Reach Time Ep.1
mastrbiggy whipped up a comedy montage a few months ago – I just heard about it last night. It made me smile. Go watch.(Louis Wu 13:31:33 UTC)
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Podtacular 286
Dust Storm sent word that Podtacular 286 is live – it’s pretty short (for Podtacular – it’s 41 minutes), but it sets up three (yeah, three) shows coming this week. Better get listening!(Louis Wu 13:30:52 UTC)
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Headhunters Returns
About a year ago, Halo Waypoint debuted Headhunters, a 3-part motion comic based on a story from Evolutions. If you missed it, you missed something cool – but no worries, they’re highlighting it again. Part 1 is featured content today.(Louis Wu 13:28:03 UTC)
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Fails of the Weak 85
We missed Fails of the Weak 85 yesterday – Halo Waypoint put it up. If you’d rather watch it directly on YouTube, or at AchievementHunter.com, you can do that too.(Louis Wu 13:25:13 UTC)
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Still more cut Halo Wars animations
Quirel found yet another animation reel showing off more unused Halo Wars animations by Juan Martinez. (The bulk of the video is NOT Halo Wars – but it starts off with Halo content.) (Louis Wu 13:20:21 UTC)
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Speeding through Reach
RC Master let us know about still MORE Reach speedruns posted recently on High Speed Halo – Pillar of Autumn Legendary, 13:19 (shaves quite a bit off the previous record), Tip of the Spear Heroic in 7:14, and The Package SLASO in 22:17. Go watch!(Louis Wu 13:19:26 UTC)
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Podtacular 286: Lightning Round
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The whole gang is pretty much exhausted from real life stuff that’s happened this week, but this doesn’t keep us from at least mentioning all the information that was dropped over the last week. Game Informer continues to release more information about Halo 4, and we keep on taking as much as we can. We’ll do a more proper series of shows next week to cover the information properly and adequately, but for now, here’s a taste. Enjoy
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Fails of the Weak 85
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From Rooster Teeth:Jack and Geoff are back with even more hilarious fails in the world of Halo: Reach. Laugh along with them, but don’t spit out your drink!
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The Halo Council Top 5 Halo Plays Ep 2
CyReN let us know about Episode 2 of Halo Council’s Top 5 Halo Plays of the Week… good stuff. (I’d be pretty discouraged if someone on the other team started the game with a Killtrocity…)(Louis Wu 18:13:29 UTC)
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News Recap from Greenskull
Greenskull has released a new video – in this one, he discusses The Railgun, Forward Unto Dawn, and the latest Halo Bulletin. Go watch! (Louis Wu 17:49:49 UTC)
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Zion Unknown Hero
Phat M0nk3y let us know about Zion UH, a massive (40 minute) machinima from Meanscreen Productions – it tells the story of a man who wakes up with unknown powers. Take a look! (Louis Wu 17:49:30 UTC)
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Friday Caption Fun 50
Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring two Spartans and one functional jetpack. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!
“Are you SURE this is the best way to hijack another Corvette?” –FSR HoneyBadger
“When you asked if I could give you a lift, this wasn’t what I had in mind.” –b2blackhawk
“He takes ‘carrying the team’ to a whole new level.” –AnalogPh33r
“Press X to… okay, that’s just wrong.” –DynamiteMobster
“It took Bill two hours to figure out where Kyle was hiding.” –LF Carson
“Ever since NASA stopped sending shuttles into outer space, the Spartan Space Program just hasn’t been the same.” –Jeff McCord
“Mario and Yoshi… Halo: Reach Style.” –Brayden Eames
“Getting a sniper on the roof: attempt # 37…” –David Myers
“Jetpacks: because carpooling ain’t exactly easy when the Covenant are glassing your planet.” –Jacob Zolotenko
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 Spartan with a rather interesting sniping technique. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!
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