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What If I Watch Videos About Halo? Does That Count?
Stephen “SoundEffect” Loftus brought to our attention an article from the LA Times discussing new data on Xbox usage for Games vs Entertainment. While – as Stephen notes – Halo is really only a passing mention, it’s still some very eye-opening information about the general population’x Xbox habits. Go and check it out!(GrimBrother One 13:17:28 UTC)
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Breaking In: Danny Bulla
The latest Breaking In article at Bungie.net focuses on Danny Bulla, a brand-new gameplay designer on the sandbox team. There is zero Halo content in there – but we LOVE the Breaking In articles, so you should read it anyway.(Louis Wu 23:20:51 UTC)
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Generation 117
TheYetee.com is a website that sells one t-shirt design at a time. Right now (and for the next 30 hours or so), it’s selling a shirt called ‘Generation 117’ (if you’re reading this after March 27, 2012, it looked like this). It’s $11 (a little more for big sizes) plus shipping – grab yourself one! Thanks, Hypertrooper.(Louis Wu 22:07:17 UTC)
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Cursed Lemon Goes to Ohio
CyReN let HaloGAF know about his buddy Cursed Lemon, who put together a 7-minute video showing off some of what he saw at MLG Columbus this weekend – take a look!(Louis Wu 22:03:22 UTC)
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Practical Jumping on Reach Ep 1: MLG Countdown v7
Tashi posted a video that shows off some pretty useful jumps and ledges on Countdown (MLG’s v7 variant, specifically). No commentary, no music, no enemies – just jumps. Some of these are obvious – others, not so much. Check it out!(Louis Wu 21:36:11 UTC)
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Tyrant’s Halo 3 Legendary Walkthrough – The Storm
Daniel ‘Tyrant’ Morris sent word that the next chapter of his Halo 3 Legendary Guide is now online – it’s a 20-minute attack on The Storm. Go watch!(Louis Wu 21:19:21 UTC)
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HRSotD: Headshot
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: xBL0ODSHEDx
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SingleHaloClips February 2012 – A Halo Communitytage
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From SingleHaloClips:SingleHaloClips presents their February 2012 Communitytage. Learn how to submit your clips here!
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Community Member of the Week: Toa Freak
Every Monday, we feature a community member who does one or more of the following things: routinely goes above and beyond for their fellow forum members, is a positive and active member of the community, and/or sends me mass amounts of cat pictures. This week our Community Member of the Week is Toa Freak. Read a little more about him below, then hit his profile to get a link to the machinima-that-must-not-be-named!
Gamertag: Toa Freak.
Origin of gamertag: When I was taking a website building class when I was 12, I needed to register a GeoCities account. I was huge into BIONICLE at the time, but Bionicle_Freak was taken. So, I picked Toa_Freak27 (don’t know where the 27 came from). Eventually, I shortened it to Toa Freak, and the name stuck.
Previous or current clan/community: Bungie, BZPower, Rooster Teeth.
Halo game(s) you are currently playing: Reach.
Favorite map, game type and playlist: Lockout, Team Slayer, Invasion.
Least favorite map, game type and playlist: Rat Race, Halo Reach’s Infection, Living Dead.
Preferred control scheme: Bumper Jumper.
Halo playing style: Offensive. I’m the guy with the most kills and the lowest K/D spread, often enough.
Favorite Halo character: Jacob Keyes or Admiral Cole.
Favorite Halo book: Halo: Evolutions.
Favorite Halo quote: “They call it, Halo.”
Halo creations: Some horrible machinima I prefer to forget….
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Game Fails: Ha Ha! You suck! Oh, Right… Crap
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It’s a fail. It’s a win! It’s a fail… it’s a win?
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HTR Staff vs. The World – A Halo: Reach Event
From HT Edge:
Welcome to the HTR Staff vs. The World event. This is your chance to face off against the staff of Halotracker! The specifics are as follows.
When: Saturday April 7 & Sunday April 8 at 3pm EST onwards
Raffle Prizes: 1 x 1600 MSP, 2 x 800 MSP, 1 x 1 Month XBL
What: The event will be 4v4 TU Slayer and Objective on Countdown, Asylum and Zealot, or Anchor 9, Damnation and Beaver Creek if teams/players have DLC. All the info about the event can be found here!
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Playtime Season 3 – Trailer and Release Date
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From CruelLEGACEY:I am excited to announce that Playtime Season 3 will be premiering on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. Spanning 10 episodes and featuring more than 20 characters across eight different locations, Season 3 is the biggest and best season of Playtime yet!
Just as I did with Season 2, I’ve teamed up with Halo Waypoint to bring you every episode of Playtime Season 3. We will be releasing a new episode each week for 10 weeks in a row. All 10 episodes will be available on every version of Halo Waypoint: the website, mobile app, and Xbox 360 Dashboard app!
Each episode of Playtime Season 3 will also be released on the show’s official homepage, simultaneously with each Waypoint release. The complete release schedule can be found here.
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Reach Weekly Challenge – 3.26.12
Spartans, we’re sending you back into Campaign this week for your challenge so listen up! Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is:
NOT LOUGH, HIGH – 30,000cR
Earn a score of 250000 in any mission in the Reach Campaign.
Sounds hard? It’s supposed to be! But here are few hints that might help you reach the lofty number:Turn on some Skulls – It’s always fun to mix up the gameplay, but for maximum point awesomeness try picking Skulls with score multipliers, for instance Famine, Tilt and Mythic.
Raise the difficulty – Get the biggest bang for your scoring buck by setting the difficulty to Legendary.
Amp up the speed – The faster you complete it, the more points you will earn.
Get fancy with your kills – Multi-kills, Assassinations, Headshots, oh my! Going for style pays off in lots of points for you.Good luck, and don’t forget to stop by the Weekly Challenge Thread!
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Beyond the Frontline – The ‘Pre-Rendered’ Advantage
There’s a new ‘Beyond the Frontline’ article at Forward Unto Dawn – Postmortem speculates about the cutscenes we might be seeing in Halo 4, based on a bit of extrapolation. Thanks, Dani.(Louis Wu 13:26:24 UTC)
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Status Quo beats Instinct at MLG Columbus
Congratulations to Status Quo, the overall Halo winners in the MLG Winter Championships this weekend – they beat Instinct in a hotly-contested series that went to the full 11 games, and actually came down to two kills in the final game. Top prize for the event was $20,000 – not too shabby for a weekend’s work!(Louis Wu 12:31:25 UTC)
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Difficulty Balance in Halo – a deeper look
Gravemind decided to take an in-depth look at the campaigns of the various Halo games, and compare and contrast them in terms of difficulty balancing. Go see what he came up with!(Louis Wu 12:30:18 UTC)
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Deep Black – now with more Mullins
wwm0nkey pointed out a pretty funny ‘coincidence‘ that someone on NeoGAF discovered with a new Xbox LIVE Arcade title, Deep Black Episode 1. You know what they say about imitation…(Louis Wu 12:17:29 UTC)
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Weekend Webcomic: The Oldest Question, Answered
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 will undoubtedly quack you up, is brought to you by petetheduck. Enjoy this particular strip, and if you have a comic you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
by: petetheduck
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
