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  • Friday Caption Fun 38


    Last week, for our Friday Caption Fun festivities, you provided quips for an image featuring one of Halo 3’s most deadly weapons. Here are the top captions you left for that particular image!

    Halo: Reach Screenshot

     

    “This is one of the many reasons why MacGyver got banned when he tried to play Halo.” –spy998
    “Covenant forces fell down laughing at the Spartan’s new weapon… until they saw what it could do.” –GunRunner48
    “Told ya you didn’t need Armor Lock to deflect rockets.” –Kroadge
    “Do you think maybe 343 went a little too far when trying to recreate the effects of the “God Pistol” from Halo: CE?” –Tenikov
    “Are you kidding? I said CLONE Wars!” –Ninjaywolf
    “It was after the fourth explosion that Jimmy figured out there was something wrong with the loudspeaker.” –Rolling Flame
    “So this is what Halsey was protecting under Sword Base….” –DarkEdge
    “When the UNSC first introduced the new handheld C1 surveillance cameras, the Spartans were not impressed.
    Until they found out how to operate the flash on it, that is.” –Dae Ravenheart
    “Press RT to fire… Wait, what? How’d I do that?!?” –ArchedParasite
    “Can you hear me now?” –Coux73



    Now that we’ve wrapped up that picture, let’s start a new one. Up for your captioning pleasure this week is a picture featuring a rather explosive vehicle. Soak in the screenshot, then leave your witty and relevant quip in a comment. Off you go!

    Halo: Reach Screenshot

    Author: moundskills


  • Double Barrel Roll – A Halo: Reach Racetrack Review

     

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    From ducain23:

    This is a really fun racetrack by oomishday3 featuring a double barrel roll and a front flip. Enjoy!


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  • Bryans Strategy – Halo Reach Montage 1

    Z sent word that Bryans Strategy has released a new Halo Reach montage – edit timing is quite good. I’m not usually a fan of heavily-edited montages, but I enjoyed watching this one. Check it out!(Louis Wu 18:04:41 UTC)

  • PGCR 102

    Robowski let us know that Post Game Carnage Report Episode 102 is now live – go listen!(Louis Wu 17:58:43 UTC)

  • A better look at HCEA Series 2

    Spawn.com has posted more images of the Halo: Anniversary Series 2 figures (we first saw them last week) – very cool ideas with that Guilty Spark model! Thanks, Imrane-117. (Louis Wu 17:57:14 UTC)

  • Spartan Prototyping

    A UK company that makes 3D printers released a video showing off how their products work… by creating an army of Halo characters. Pretty cool! Thanks to NeoGAF’s wwm0nkey for the heads-up. (Louis Wu 17:54:47 UTC)

  • A look back at Halo Wars animations

    Quirel noticed that one of the animators for Ensemble Studios put a show reel of some Halo Wars animations up on Vimeo – some pretty interesting stuff! Go look.(Louis Wu 17:52:29 UTC)

  • Campfire Stories Machinima Series

    Phat M0nk3y stopped in to announce that the first 8 minutes of Campfire Stories Season 2 are online. They’re calling it a ‘sneak peek’, and they still want feedback for the rest of the season. Go watch, then tell ’em what you think! (Check the post for links and descriptions.)(Louis Wu 17:49:10 UTC)

  • Reach Matchmaking Playlist Popularity Study

    DEEP NNN put together a pretty detailed ‘Playlist Popularity Study’, looking at playlist populations over the past couple of months. Pretty interesting stuff! (Louis Wu 17:45:29 UTC)

  • Tyrant’s Winter Mythic Recon Challenge


    Tyrant's Winter Mythic Recon Challenge



    From MythicTyrant:

    Welcome to the first of nine weekly challenges geared toward pitting you against the most challenging aspects of the Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach Campaigns with a chance at gaining a very precious reward. Each week, we will be selecting a campaign mission from each of these games. Each challenge will become progressively harder since we are ordering the missions from easiest to most challenging. The first nine weeks will be comprised of missions from Halo: Reach, week 10 will surround a special raffle for the folks who manage to complete each of the previous nine challenges, and the weeks that follow will focus on the most challenging missions from both Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST.

    This week’s missions? Complete Nightfall on Mythic Difficulty and submit your entry for a chance to win three months of Xbox LIVE Gold and Reach Recon! The rules are fairly simple. Load up the mission, make sure your settings are on Solo Legendary, switch on ALL 13 skulls (both Gold and Silver), and also turn on FFA scoring. For Halo 3: ODST, there are only 12 skulls, so don’t go looking for the 13th! When you complete the mission successfully, upload the film to your File Share, and send me a tweet on Twitter with the hashtag #wmrcentry along with a hyperlink to your film. Don’t worry about tagging the saved film. Simply put “Mythic Difficulty” somewhere in the film’s description, and that will suffice.

    Just a few other tidbits of information for you to keep in mind:

    1) You must have an Xbox LIVE Gold subscription.
    2) You must have your XBL gamertag linked to your Bungie.net profile.
    3) The mission must be completed while you are online and during the seven-day contest period. Make sure you can view it in your Game History.
    4) The mission must be completed in one setting. No save/quit abusing! Only Solo Mythic rules apply here (Legendary, all skulls active, FFA scoring).
    5) If you die, you must exit and reload the mission. This generates a ‘clean’ carnage report for the film.
    6) Only one submission is allowed per person, per challenge.
    7) You must submit your entry during the seven-day contest time period.

    This contest begins 12:00 AM Pacific Time on Friday, 2/3/2012, and lasts for seven days. This gives you all day Friday, an entire weekend, plus four additional weekdays to complete the mission. The winner will be notified the following weekend.

    To help you out, there are a few tools to help boost your stamina and get you on your Mythic feet. Aside from Tyrant’s HBO Mythic guide and the massive Mythic Difficulty thread on Bungie.net, you can find other videos of Mythic and LASO runs on my website www.mythictyrant.com. Keep in mind we’re not judging you for time or score, so if you’d rather hang back and shoot your way through, that’s perfectly fine as well. Just worry about getting to the finish line. That by itself is an accomplishment you should be proud to have under your belt!


  • Bungie Mail Sack 3.0

    Some of the news that is fit to print.

  • The Lives of the Brutes – A Halo 3 Machinima

     

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    From Teh Spearhead:

    “David Attenborough” returns to give you another informative look on the Brutes, otherwise known as the Jiralhanae. See? We’re educating you already!


    The Lives of the Brutes – A Halo 3 Machinima


  • Halo Bulletin: February 2, 2012

    This week’s Halo Bulletin is up – a touch later than usual, but none the worse for wear. February Matchmaking updates make up the bulk of the Bulletin, but food for the hungry, a new Custom Challenge, YouTube news, and what’s next for Waypoint all get some love. (Some heartening (and not-so-heartening) news in that last one.) You can read it at Halo Waypoint, or in our Halo Bulletin Archive. Definitely read it, though.(Louis Wu 22:15:29 UTC)

  • Anoj: Top 10 Greatest Moments of Season 4

    Anoj has pulled together the Top 10 Greatest Moments of Season 4 of his Top 10 series… so meta-top-10? Thanks, Jordan Bell.(Louis Wu 21:00:52 UTC)

  • Forerunner Relic Scene

    Adam Murphy sent us a link to a video he created using the Unreal Development Kit – it’s amazing. It was inspired by some Frank Capezzuto concept art from the Art of Halo 3 book (it’s available on Frank’s website, as well) – and if you’re more interested in how this came together, Adam’s portfolio contains some great images. Go watch. Really. (Louis Wu 17:22:35 UTC)

  • A bit about Bungie Pro

    Roger ‘Sawnose’ Wolfson posted in Bungie.net’s forum yesterday to clarify a little about the Bungie Pro service – what will happen on March 31, and what will happen further down the road. (His first post started that thread, and the followup, with more Halo-specific info, is here.) (Louis Wu 17:16:10 UTC)

  • IGN’s Top 10 Reach Kills (02.01.12)

    ChrisTheeCrappy let us know about IGN’s latest Top 10 Reach Kills video – the sniper reigns supreme here.(Louis Wu 17:15:12 UTC)

  • Achievement PIG #60

    Achievement PIG #60 is live (YouTube | AH.com) – they’ve definitely shortened these up, far fewer failed attempts visible. Thanks, hezekiah. (Louis Wu 17:13:40 UTC)

  • Forerunner City – Updated

    TDSpiral updated his Forerunner City image (we mentioned it yesterday) – love the changes! (Louis Wu 17:11:24 UTC)

  • Forerunner City – Updated

    TDSpiral updated his Forerunner City image (we mentioned it yesterday) – love the changes! (Louis Wu 17:11:24 UTC)