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HSH Speed Run of the Week – Legendary Exodus
The High Speed Halo Speed Run of the Week at Halo Waypoint is a 13-minute dash through Exodus, on Legendary, with an emphasis on carnage. RC Master does less dodging and more shooting than we usually see in a speed run. Check it out!(Louis Wu 17:15:48 UTC)
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A Halo fan shares his goodies
mikimarquez sent word that he’s got some videos on his YouTube channel for the Halo community – he recorded Installation 04 from the Halo Anniversary Vinyl edition, along with some looks at Halo books. Check ’em out!(Louis Wu 17:15:11 UTC)
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Stride Championship Series: Match 8
Waypoint’s coverage of the Stride Championship series finished up yesterday – the final match had Roy and Lunchbox fighting against Cloud and Clutch for the title. Video coverage isn’t as good as it’s been (some of the key plays are off-camera), but it’s a pretty exciting match! Check it out. (Louis Wu 17:14:17 UTC)
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Last Forger Standing 2 – A Community Forge Competition Show
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From petetheduck and submitted by Der Flatulator6:Last Forger Standing is a multi-week Forge competition following a TV reality show elimination format. These are real contestants in a real contest with a real prize for the winner: 4,000 Microsoft Points!
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Reach Weekly Challenge – 1.30.12
This week’s challenge is turning out to be a real, well, challenge! Some of us (mainly me) feel incredibly lucky to get just one multikill a game, but in order to get the large bundle of credits at the end of this particular rainbow, you’ve got to earn a cool two hundred of them over the course of the week. So grab your controller and get to getting, because time is running out!
MULTIPLICATIVE – 25,000cR
Earn 200 Multikills in Multiplayer Matchmaking this week.
Carnage loves company! Don’t forget to stop by your friendly neighborhood forum to gather your party:
Weekly Challenge Thread
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The 50 Most Unique Firearms in Video Games
Dylan Brashear dropped us a note about Complex’s 50 Most Unique Firearms in Video Games – Halo weapons show up in positions #19, #9, and #5. Not too shabby! (Also, Marathon had a weapon at #42.) Go check out the whole list!(Louis Wu 22:16:20 UTC)
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Marcus Lehto: My Process
Marcus Lehto has posted some fascinating thoughts about the way he approached the development of Halo Reach. Check it out! (Thanks to NeoGAF’s TheOddOne for the heads-up.)(Louis Wu 20:45:39 UTC)
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Feminist Analysis of i love bees, Part 5
Dragonclaws continues her feminist analysis of ‘i love bees’ – Part 5 focuses on Jersey Morelli and Durga. Go watch!(Louis Wu 20:37:37 UTC)
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A Thank-You Rube Goldberg
Carnage A51 built a new Rube Goldberg machine in Halo Reach – it pays tribute to 343 Industries for the continuation of the Halo franchise. The mine-triggered golf ball (and the ending) seemed really nicely timed. Take a look!(Louis Wu 20:35:41 UTC)
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Cute or Creepy? You Decide.
Revenant1988 noticed a new line of Funko figures coming soon – he provided links to a Japanese site, but you can see both figures – a Grunt and the Master Chief – on this page, as well. Definitely… odd. (Remember, Funko is the company responsible for the BobbleHead Chiefs.)(Louis Wu 20:34:04 UTC)
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Duck, Duck, GO!
It couldn’t possibly be any more fitting that I am sitting in a racetrack media room while posting pete_the_duck’s latest edition of his absolutely excellent Forge reality show, Last Forger Standing. Don’t miss Episode 3, which gives the remaining forgers the challenge of building there very own Halo racetrack in Forge. The results are all at once hilarious, spectacular, and all-too-familiar. Don’t miss this one!(GrimBrother One 16:32:46 UTC)
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Keeping Halo on Track
Yuri Walkiw stopped in to let us know that he recently had a chance to interview Xorth, the creator of HaloTracker on his Hex19 blog. Cool story, go see what he had to say!(GrimBrother One 16:26:51 UTC)
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Hedge’s Pics Always Get My Pulse Racing
Today’s HBO update comes to you live from the media center at Daytona International Speedway, where your race-weathered Grim has ducked into to keep race fans informed of of various speedy-goings on, and Halo fans informed of our favorite franchise. We’re now into the 19th hour into the Rolex 24 Hours, and normally, it’s hard for me to feel like much compares to the raw and elegant beauty of a proper race car at speed. However, our beloved Hedgemony certainly makes a strong push for top spot on the podium with his latest round of gorgeous screenshots and panos from the most recent Community Customs night. They have awakened my tired and sleepy eyes, and I think they’ll do the same for you… check it out!(GrimBrother One 16:07:03 UTC)
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Weekend Webcomic: Oh Fish
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 pete_the_duck. Enjoy this rather wormy strip, and if you have a comic you’d like to submit for possible future inclusion, send it to bsangel[at]halowaypoint.com!
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Podtacular 272: Game of the Year 2011
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Last year was the year of more sequels, and we definitely had our fair share of games to play. In this week’s show, we decide on our picks for the best shooter of the year and then our favorite non-shooter. Except for a few classic podcast derailment segments, there are some good discussions about what made us choose the games we chose as our top picks for 2011. GLewis makes his re-appearance to the show, Brent Gamer surfaces for this show, and we bring on our new co-host DaftLink to make our choices. Enjoy
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Waypoint Weekly Wrap-Up – 1.28.12
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: 1.25.12
Jada Toys Introduces Halo Die-cast Collectibles
Office of Halo Intelligence: Part 2
Reach Weekly Challenge – 1.23.12
Videos
Serenity – A Halo Music Video
Time’s Trial 2 and Pyramime – A Halo: Reach Racetrack Review
Halo: Reach Tricks – Mini Spartan
Closure – A Halo 3 Campaign Trick Jumping Montage
Last Forger Standing – A Community Forge Competition Show
Blues Brothers – A Halo 2/Halo 3/Halo: Reach Sticktage
Robotic Arm FTW – A Halo: Reach Stop Motion
Reach Customz: Helms Deep
Death Battle – Master Chief vs. Doomguy
Synister – A Halo: Reach Montage
Tyrant’s Halo 3 Legendary Walkthrough – Crow’s Nest
Things to do Halo: Reach – RBI Halo
Fails of the Weak 71
Fun Stuff
Weekend Webcomic: A Fistful of Arrows p.5
Headcase Medal
Halo IRL: A Revved-up Spartan-II Program
Manly Mister Chief – Fan Art
Friday Caption Fun 37
How to Make Machinima, Part 4 – by CruelLEGACEY
Community Happenings
The Cleaning Crew’s 2v2 Tournament Winners
Community Member of the Week: Plunderfull
Test Night with a Cartographer
Sign-ups Now Open for GrifballHub’s Good Games League
Forum Downtime
Halo: Reach Screenshots
Pac-Man vs. Spartan – Freakin’ Weird
Alien – Fun with Forge
Sniper Addiction – Simply Amazing
Drone – Fun with Forge
World of the Inverse – Freakin’ Weird
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Custom Challenge Heads-Up
This week’s Halo Bulletin had word of a Custom Challenge available on Halo Waypoint that could get you 10x the normal credits – I ran into a little bit of trouble this afternoon, and wanted to pass along something I learned. Skulls are important – if your activated skulls don’t EXACTLY match the skulls listed in the challenge, you will NOT get the credits. (Since the available skulls for challenges are Gold-only, this means that you cannot have any silver skulls activated while doing a Custom Campaign Challenge.) I play with the Grunt Birthday Party and IWHBYD skulls activated at almost all times – I hardly even thing about them any more. If you do this too, remember to turn them off before doing Custom Challenges.(Louis Wu 04:18:39 UTC)
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Archetype
NeoGAF’s senador pointed out a fan-made sci-fi short called Archetype – it has some serious Halo vibes. Really cool stuff – check it out! (Louis Wu 04:08:13 UTC)
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Fails of the Weak #71
It’s time for another Fails of the Weak – Episode 71 has a bunch of clips of people… well, failing. You can see it at both AchievementHunter.com and YouTube (thanks, hezekiah).(Louis Wu 04:06:22 UTC)
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The Art of Halo 3, affordably (UK only)
Tom Pritchard is selling a used but good condition copy of The Art of Halo 3 (UK only) on eBay – one of the more reasonable prices I’ve seen. If you’re in the UK, and you want this book… go bid!(Louis Wu 03:58:12 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
