With Halo Infinite news subsiding for the time being, we have the opportunity to have another guest on the show and this week. We have one of our recent favorite content creators, General Heed on the show to talk about how he comes up with his video ideas and goes about producing them. We’ve got your regular updates and community news in the show as well.
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It’s time for Machinima Monday! This week doesn’t feature a multi episode Machinima or a 8 season long Machinima. This time, it’s a short but sweet Halo 5 film. ‘Operators’ Really does show that sometimes a standalone film can be just as jam packed with content.
Despite the title saying Halo 5 Short Film, the actual Machinima doesn’t really feature in game content. The Machinima as a whole is made up from CG, which certainly makes it stand out from the usual Machinima expectations.
The description of ‘Operators’ is as follows:
A year and a half in the making, Operators serves to be a short and sweet Machinima about an Army Special Forces unit, that gets paired against a persistent foe; turning their otherwise routine mission, into a chaotic conundrum. Operators utilizes the best that Halo 5 has to offer, in concert with post production special effects, to revive the identity of what a Machinima can truly become.
As mentioned in the description, ‘Operators’ was in the making for a while. A year and a half is a long time for a project, but it clearly worked out in the end. The acting, animation and story telling in ‘Operators’ is absolutely amazing.
BaconMedia, the creator of this video, has uploaded many more Halo Machinimas before and after ‘Operators’. I’d completely recommend checking out more of their videos on their channel, which you can find linked below.
Video published by: BaconMedia
The dust has settled on the influx of Halo news from the last week and there’s so many new tidbits of info that came out after the campaign demo, like confirmed split-screen, co-op up to 4 players, and even after the podcast was done, multiplayer was confirmed to be free-to-play! Of course, the community has it’s fair share of complaints and concerns, some more reasonable than others. We discuss the latest community concerns and 343 responses to the overwhelming questions and criticisms. We highly recommend everyone head over to Halo Waypoint and read up on the Infinite Inquiries blog post. Also, joining the repertoire of DJ’s ever growing list of characters, we are happy to have Craig and the aptly-named Chuck (the grunt launched by the brute) as guests on the show.
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The Xbox Games Showcase featured the latest information regarding Halo Infinite including the marketing teaser Become – Step Inside, a campaign demo and a campaign trailer. With the campaign demo, there is a lot to break down including new game play mechanics, weapons, Banished War Chief Escherum, new lore mentions, and an open world concept. Of course, everything we see is subject to change, but it gives us a pretty good idea of what we’ll see come November. It’s awesome to finally start seeing glimpses of what the next Master Chief story will entail.
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Machinima Monday is here! What awesome Machinima will be featured this week you ask? Why it’s ‘Zombie Matchmaking: The Movie’. This incredible Machinima movie blends in game footage with live action footage to create a truly unique piece of art.
Like any movie, the information I can give is limited without spoiling it, however I will say if you’re after an emotional, funny and interesting story, this is certainly the Machinima movie to choose.
The description of ‘Zombie Matchmaking: The Movie’ is as follows:
Zombies have spread outside of the Living Dead game mode, and into all of Halo: Reach matchmaking… resulting in: ZOMBIE MATCHMAKING!
This is a redux of a classic machinima series (with permission). My intention with this project was not to copy/paste the series into another “series,” but rather pay homage by creating a condensed “movie.” Please go check out the original series for brilliant story-telling, twists, and fun. A classic blend of live action and Halo: Reach machinima.
*FlushGun created the original series 8 years ago! I used to watch it as a kid and it inspired me to start my own machinima channel KnightmareFilmz! It is an absolute privilege that I got into contact with FlushGun all these years later and now have permission to redux my favorite series of his!
As mentioned above, ‘Zombie Matchmaking: The Movie’ is actually a redux of an older series simply named Zombie Matchmaking. This earlier series can be found here. Whilst the similarities are clear, I’d certainly suggest giving both the redux and the original a watch.
The creator of ‘Zombie Matchmaking: The Movie’ has an insane amount of projects worked on, from 2013 to right now in 2020. The passion from KnightmareFilmz is clear so I’d recommend checking out the channel for more awesome Machinimas.
Video published by: KnightmareFilmz
With the closing of Mixer, we’ll probably see a lot of these streamer showcases originate from Twitch. For our readers who watch streamers on other platforms, if you see a streamer that you think should be featured here that’s not on Twitch, please let us know reaching out to us on our socials, Discord or sending us an email. With that out of the way, let’s get to our next featured streamer who has been destined for this spotlight for some time (as mentioned numerous times on the podcast). As an HCS Grassroots partner and Twitch Affiliate, we’re happy to feature him today and happy to say he’ll be joining us on the podcast in not the too distant future.
Quickly becoming the next Walshy in terms of competitive Halo breatdown and analysis, Shyway has made great strides as an HCS Grassroots partner. In addition to streaming, he has some great breakdown videos on his YouTube channel of plays made by pro players, tricks and tips for taking your game to the competitive level and talking about the latest news on HCS Weekly, which is currently on hiatus. He has also casted for official HCS events and worked with the HCS team to produce several features including the latest Halo Game Sense. Needless to say, Shyway is incredibly dedicated to the competitive Halo community and is a passion for helping others become better at the game and understand the minutia of what we see the pro players pull off during streams and competition. Being a fairly newer streamer than some of our other features, Shyway achieved his Twitch Affiliate status in January 2019 just prior to him joining the HCS Grassroots program later in June. He peaked over 200 subscribers just last night after the last MCC Pro Circuit, Pro Tournament last night.
Shyway regularly streams a few times a week and will occasionally stream more often depending on happenings within the competitive Halo community. You can subscribe to him on Twitch and follow him on Twitter and YouTube.
We’re just a week away from the Xbox Games Showcase, which means we’ll be diving into Infinite coverage pretty soon. With DJ back with their two new puppies Astro and Alfie, it’s time we take another look at fan games and mods, and see what the teams have been up with for the past couple months. As we start the Halo Infinite coverage, you may see the show format change a bit, but we’re still bringing the latest Halo and community news to you.
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