Machinima Monday: Rise of the Spartans

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Writing Spartan

It’s Machinima Monday time, so that of course means Machinima……on a Monday. This weeks entry is a lengthy series named ‘Rise Of The Spartans.’

‘Rise of the Spartans’ was created by the Black Plasma Studios. However, according to the about section of the Rise Of The Spartans YouTube Channel, “Due to copyright and other issues, the series had to be moved off of Black Plasma Studios and will remain here for it to be remembered and enjoyed.”

‘Rise of the Spartans’ has a large range of content, including soundtrack pieces, PSAs, Directors Cuts and more. All of these pieces of content can be easily found in the playlist section of the ‘Rise of the Spartans’ YouTube Channel.

The description for the first episode of ‘Rise of the Spartans’ is as follows:

Act 1 of the Rise of the Spartans epic, released as a Director’s Cut with improved quality and extended scenes.

The team now finds themselves split up and scattered across a mysterious halo, and each are presented with unique challenges as tensions rise and war approaches.

As mentioned above, the ‘Rise of the Spartans’ Director’s Cut is where to find the best quality and extended scenes. Given that each act is pretty lengthy, it’s recommended to take your time to enjoy this series.

There are a total of 7 parts for this Machinima if you count the Prologue, so there’s certainly a lot of time and effort put into the series when you account for the length of each episode. The additional content on the ‘Rise of the Spartans’ YouTube channel is also worth checking out.

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Streamer Showcase: UberNick

Posted on April 19, 2020 by Dust Storm

Well, it’s been about a month since we did our last streamer showcase, not on purpose, but in light of the global situation going on, things haven’t been quite routine as we’d like. Either way, were here with another streamer and hopefully it’s one that most people are already familiar with. If not, you’re in for a treat!

UberNick is probably one of the more well-known Halo streamers these days as being one of the first HCS Grassroots streamers to join the program. His main play-style is competitive with a splash of fun mixed in with viewers and other Halo streamers. While he was one of the first Grassroots partners back in November 2018, he became Twitch partnered just over a year ago in February 2019 and has risen up to some of the top watched Halo streamers on the platform. He’s very interactive with his audience and overall is an upbeat fella rocking tunes while he plays. In a given month, he’ll range from 400 to 800 subscribers with gifted subs regularly being handed out by his viewers.

UberNick streams daily except for Mondays and kicks off in the afternoons/evenings (US/UK time). You can subscribe to him on Twitch and follow him on Twitter and YouTube.

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Podtacular 729: Renegades

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Dust Storm

Last month, we had our discussion on Halo: Smoke and Shadow and we’re discussing the sequel, Halo: Renegades in this episode. We’ve also got the latest news around Halo 2 Anniversary flighting on PC to discuss, last week’s community spotlight and of course, your regular update on community happenings!

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Machinima Monday: Spriggs

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Writing Spartan

Another Monday, another Machinima Monday. The last few weeks have focused on standalone videos, but this weeks Machinima Monday highlight focuses on an entire series. This Halo 3 Machinima series is named ‘Spriggs’.

‘Spriggs’ was created by the Running Gun Studio. Unfortunately, this studio hasn’t uploaded for over 10 years as of the time this piece releases, but their epic content is luckily kept alive thanks to the archive that is the internet. ‘Spriggs’ is a long running 21 episode Machinima series that combines comedy with a serious story. It has a very classic Machinima style to it that the older games like Halo 3 really help cement.

The description for the first episode of ‘Spriggs’ is as follows:

Episode One of our new Halo Machinima series. Spriggs was created by Running Gun Productions under Microsoft’s “Game Content Usage Rules”

The description sadly doesn’t reveal much about the series, although that may be a good thing. It gives the many new viewers a chance to experience the series without any prior knowledge. There is also a ton of behind the scenes videos for the ‘Spriggs’ series that I’d personally recommend checking out.

Sadly the original studios website and the website for the Machinima are both long since gone, but the video’s are still alive and strong on YouTube, so check out the entire series either in the playlist or on the channel.

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Podtacular 728: Mod Me A Game

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Dust Storm

Dust Storm and Godzilla T here again with just ourselves for another couple of week’s wrapping up the community projects we didn’t cover last week and our latest community poll. We’re currently looking at who our next guests should be so reach out to us with any recommendations on who you would love to hear from. As always, we give you the latest official and community updates.

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Machinima Monday: The Professional

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Writing Spartan

Machinima Monday is back at it again, bringing fan made Halo Machinima to the masses. This weeks Machinima Monday highlight goes to a video named ‘The Professional’.

‘The Professional’ was created by the Halo Collective, which is self described as the place for “Anything and Everything Halo”. ‘The Professional’ is actually a part of a long series of videos, some easier to follow than others. Luckily most of the videos are separate topics and don’t tend to follow onto each other, so you don’t have to stress too much about understanding a story to enjoy the humour.

The description for ‘The Professional’ is as follows:

He’s skilled. He’s proficient. He’s got you in his sights. And most of all, he’s MLG.

The description says a lot, I know, but that’s kind of the point. Short and sweet descriptions are common for this series, mainly due to comedy being the focus. All in all, the 20 total videos in ‘The Professional’ playlist sure do include some wacky and wonderful videos. Be sure to check them out.

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Podtacular 727: Our Favorite Tunes

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Dust Storm

No guests with us this week as we take time to do a little checkup on fan projects in the works within the Halo community. We had a chance to go through most of them and will pick up more on our next episode. We also had a new community poll where we asked you listeners what their favorite Halo soundtrack is. We are looking for suggestions on who you, our listeners would like to see us have as guests on the show, so reach out to us on social media or our Discord and let us know what ideas you have.

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