With Halo: Reach making a resurgence in the community, we thought it would be appropriate to showcase a recent Machinima. This one comes from a relatively small machinimator, but the quality of this machinima definitely shows some good story telling capability, editing skills, voice acting, etc. This machinima falls in the realm of drama and comes in at over an hour long, so strap in.
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We kick off 2020, the year of Halo Infinite catching up on the community news and Halo updates. As we march closer to Holiday 2020, we’re continuing to revamp our podcast outline to showcase more of the news and discussions happening in the Halo community along with seeking out help with running Podtacular and getting podcast guests lined up. It’s going to be a big year for Halo and we’re thankful you’re along with us for the ride.
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Happy 2020 and the year of Halo Infinite! This year, we’re picking up our efforts on showcasing more community content, while still talking about news and community discussions. We introduced Machinima Mondays last year and we’re introducing another highlight series: the Streamer Showcase Saturday. Every (or most) Saturday, we will pick a streamer from any platform to showcase and shout-out who has a quality streaming setup, energetic demeanor and viewer engagement. Without any more delays, allow us to introduce our first streamer.
While we have several friends of the show who stream, we wanted to highlight someone who isn’t as close to us to show in good faith, that we’re putting bias aside to highlight some truly entertaining streamers, and this first one has the energy that we hope every Halo fan has for the franchise. Introducing: Real Life Spartan!
While he is not new to the streaming game, his name has caught our attention as we’ve been seeing more about his streams since Halo: Outpost Discover (no direct correlation). Real Life Spartan, “RLS” has an energetic personality on camera and combined with his home-made Spartan armor (with helmet at times), makes for a unique viewing experience. Touting over 500 subscribers, RLS’s viewers are engaging and very supportive of the streamer as he recently received over 100k bits from a viewer equating to $1000. RLS’s stream presentation also includes clean transitions, green-screen scenes where he’ll step away from his gaming center, and several props he’ll employ.
RLS streams on Twitch and has a community Discord server along with a YouTube channel (you can find those links on his Twitch page). While he has no set schedule posted on his page, RLS streams regularly on Tuesdays and Thursdays and has been recently streaming MCC. You can follow and subscribe to Real Life Spartan on Twitch and follow him on Twitter.
Our final episode of the year wraps up the second part of Halo: Broken Circle, which we started last week. The final Community Spotlight and Community Update are also available for discussion as we round out the decade with this episode. It’s been a crazy 2019 and we all have a big hear ahead of us. Happy Halodays from us here at Podtacular.
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One of our favorite Halo 5 machinimators has released the first act of their latest project, Seraph. This detective thriller is certain to entertain machinima fans who are more keen on story-telling than only action. We don’t know how many acts there are, but we’ll be keeping an eye on this one closely.
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Wrapping up our final book of the year, we take a look at the first part of Halo: Broken Circle. Taking place over 3000 years ago in the current Halo timeline, this book takes a look at the earliest days of the Covenant during the time the Writ of Union was being signed between the Sangheili and the San’Shyuum and the events transpiring to a sect of Sangheili breaking off in the belief that joining the Covenant was dishonorable. We also talk about the latest feedback and reactions to Reach on MCC and take a look at some community creations!
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Halo: Reach on Halo: The Master Chief Collection is finally here and as Tartarus said, “[It’s] drawn quite a crowd.” Being one of the most successful Steam launches, Halo fans have flocked to its release. In this episode, we go over initial reaction to the release, outstanding issues to be resolved, new achievements, and more!
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