Podtacular 495: New Blood Discussion

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Dust Storm

When we were first introduced to Gunnery Sergeant Edward Buck in Halo 3: ODST, we learned about his personality as an ODST and how good Nathan Fillion is at acting.  In New Blood, we learn of Buck’s origin story: how he became an ODST, how he met up with Veronica Dare and how he eventually got recruited and joined the Spartan IV program.  This all leads up to his role in the upcoming Halo 5: Guardians and there’s a lot of details in this novella.  If you’ve read (or listened the) the book, you may have found yourself having to go through it multiple times.  As we discuss the book, we try to demystify the bouncing around as much as possible and hit all the high points you’ll want to know before this October.

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SDCC 2015 Special: Stony Props

Posted on July 24, 2015 by Dust Storm

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Halo brought Breakout to life in a real life scenario of the new game mode in Halo 5: Guardians. In conjunction with BoomCo and Stony Props, 343 brought the Spartan training simulation to life at SDCC.  We had the opportunity to talk to some of the folks from Stony Props who made the Spartan training armor for the experience, which included a helmet and upper body armor pieces for both teams. We got to talk to Walter and Steve about the entire process of making the armor from when 343 Industries approached them to getting them made for game day.

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See Spartan Locke at RTX

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Dust Storm

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If you’re heading out to Austin, Texas in a few weeks for the Rooster Teeth Expo, our anniversary panel and reunion party won’t be the only exciting things to see.  The folks over at Impact Props showed off one of their latest pieces of work today on their Facebook page being a Spartan Locke armor set.  As you can see below, this thing is already impressive and in the comments, they mentioned it will be worn at RTX.  We just hope Chief shows up too.

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Podtacular 494: SDCC 2015 Special

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Dust Storm

San Diego Comic Con is one of the largest fan-focused conventions in the United States and this year we were able to attend and see what the fuss was all about. We had the opportunity to play real life Breakout, see the Mega Bloks build of Apex, learn about the story supplementing Halo 5: Guardians from the novels and Hunt the Truth podcast, be surrounded by Halo cosplayers and snag some con exclusive swag. We managed to pick up interviews with Stony Props on their Spartan training armor and Matt Forbeck on New Blood that will be releasing later in the week.  Huge thanks to Laird for giving us the opportunity to attend and for being our guest for this episode.

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Halo Channel Now Available on Android and iOS

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Dust Storm

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Leading into last week’s San Diego Comic Con, 343 Industries released the Halo Channel app for iOS and Android.  Those who downloaded the app and showed it on their mobile device at SDCC received a Halo 5: Guardians pin exclusive to the convention.  After using the app, we’re happy to say that the interface has much better performance over it’s Windows 8 and Xbox One counterparts.  You can catch up on the latest episodes of shows like The Bulletin, The Sprint, Breaking Down the Map and Community Creations over on the Halo Channel app.

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Podtacular 493: E3 2015 Special

Posted on July 18, 2015 by Dust Storm

Our E3 special has finally arrived covering our experience for what was a truly an awesome week, most importantly for Halo.  343 Industries showed off a Campaign gameplay demo and unveiled Warzone, a new 12v12 multiplayer mode with AI combatants.  At the Xbox booth, we got to experience Microsoft Hololens on the deck of the Infinity.  We’re joined by special guest Unyshek, one of our battle buddies during the crazy week of Halo goodness.

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HCS Season 2 Update 2

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Dust Storm

Next week marks the end of season 2 of the Halo Championship Series where the best Halo teams in the world will meet at ESL’s headquarters in Burbank, California for the chance to win their share of $150,000 in prize money.  In this update, Bravo breaks down the current standings for the top eight teams going to the Championship and a recap of the finals from Pro Gaming League Indianapolis.  By the request of competitive fans, iGotUrPistola was interviewed by 343 who tells us about his time off during the first season and his comeback after joining Cloud 9.  The finals go down live on Twitch July 24-26th.

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