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Boy-Band Tribute to Halo Writes Master Chief’s Name All Over the Back of a Notebook
Be prepared, this is an excellent send-up of One Direction’s earworm pop-hit “What Makes You Beautiful,” but that means you hear the chorus once and it’ll be stuck in your head for the rest of the day. It comes to you from The Warp Zone, who gave us the smash hit The Day Guitar Hero…
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Reggie Shows Jimmy Fallon How to Flick Throwing Stars with the Wii U Controller
This week, Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night provided a kind of victory lap for video gaming’s heavy-hitting brands coming out of E3. “Video Game Week” on the show wrapped up last night with Reggie Fils-Aime, the boss of Nintendo of America, giving Fallon some hands-on time with the Wii U. Sure, it’s a hype appearance, but…
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Lessons in Double-Speak, from Native Speakers
The major controversies, disappointments and outrages of the preceding week all seemed to share one trait: They contained some eye-rolling levels of double-speak and ulterior meanings. The issues themselves have been gummed to death, and I really don’t wish to rehash those arguments. But we’re talking about debates that could have been better served, and…
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Slayer Multiplayer in Halo 4 Feels Familiar, With Better-Sounding Pew Pews
“Slayer.” You read it in the announcer’s voice, didn’t you? It’s a mode all Halo veterans are familiar with. It’s a mode that has seen your most vicious killing sprees and caused your most tempered tantrums. And it’s a mode in the upcoming Halo 4‘s multiplayer, known as War Games. Since Bungie is no longer…
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I’m Knee-Deep In Synthetic Bad Guys in Halo 4’s Bold new Multiplayer
When Halo 4 launches on November 6th later this year, it will ship with a full season of a multiplayer mode called Spartan Ops I got to check out a quick chapter of said episodic content today on the E3 showfloor, where the Majestic Spartan team met those red-laced synthetic enemies from the demo that…
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Cortana Is Angry, But Halo 4 Looks Incredible
The new footage from Halo 4 shows us both the sweeping theatrical introduction as well as the first-person gameplay action. Master Chief is heading toward a downed UNSC ship. On the way there, he shows off his new weapons and tech. Halo 4 is being developed by 343 Studios and is due out on November…
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There’s No Question. This Is The Best Master Chief Cosplay There Is.
Don’t argue with it. Just let the beauty of this amazingly hilarious Master Chief cosplay sink in to your memory, to be recalled at a really inappropriate moment when you should not be laughing. The professor/your boss will understand. The dog might, too. Photographer David Ngo stumbled on this lovely being on Sunday of this…
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Is This a Leak of Halo 4‘s Multiplayer Beta, a Parody, or Both? [Update]
We’re in the red zone for pre-E3 bullshit. A week before the show is usually when we get a dumptruck full of fakes, bogus retailer listings and LinkedIn resumes confirming everything but the return of the Dreamcast. This, however, is so bizarre I’m compelled to share it. Because someone may be having a little fun…
By Owen Good
