Monthly Archives: March 2015

The Spirit of Fire podcast episode 15: Locke and Master Chief commercials discussion

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On Sunday, March 29, 2015, two Halo 5 Guardians commercials aired during the season finale of the Walking Dead. The first featured Locke, while the latter featured Master Chief. Both were near exact in shot and sequence, but with very different dialog. These were part of the beginning of the HUNTtheTRUTH campaign, leading up to Halo 5.

In this podcast, my co-host Zach and I discuss those two commercials at length comparing scenes. In fact, if you want to follow along with what were talking about in a visual manner, open up this link in another window.

Beyond this, we talk more about the HUNTtheTRUTH campaign. Specifically Episode 1: A Hairline Fracture of the Benjamin Giraud reports.

After this we discuss the newly amounted Halo Online game.

So please listen in on our discussion and let us know what you think about the topics we discussed as well as our speculation on it. Oh, I should note, my microphone wasn’t picking up my voice as well the whole time. So the volume of my voice seems to drop a little, then raise back up. Apologies on that. I’ll be looking into that issue to fix this for the next podcast.

This episode of the Spirit of Fire runs about one hour and 20 minutes.

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-Sal

HUNT the TRUTH commercial screenshot comparisons and discussion.

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Now that the first two HUNTtheTRUTH commercials have been revealed, I take a look at certain images of each that are near identical to one another and delve a little deeper into the possible meaning between them.

If you haven’t seen the video on YouTube yet, check them out HERE (Locke) and HERE (Chief).

Okay, now that you’ve looked at them, let’s look at those comparable shots. The top portion is from Locke’s commercial, while the bottom, is Chief’s. Continue reading →

HUNT the TRUTH Episode 01: A Hairline Fracture

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This is a reblog from http://huntthetruth.tumblr.com:

Master Chief was born in the metropolis of Elysium City. Then known as John, he grew up like any kid in the Outer Colonies. Childhood playmates and school teachers share charming stories. But what happens when a single document throws everything into question?

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SPOILERS BELOW (if you didn’t listen to the episode above.)

Okay, now that you’ve listened to it, what do you think? We know that John was kidnapped at 6 years old. So his clone lasted for a whopping 6 years! Current records indicate all of the other clones died weeks after replacing the Spartan child candidates.

The comment by Dion, regarding everyone who went through the glassing of their planet and John rising up to do what he did, honoring the rest of the planet, is inspiring!

-Sal

Halo Toy Review: Bandai Sprukits Commander Palmer

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This review is the second of the four currently at retail as of this posting. It’s Spartan Commander Sarah Palmer.

Okay, without further ado, let’s get to the review.

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 45 minutes building, Your time will vary as I was taking pictures along the way for this review.
Set Piece Count: 113
Weapons: Two Magnums
Accessories: Figure Stand
Special Features: Fully articulated at the following:
• Ball Joint Head,
• Ball Joint Shoulders
• Double hinge jointed Elbows
• Ball Jointed Wrists
• Ball Jointed Waist
• Ball Jointed Hips
• Double Hinge Jointed Knees
• Ball Jointed Ankles
As well, the model includes a set of fisted hands, a set of ‘trigger’ hands, plus a third left hand that is open. This can be used to help hold and assault rifle (not included with this set).

Cost: $20 at retail

And on with the pics! (Click pics to make BIGGER) Continue reading →

Video of the Avalanche remake in Halo Online (the PC game)

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffDxQtAHRG4&feature=youtu.be

I found this through my friends at Podcast Evolved.

I wish the guy who made the vid would have gone into the bases as well as the side teleport rooms. He missed some very important parts of the map.

Seeing that the bases are UNSC really has me interested.

I did put a comment on his vid asking him to show us that too. If he does, I’ll repost it here.

-Sal

Halo Community Update 3.27.15

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This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint

BY B IS FOR BRAVO

When we released our most recent update, we mentioned that the team was hard at work on next month’s update, and seeing as April is drawing near, we’re checking in to provide the latest on The Master Chief Collection. Let’s get into it. Continue reading →

Canon Fodder: Nine Lives

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This is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

BY GRIMBROTHER ONE

ISSUE 17

Welcome back, loyal loreists, and thanks for joining us for another edition of Canon Fodder. This week we’re all over the proverbial star map, with updates on Universe, some social media seek-and-finds, a bit of TRUTH-sleuthing, and a bigger and better look at the recently revealed cover of Halo: Hunters in the Dark. If that wasn’t enough, as promised, let’s kick things off with another small chat with Halo: New Blood author Matt Forbeck. Read on!

Also, in case it wasn’t obvious, the following section will absolutely contain spoilers for Halo: New Blood. If you don’t want to be spoiled, AVERT THINE EYES!

Continue reading →

BloksFest Tickets on sale tomorrow!

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For those who live in the UK, my friend, Simon Richard is once again hosting his annual BloksFest. This started out to be only for Halo Mega Bloks, but this year has expanded to include other Mega Bloks lines like CoD and Assassin’s Creed. (Though the frontrunner is still very much Halo)

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Here is some text from there site talking about the convention: Continue reading →

Halo Online!!! (for PC) Yes, it is real!

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Yesterday I got word of this through my good friends at Podcast Unlocked.

For now the game will be beta tested only in Russia. Why Russia? Anyway…
Here is the original Russian trailer for it followed by a neat super bounce vid on the Turf remake map, then followed by IGN’s ‘Rewind Theater” of the Russian trailer, detailing some cool bits and easter eggs. Continue reading →