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About Sal

I’ve got tons of experience with Halo gaming and collecting. I feel I have something to offer to the greater Halo fan community. Posts along the way will be about tips and tricks in the games as well as collecting and many more Halo related things. I’ll also repost interesting articles from the official site, Halowaypoint.com, or from fellow Halo fan sites. As I continue this blog, I hope to help gamers who want advice on the games, as well as any collectors with regards to where to find collectibles as well as deals, coupons and so on. You can also follow me on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/HaloFanForLife or Facebook at: http://www.facebook.com/halofanforlife11. Welcome to my blog and I hope you’ll come back again and again. -Sal

Spartan Games is to produce Halo tabletop miniatures games

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If you love table top games and you love Halo (and you wouldn’t be here if you didn’t), then Spartan Games is bringing you a cool new Halo game to play.

I first learned of this from a post on Facebook by Laird MacLean. Thanks Laird!

The following is a reblog from Spartan Games web site (heh, Spartan, covenant coincidence, huh?):

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Spartan Games has entered into a License Agreement with Microsoft Corporation to design and produce tabletop miniatures games for “Halo®”, the global entertainment phenomenon. The first products will be on sale around the world through Spartan Games’ sales and distribution channels in 2015. Continue reading →

The Halo Bulletin: Episode 12

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This week’s Bulletin talks about:

• Halo New Blood, the new digital short novel coming in March
• Jeff Easterling and Cannon Fodder
• A wee bit about Toy Fair…though I’ve got this covered in MUCH more detail.
• Halo Championship Series
• Fresh Picks – Jay mentions again about the ‘Sprint’ series.
• Halo 5 Guardians montage

Halo Toy Review: Mega Bloks Heavy Assault Cyclops

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Mega Bloks Heavy Assault Cyclops: Set #CNC98 <–Mega has gone with a new number system for their sets it appears.

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 2 minutes sorting, less than 5 minutes building
Set Piece Count: 76
Minifigs: UNSC Marine in Grey/Black armor, with brown undergarment
Weapons: Railgun
Accessories: Backpack
Special Features: Poseable mech w/opening and closing cockpit
Cost: $15

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

Microsoft wants Bungie rumor is false

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As I suspected, the rumor is false.

Shinobi has tweeted out that they never made the tweet that was screenshot.

Apparently the post from Frank O’Conner was taken from a different thread and was posted some time ago, not recently.

Darren O’Hare hasn’t posted on Twitter in some time.

So it appears ‘thefriendlyassassin’ isn’t so friendly. To start an outright lie like that is ridiculous and of course wrong.

For my part in reposting that, I apologize. I did say treat it as rumor. However, next time, when something like this happens, I”ll endeavor to research it a bit more to see if it’s true or not.

Folks, I’m not a professional reporter. I’m a Halo fan. So when I read news like this, I pass it on to you. Yes, I feel like one was pulled over on me (and you as well). I can tell you this much, I”ll never report something from the friendlyassassin again, no matter how credible it may seem.

-Sal

How Fans Helped Shape the Multiplayer of Halo 5 Guardians

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The following is a reblog from HaloWaypoint. The article is by Josh Holmes, executive producer for 343.

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Late last year, we gave you a first look at the future of Halo multiplayer with the release of the Halo 5: Guardians Multiplayer Beta. This was a huge endeavor for everyone on the Halo 5: Guardians team and one that we approached with nervous excitement. After all, this was the earliest that we have ever released a beta for a Halo game, coming almost a year before release. Putting a work-in-progress game out in the wild this early was a leap of faith, and something new for our studio. How would fans react? What results would we find? Continue reading →

McFarlane teases new Halo 5 action figures

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Just a couple hours ago as of this writing, McFarlane Toys teases this graphic of upcoming  Halo 5 action figures.

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It’s pretty easy to guess that they are Agent Locke and Master Chief, especially given the outlines of each. Should these figures be shown in full detail at NYTF, you can BET on me being there, taking pictures of them, and posting them here for you all to see.

Thanks to Halo fan ‘Didact’ for tweeting me this info.

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