I won a small Halo contest! (And you can benefit from it too!)

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Gallery Books held a contest at the launch of the new novel, Halo: Broken Circle.

The contest was to like and comment on their Facebook page: If you could be any character in Halo lore, who would it be and why?

My answer was: Well, by far it would have to be Master Chief. He’s respected, he’s lucky, and he’s not just a spartan, he’s THE Spartan!

That last bit was paraphrasing Spartan Locke when he tells the Arbiter whom he is hunting.

Below is the prize pack that went to two lucky winners. There were close to 1,000 comments. I was one of two people who won! Continue reading →

A status update from Bonnie Ross on Halo: The Master Chief Collection

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Heh, as if by coincidence after I posted the podcast, Bonnie Ross, 343 Studio head, apologizes for the issues with the HMCC.

The following is a reblog from Halo Waypoint:

By Bonnie Ross:

On Nov 11th we released Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The goal being to create a tribute to Halo fans around the world, and to celebrate the Master Chief’s debut on Xbox One.  With the initial release of Halo: The Master Chief Collection, however, we have not delivered the experience you deserve. I personally apologize for this on behalf of us all at 343 Industries. Our team is committed to working around the clock until these issues are resolved.  Continue reading →

The Spirit of Fire podcast episode 14: The Halo Master Chief Collection: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

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In this episode, we talk about all things regarding the Halo Master Chief Collection. The title says it all, the good, bad and ugly. Before you take a listen, I want to point out that I really don’t like having podcasts with a negative tone, this one however does have that tone to a degree that draw from my personal experience with the game as well as my co-host Martin. It also includes anecdotal info from fellow Halo gaming friends of mine and their experience with the game so far. Continue reading →

New Halo Pinterest art!

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Every so often I post an article of Halo art, crafts, etc. that I find on Pinterest. Today brings seven new entries. Oh and if you didn’t know, HFFL does indeed have a Pinterest Page, you can find it on the menu to the right when you’re on the main page. For now, you can find it HERE.

Now here are the newly added pins and as always, click to make bigger (Feel free to download any of these as well as any of the ones you find on the HFFL Pinterest page):  Continue reading →

HMCC Forge Tutorial: Scripting from Certain Affinity.

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Scott Maclean form Certain Affinity walks us through how to use scripting in the Halo 2 Anniversary Forge of the Halo Master Chief Collection. I have to say after watching this that there is an endless amount of potential for maps with this new scripting service that Certain Affinity has given to us.

The video below is 22 minutes and worth every second of it! Continue reading →

McFarlane Halo 2 and E3 Master Chief figures quick review

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It’s been some time since I’ve done a review for a McFarlane Halo action figure. This year McFarlane has only brought out the following two figures. It’s the Halo 2 Master Chief and the Master Chief form the 2013 E3 trailer.

I didn’t take either of these out of the package. It’s a rare instance when I do that. So these reviews won’t be all encompassing as I usually do, hence “quick” review. Continue reading →

HMCC/H2A Forge Map Awash: Detailed forge/playable space (It’s HUGE!)

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I was curious just how big the foregable/playable space was in Awash. Awash is a new Forge map in the Halo 2 Anniversary Forge portion of the Halo Master Chief Collection.

First things first, I went to the four corners of the map and placed a 1×1 block. BTW, the 1×1 blocks at 10ft square. Next I placed the large green grass tiles at the corners. Then to get the size of that, placed enough 1×1 blocks side by side on one of the sides of the grass tiles to get that measurement. It’s 30×30 (which is 300ft on one side). Continue reading →

Halo Toy Review: Mega Bloks Ultimate Battle Pack

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Mega Bloks Ultimate Battle Pack: Set #97390

Technical Specifications:
Build Time: 1 minute sorting, 2 minutes building
Set Piece Count: 138
Minifigs: 3X Purple Elite Minor, 1X Translucent Purple Elite Minor, 2X Purple Grunt Minor, 2X Purple Grunt Spec Ops. 1 each of the following UNSC figures: EVA Spartan, Security Spartan, Scout Spartan, Recon Spartan, CQB Spartan, EOD Spartan, ODST, Translucent EOD Spartan
Weapons: Energy Sword, 2X translucent purple plasma grenades, translucent Needle Rifle, Focus Rifle, Carbine, Needler, Plasma Rifle, Plasma Pistol, 2X Frag grenade, 2X Magnum, Spartan Laser (Olive green), Spartan Laser (Translucent steel), Battle Rifle, Sniper Rifle, SMG, Shotgun, Assault Rifle
Accessories: Backpack
Special Features: N/A
Cost: $25 Target Exclusive

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

Halo The Master Chief Collection Content Update Patch Notes

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The following is a reblog from Waypoint about the patch for Thursday 11/20/2014:

Tomorrow afternoon (Thursday, Nov. 20), our latest content update will become available. This particular content update addresses matchmaking performance, UI, gameplay, and title-specific issues. We are on track for a release of mid-late afternoon Pacific Time for this content update, and will immediately let you know when it is available. For now, here is a change list of what will be included. As a note, many of the below issues are sub issues that were caused by larger umbrella problems that we have addressed with this update.

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Halo Master Chief Collection Achievement background pictures: Part 10 From “TLDR” to “Zombie Repeller”

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This is the tenth (and finale) in a 10-part series of articles that gives you between 40-50 of the Achievement pics from the Halo Master Chief Collection. These are the very same ones you unlock through the game and can set as your background on the XBOX One.

This series is in alphabetical order for easy of looking up. Part 10 starts from “TLDR” and goes to the last in alphabetical order, “Zombie Repeller”.

Now that all 10 articles have been posted, you’ll find a handy list of links to all ten at the end of each article in this series.

The gallery below again is in alphabetical order, left to right then down to the next line, and so on. Click pics to make bigger of course. Feel free to download any/all of them as you wish. ENJOY! Continue reading →

Halo Master Chief Collection Achievement background pictures: Part 9 From “So You Don’t Want the Tank?” to “Tipping Point”

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This is the ninth in a 10-part series of articles that will give you between 40-50 of the Achievement pics from the Halo Master Chief Collection. These are the very same ones you unlock through the game and can set as your background on the XBOX One.

This series is in alphabetical order for easy of looking up. Part 9 starts from “So You Don’t Want the Tank?” and goes to “Tipping Point”.

When all 10 articles are complete, I’ll post a list of links at the end of each article for you to easily find the others in this series.

The gallery below again is in alphabetical order, left to right then down to the next line, and so on. Click pics to make bigger of course. Feel free to download any/all of them as you wish. ENJOY! Continue reading →

Halo Master Chief Collection Achievement background pictures: Part 8 All the “Skulltaker” Achievements

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This is the eighth in a 10-part series of articles that will give you between 40-50 of the Achievement pics from the Halo Master Chief Collection. These are the very same ones you unlock through the game and can set as your background on the XBOX One.

This series is in alphabetical order for easy of looking up. Part 8 starts from “Skulltaker Halo 2 Anger?” and goes to “Skulltaker Halo CE Recession”. (Yes, I realize the skull achievements are not in game order. They are in alphabetical order.)

When all 10 articles are complete, I’ll post a list of links at the end of each article for you to easily find the others in this series.

The gallery below again is in alphabetical order, left to right then down to the next line, and so on. Click pics to make bigger of course. Feel free to download any/all of them as you wish. ENJOY! Continue reading →