I was honored to be the guest on Podtacular tonight. We talked about the last episode of Forward Unto Dawn. We were just a smidge rushed as we both were getting ready to go to our local Halo 4 launch events, still some good stuff at the link. Enjoy!
http://www.podtacular.com/media/podtacular-330/
-Sal
I got to my local Gamestop at about 9:30pm EST. I came with posters, Doritos, and promo cards to had out. I also brought out my prop Covenant Plasma Rifle and Plasma Pistol and let people hold them and try them out. Lots of fun!
We had a good amount of people show up. I don’t know the final count and unfortunately I was inside most of the time, so I only got one outside shot. (Also funny thing, why do I always forget to take pics of myself at these things…LOL)
Anyway, I handed out some Doritos and gave some away for answering Halo trivia questions.
I got to play some of the campaign there while waiting for Midnight to hit. I have to say the graphics are off the freakin’ chart!!! 343 didn’t just hit it out of the park, they blew it out of the atmosphere! This is SO awesome. I immediately drew a comparison to how I felt the first time I played Halo 3 on the 360. The graphics then compared to the old XBOX just blew my mind. My mind was once again BLOWN! Somehow 343 managed to really push the limits of what the graphics engine could do on the XBOX360 and it shows!
Be prepared for something MORE than awesome when you play.
Without further ado, here are the pics (sorry for the eyeflash…)
To say the night was a success is an understatement. I think I made some new LOCAL friends tonight… Thanks all for coming out! I had a blast. Now it’s time for me to have a blast of a different kind…Halo 4 Campaign!!!
-Sal
In just about 5 hours, I and many of you will be joining the rest of the world start a NEW fight!
After so long we finally have another Halo game with Master Chief.
I’ll be attending my local Gamestop in Pittsburgh. I’m handing out 75 posters I made. The poster will be available on the site tomorrow in a slightly altered version from what will be given away.
Feel free to download that when it becomes available. All I ask is that you credit me if you repost it anywhere. Please credit as: Sal Salerno @ HaloFanForLife.com
Enjoy your night folks, I’m heading out shortly to prepare. I’ll be tweeting from the event!
Please shoot me replies and e-mails ( sal@halofanforlife.com ) about your Halo 4 launch event experience. I’ll be collecting them up and posting them on the blog. Feel free to include pics too, the more the merrier!
-Sal (HFFL)
For those that missed out on ordering this statue (it’s sold out now), here is about the next best thing, the official pics from McFarlane.
Small consolation I know…
Isn’t this a beauty though! Great detailing and paint application.
If any of you did manage to order this, when you get it, take a bunch of photos and I’ll feature it here on the blog.
-Sal (HFFL)
Woot woot! It’s getting VERY close now. Our friends in Australia will be playing very soon. I’m 22 hours away. Folks on the West coast have just over a day.
I’ve got the images edited. Now need to lay them out in the graphic novel and then add text and text bubbles.
I pared down the 429 images to exactly 343…(Just worked out that way) Though I may decide to delete others along the way, so that total may not be accurate at the end.
Anyway, with less than one day left until Halo 4, I’m racing to get this done. I’ll be working through the night to get it as done.
This one is likely to be even bigger than part 4’s graphic novel was.
-Sal
Last one until morning my time (EST)
Is this a code I see?
Why yes it is!
Oh, hello there. Here’s another code!
I’m working fervently to get this done by tomorrow. I’m about halfway through editing the graphics. I’ve got more then 400 this time around. Most of any of the graphic novels.
I hope you good folks have enjoyed them thusfar. If you’ve missed them you can check all my Forward Unto Dawn coverage here. https://halofanforlife.com/?cat=33
There you will find my reviews of each episode, exclusive statues, and of course the graphic novels.
-Sal