There are just a few hours left to these three! Available are Red, Blue and Master Chief Spartan helmets, each it’s own auction.
These have TONS of signatures by various 343 folks! Currently, bidding for each is just over $300. I hope they get at least $500 each. It’s for a great cause!
First the Red helmet. To bid o this, go HERE!
Have you ever wanted a crystal encrusted Master Chief helmet? Yeah, me too…..
Well, now is your chance!
XBOX Taiwan is auctioning off this unique Chief helmet on eBay.
As of this writing, the bidding is up to $34,300 US dollars with 2 days more of bidding.
The auction benefits Make-A-Wish, which brings wishes to children with often fatal conditions. Continue reading
This year is the 5th Annual Halo Omnithon event in support of Child’s Play Charity.
What is Omnithon you ask?
Omnithon is a group that does gaming marathons to raise money for charity. A gaming marathon is where we play through a game or series of games, and stream it online while collecting donations for a cause we support, which in our case is Child’s Play Charity, which brings entertainment and hope to those in children’s hospitals. We’ve raised over $10,000 dollars with our prior marathons, and hope to raise even more going forward.
You can read more about Omnithon here and be sure to tune in here on Twitch.
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:Â 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
I’m very happy to announce the HFFL now has an alliance with Operation Supply Drop (OSD).
Earlier today I talked with Glenn Banton of OSD. We talked about what OSD does and how HFFL can support their mission.
First thing I did was to sign up with their 8-Bit Salute Charity drive. Thus  HFFL now has an established ‘Team’, similar to the team we have with Extra-Life.
My long time friend and co-host of the Spirit of Fire podcast, Zach (aka TheHaloArray) has joined the roster of the HALOFANFORLIFE Extra-Life team. Continue reading
Last year I joined in the fundraiser for Extra Life, an organization aimed at helping kids in hospitals.
This year, I decided to make HFFL a TEAM instead of just me.
If you’d like to join in the fundraising drive, please check out HFFL’s fundraising page on Extra Life here:Â http://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=16456
I literally sign up just before writing this article. Now while the event isn’t until Oct 25, donations are being taken now. You don’t have to be on the team to donate. Any donation is gladly accepted. Help HFFL reach it’s goal of $1,000 to help KIDS!
To donate, go to the link above, find the DONATE button (upper right corner). When prompted, please type in: HALOFANFORLIFE as the team name. This will allow your donation to go towards HFFL’s goal of $1,000 this year for Extra Life.
ALL proceeds go to the charity.
-Sal
Zach has been a friend of mine for 6 1/2 years. He’s also a co-host on HFFL’s on Spirit of Fire podcast.
He took the ALS ice bucket challenge and nominated 3 other HFFL folks.
Good on ya Zach! Tetra, Pens, and Cheese, you’re on the clock buds.
I’d do this myself, but I just don’t have the extra funds to donate, otherwise, I’d have done this weeks ago.
-Sal
Steve Downes and Jen Taylor the voice actors for Master Chief and Cortana respectively were nominated to do the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. They both stepped up to the plate. Check out the link below to watch!
(Apologies I couldn’t get the embed code to work here.)
I think it’s pretty darn cool they did it mostly in character too.
-Sal
Okay folks, I need for those of you who are coming to the LAN to please e-mail me with your confirmation of such. If you have anyone else you will be bringing (and that is SOLID for attending, not just possible), please include that in your e-mail as well. If you have more that will attend with you after you send the e-mail, please send me an update by e-mail so that I may include them into the number of attendees. Continue reading
I will once again be participating in the Extra Life Charity event.
However, this year, HFFL will be organizing a TEAM of gamers to participate in this, in hopes of raising even more money that last year, for the cause!
To learn more about Extra Life, go HERE.
If you are interested in participating with the HFFL team for this event, send me an e-mail at [email protected].
My minimum requirements for this are that you must be over 18 and MUST have a working headset with a working microphone.
-Sal
