Halo 4 War Games daily challenges: 11-16-12

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15 Precision weapon kills, easy enough. Doesn’t say in one game, so that should be very easy to do over the course of the day.

Okay but that second one….We get it 343, you want us to play Regicide. I like the game type. But 10 in ONE match? Come on really? Of all the friends I game with, in the last week I think there’s only been ONE of them who got 10 in one match. And we’re not talking NOOBS here. Some of these guys are REALLY good at the game, almost MLG level…10 in one game? That’s a bit excessive, don’tcha think? Drop this to 8 and then more people could get it. Those extra two really are a be-otch to get.

Halo Mega Bloks Forward Unto Dawn set…

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Okay after a little ordeal I went through ordering this, I’ve finally received my set. Thanks to Toys R Us for fixing everything up correctly.

Over the course of the next several days, I’ll be posting a continuing article covering the build of this massive set. Pics of course will be included as I always do for reviews. Normally, I post one whole review per article like this, but given this set’s size and piece count one article just won’t do it justice.

Here’s a refresher of the set I’m talking about:

I’m going to have LOADS of pics for this one.

-Sal

Comparison shot of the Forward Unto Dawn Mega Bloks set with other large blok sets.

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First let me thank my friend Deinonychus for letting me repost his image.

Left to right we have:

Mega Bloks StarCraft II Battlecruiser
LEGO Star Wars Tantive IV
Mega Bloks Probuilder Aircraft Carrier
Mega Bloks Forward Unto Dawn
LEGO Star Destroyer

Also as you can see in the set a minifig laid on it’s back. This is one HUGE set. In comparison it stacks up nicely to other large building blok sets.

-Sal

Thanks for making the first HFFL community playdate a success!

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Last night I held the first of HaloFanForLife.com (HFFL) Community Playdates. Some good participation there. We tromped through War Games in various modes including CTF, Oddball, Infinity Slayer, and a special custom map I made. AS well we got in a mission of Spartan Ops.

I know I’ll forget someone who came to play last night, so instead of thank personally on the blog, I’ll give a general thanks.

I’m not sure how often I’ll do this. I’m thinking every other week? And I may change the time to a weekend day and have it earlier to get even more participation. Some of my English readers would have played had it not been so late for them.

Again, many thanks.

If you missed it and want to participate, look for another HFFL community playdate very soon. You need to be a subscriber to the blog (which is FREE) and all I ask is be nice in gameplay. No douchebaggery.

-Sal

Halo Bulletin for 11-15-12

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LOTS of good info in this week’s Halo Bulletin. It starts out with a very cool Didact glyph background image that you might use for your computer. It was done by Firestream of Halo Unity:

After this comes a bunch of stats on the first 5 days of Halo 4’s release. Some huge numbers there.

The rest of the Bulletin is an exhaustive rundown on how and where to check your Spartan career. If you haven’t delved into that yet, this bulletin will definitely get you VERY acquainted with it.

-Sal

Spartan Ops Episdoe 1: Departure comic book

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Here it is folks, the first in the series of comic books from Spartan Ops. Let me know what you think of it, by leaving a reply. -Sal

Halo Mega Bloks series 6 minifigures! and a surprise!!

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I revealed on Friday the figures to come in series 6 of Halo Mega Bloks single pack figures on the blog.

Halo Mega Bloks series 6 minifigures!

Now they’ve been spotted at retail. Here are pics from francandco.imgur.com showing each figure and a bonus!

Besides the regular figs, you could be lucky enough to find the “Mountain Dew” Elite. Or translucent lime green Elite. So far it’s been found to be with the Tan Marine. So happy hunting.

I REALLY want that Elite. I’m a HUGE fan of translucent toys. This one will look particularly good. Um…if anyone finds this, could you help me out…LOL.

Anyway…these minifigs are really a good deal. They are in my opinion the BEST minifigures out there. FAR better than Lego. Heck Mega’s figures even beat out many of the larger scale figures from other toy lines as far as articulation goes. Even the sculpt on these minifigs is better than most larger toys and certain best in the mini scale.

Given their affordability, I highly suggest picking some up!

-Sal

The Art of Halo 4-book!

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I got this as a present in the mail yesterday. FANTASTIC book. Tons of great concept art (which I absolutely LOVE). There are technical drawings, orthogonal pieces, finished art work and more.

I checked the price on the back of the book and it runs $34.95. Seems a bit pricey. However, what is inside really makes it worth it. The book is just chock full of Halo art goodness. I already own the previous Halo art book, so this one makes for an excellent companion to it and gets you up to date. Even if you don’t own the previous book (which showcases art from all the previous Halo games, NOT Halo 4), I highly recommend getting this one.

The imagery is awe inspiring. There are 5 main chapters:
• Environments: Covers the campaign mission environments
• UNSC: Master Chief, Cortana, Spartans, other troops, weapons and vehicles
• Covenant: similar to the UNSC in content, just skewed towards Covies
• Forerunner: like UNSC, but also includes the Cryptum….and Didact!
• War Games: Multiplayer map environments and Spartan IV Armor variants

This book I’d consider a fairly comprehensive look at the art of Halo 4. I’ll be using it as reference for years!

-Sal

HFFL’s first Community Playdate tonight!

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Starting at 8pm EST/5pm PAC I’ll be hosting the first HaloFanForLife (HFFL) community playdate.

Please refer to this link for the simple rules of tonight: TEH RULEZ <—yes spelled that way..

Gametypes/Playlists will be dependent on participation. However, should we get at least 8 people, I’m going to reveal a custom map I created. It’s set for Slayer and CTF. I’m about 95% done with it, just need to play spawn points. Now, what I would like is some constructive criticism. If you like it, great. If you think it needs something fixed, please let me know. Be nice though. Saying this or that sucks won’t get a response from me.

I look forward to meeting you folks on LIVE tonight. To participate, shoot me an invite at my GT: HaloFanForLife1 (you must be a member of the blog to participate-as stated in TEH RULEZ)

-Sal

Halo 4 War Games daily challenges: 11-14-12

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Okay first one, good to go. It doesn’t say 15 in one match. Hopefully that holds up since I almost never use an automatic weapon with exception to the Needler.

More Regicides huh? Okay. But 10 in one match? Yikes. I’m King much of the time when I go in by myself, though this one may be tough. XP is good though, so I’ll try a bit.

Spartan Ops Graphic Novel Episode 1 update

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I have the graphics all done, just need to add the text/text bubbles. I hope to have this finished today, if not definitely tomorrow.

Then I’ll be hard at work on episode two’s graphic novel. Need to play some catchup here. But then again, I have an excuse…Halo 4 did come out afterall. LOL.

-Sal

Halo 4 Green Screen Tutorial

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This is an excellent green screen tutorial for those who have Adobe Aftereffects. Even if you don’t, it’s still cool to watch the process and result.

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