Over the past two weeks, we’ve been uploading our RTX photos to our Facebook page. The album is now complete and you can head on over and check them out for yourself. Lots of pictures of our GrifballHub friends, our Waypoint friends and several from the convention overall. Go on over and like the ones you find interesting.
So this is something a little out of left field where Halo cannon is being told outside the realm of the universe. After our latest podcast, Bryan pointed out that an avatar item on the Xbox Marketplace has verified that Jun is still alive. The Commander Palmer Armor for your avatar has the following description:
Once an ODST, Sarah Palmer was hand-picked by former Spartan-III Jun A-266 to be one of the first candidates in the new Spartan IV program. Quickly proving herself during the defense of the UNSC Infinity from a hostile takeover by Insurrectionists, Palmer was soon called upon to lead a Spartan strike team during the historic Battle of Draetheus-V. Now the senior Spartan aboard Infinity, Commander Palmer went on to be instrumental in the recovery of the Master Chief and the defeat of Jul ‘Mdama at Requiem.
It’s doubtful that many people thought Jun was dead after Halo: Reach, but now we have confirmation.
We mentioned the achievements for the Champions Bundle a couple of podcasts ago, but the official list has been posted by Waypoint over the weekend. There are 10 brand new achievements for a total of 250 Gamerscore, bringing the Halo 4 total to 2000 points. Check out the list and be ready when the bundle drops on August 20th.
Week 3 of the Halo 4 Global Championship is live with all new opportunities to place on the leaderboard and win one of the new weekly prizes. This week’s gametype is Rumble Pro and the top 4 performers will advance to the finals at PAX Prime in Seattle. Rumble Pro comes in two flavors: one with all precision starting weapons and one that is BRs only. More information on the gametype specific settings and maps is available in last week’s Halo Bulletin. If you have still not registered, you can still sign-up and compete for one of the coveted finalist positions.
We take a step into the Halo Universe outside the boundaries of the game and explore the first book in the Forerunner trilogy: Cryptum. Authored by Greg Bear, Cryptum dives into the history of the Forerunners, one specifically named Bornstellar. We follow his journey starting from Erde-Tyrene meeting Chakras and Riser, to meeting the Didact, a legendary warrior. Bornstellar’s journey with Chakras, Riser and Didact reveal many mysteries behind the Human/Forerunner war including the disturbing revelations of the Precursors and the Halo rings. This podcast is full of spoilers so if you have not read the book, we urge you to not listen to the podcast after the Halo Bulletin update. For this episode, we are joined by Eric Neustadter (e), Operations Manager for Xbox Live and co-host of Major Nelson Radio, Nevin Douglas (CruelLEGACEY), creator and producer of Playtime Show and co-host of the Waypoint Community Modcast, and Bryan Newman, Owner of B2 Films and HBO community member. Enjoy
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Tonight we begin our journey of the Forerunner Trilogy authored by Greg Bear. Cryptum is the first book in the series following a young Forerunner by the name of Bornstellar. Rebelling against his father to become a Builder, he is sent to live with Miners, a lower class on Erde-Tyrene, or Earth. While there, he is convinced by his ancilla to search for ancient Precursor artifacts. His search leads him to stumble across one of the most powerful Forerunners: the Didact. Life as he knew it would never be the same marking the beginnings of what would become his legacy.
For this discussion we are joined by Eric Neustadter (e), Operations Manager for Xbox Live and co-host of Major Nelson Radio, Nevin Douglas (CruelLEGACEY), creator and producer of Playtime Show and co-host of the Waypoint Community Modcast, and Bryan Newman, Owner of B2 Films and HBO lurker. We will be broadcasting tonight with the lobby opening at 8:00PM Eastern on our Twitch channel. If you have not read the book and do not want to be spoiled, then you may wish to skip this podcast.
Here is the schedule of podcast for the next four weeks of recording. Remember, we live stream our shows Thursdays on Twitch.tv at 8:00 PM Eastern.
Cryptum Discussion with CruelLEGACEY, Bryan Newman and e
Halo: Spartan Assault discussion with community guest
Destiny Discussion with the host from Guardian Radio
Special Guest Molten Slowa’s survey results from Spartan Ops Season 1
As always, if you have any questions for the topics above or any of our guests, please send us a submission.
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