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Tarkovsky, Halo skulls, and the badlands of virtual space
Into the void where designed spaces end.
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Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a model for preserving videogame history
We’re surprised, too.
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I still believe in Destiny
Bungie’s epic is strange, beautiful, and infuriating.
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Cortana is pretty good at predicting World Cup winners
Cortana—everyone’s favorite blue-skinned malfunctioning AI buddy from the Halo games—has a knack for predicting World Cup soccer matches, it seems. Since Microsoft has adopted her voice as the equivalent of Siri for Windows phones, she’s carrying out all kinds of non-shooting-oriented voice commands
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Heading into the abyss of Lifeless Planet
Breathe with us.
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Everything we know about Halo 5’s mystery character’s identity
Nope, not female.
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This Seussian speech synthesis machine was the ’80s alternative to Siri
Once upon a time in 1989, before app-whisperers like iPhone’s Siri and Windows’ Cortona fit conveniently in our jean pocket, people built rather large and strange-looking speech synthesis machines, like this one. The Talking Machine, a 230cm rack of pipes that looks like something out of Dr. Seuss,
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It will only take a few hours to level up completely in Destiny
Destiny, Bungie’s upcoming MMO and first new intellectual property since Halo, looks outstanding. Glad we’re all in agreement about that. But from the sound of things, it isn’t abiding by the traditional ‘grind for months to max your character’ structure consistent across MMOs. In fact, The Guardian
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Why Titanfall’s colossal minimalism is enormously tiring
In defense of salivation.
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Please God let the rumor that Neill Blomkamp is directing the Halo TV show be true
The biggest and best rumor of this young year materialized in the blogosphere today, as it’s being reported that Neill Blomkamp of District 9 and Elysium fame is directing the pilot episode of the upcoming Halo TV show. If true, Microsoft’s doing something very, very right. Until we get confirmation
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Halo: Spartan Assault is the top-down shooter the Halo series didn’t deserve
Sort of like what people who don’t play videogames assume videogames are.
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The Kill Screen Review: Halo 4, which gets everything wrong, except the most important thing
The fourth game in the science fiction series is a baffling, bland, repetitive, incredibly excellent experience.