Halo

[Mr. Forest]

I was wondering why Thorne wasn't in it, but at least we got Buck back!   

I guess I'm not a big competitive gamer anymore because I really cannot get into the matchmaking of Halo 5.  I tried to play the Master Chief Collection over the year but even that I just wasn't feeling it.  I'm much more relaxed now in days and I just like to have fun so I mainly stick to custom games or Firefight (when the game(s) offer it).  At least I am still having an absolute blast with the campaign!  That's all I've really been playing for the last two weeks and I'm still close to being bored by it.  While I think the story was weaker than Halo 4's, Halo 5 still offers one of the best campaigns in the series.

[Corporal Hicks]

I'm enjoying the Warzone as a nice medium between Firefight and plain old matchmaking.

[Randomizer]

Early Halo 5 concept art for Fred:

[PVTDukeMorrison]

Early Halo 5 concept art for Fred:

I like that more than what we got, all their armor should have been OD green

[JokersWarPig]

Early Halo 5 concept art for Fred:

I like that more than what we got, all their armor should have been OD green

Agreed. The skittle colored spartans from Reach always irked me as much as I loved everything else about the game.
Freds concept is a lot cooler than his final version.

[PVTDukeMorrison]

Oh god I just realized Fred is O'neil from Colonial Marines 

[Randomizer]

Seems like we'll get ourselves a new Halo Encyclopedia : Halo Mythos



Rumors are it will cover everything Forerunner.

[Corporal Hicks]

Ah, cool. I have the old one and loved it.

[Randomizer]

Joseph Staten is teasing us by tweeting a sentence from Shadow of Intent every day, up until the book's release.

https://twitter.com/joestaten

[Corporal Hicks]

That's the last e-novella?

[Randomizer]

Yes.

I'm already waiting for what they have in mind next. Fingers crossed...

[Corporal Hicks]

I haven't read Last Light yet. I really ought to.

[Randomizer]

I'm buying books faster than I can read them, lol.

[Corporal Hicks]

I have the same issue! I don't get to read much as I used to.

[Randomizer]

This week's Canon Fodder is indeed interesting.

Link: https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-staten-it-plainly



Who's who? Sangheili and San'Shyuum.

The longer the countdown went, the more the bunker smelled

like fear.

The Prelate scowled at the two Jiralhanae looming beside him.

One was covered with rust-red hair, and the other with dirty white.

Both warriors were so tall that they had to duck their helmeted

heads to keep from banging them on the bunker's low, flat ceiling.

The thickly muscled, sharp-toothed Brutes stood still and silent,

like monuments to violence. But all male Jiralhanae were prone

to pungent pheromones that mirrored their emotions, and now,

so close to the activation of the device, these usually fearless

creatures' panicked stench permeated the cramped, dark room.

The Prelate, Tem'Bhetek, wanted to shout a reprimand. He

had handpicked the two Jiralhanae for their strength and mental

fortitude. And besides: they were adults, certainly mature enough

to regulate their pheromones. But Tem held his tongue, partly

because he didn't want to startle the insectile Yanme'e nervously

monitoring the device's final activation sequence, but mostly

because the Prelate knew the Jiralhanae weren't the real cause of

his slowly building rage.

As much as the Prelate's nostrils recoiled at his warriors'

sharp, sour scent, it was the noise filling his lobeless ears that

made him truly angry. A noise that rose over the rapid clicking

of the Yanme'e's claws on the luminous glyphs shining through

the surface of the bunker's obsidian walls. A noise that muted the

rumble of the device in the test chamber many levels above. A

noise so infuriating that the Prelate finally broke his silence with a

strangled hiss: "Why would they sing at a time like this?"