narrative truth and reconciliation
“Status report?” The next movement of the odyssey in the Master Chief’s saga may still be a while away from dropping out of slipspace, but by no means are we totally in the dark as to what awaits us on Installation 07. Over the summer, Halo: Outpost Discovery toured across the US, and while I unfortunately […]
Read More Halo Infinite – Everything We Learned From Outpost DiscoveryThe final stretch of 2019 is here and it’s been quite an incredible year for Halo! We’ve had four novels, the Lone Wolf comic, our latest glimpse at next year’s Halo Infinite, more substantial news on the TV show, the Master Chief Collection being flighted for PC, and Outpost Discovery took place over the summer… This […]
Read More I Interviewed Cassandra Rose Clarke! – A Primer for Halo: Meridian Divide“You and I are brothers in many ways, not least in that we faced the Didact before, and face him now, and perhaps ever after. This is combat eternal, enmity unslaked.” The Didact did not die at the end of Halo 4. The Didact did not die during the events of Halo: Escalation. Contrary to the […]
Read More What Happened to The Didact AFTER Halo 4 (and How He Might Return)Few entities in Halo live quite as miserably as the Huragok do. Shunned by their creators, enslaved by the Covenant, tortured and experimented on by the Banished… they just can’t seem to catch a break. However, in recent years, you may not be aware that these seemingly unassuming victims had an unexpected plan they hoped to […]
Read More The Huragok Master Plan to Fire Halo (Yes, Really…)“We need to fight.” It’s hard to believe that this time of year has come around again so quickly, but here we are. Next year, Microsoft’s next console – Project Scarlett – will launch with Halo Infinite, and we were given a glimpse at the game’s opening cutscene, titled ‘Discover Hope.’ Naturally, it’s time to get […]
Read More (Re)Discover Hope – Analysing Halo Infinite’s Opening“It only takes one mistake, kid. You went a long time before you made it.” In the Halo community, there are certain topics you can always count on to rise to the surface every few months. “What’s the deal with that mysterious ship in the Halo 1 Terminals?” is one that’s been going for eight years now, […]
Read More Halo: New Blood – Why 343 Was Right to Kill The Rookie“They say that they want to help, but they only say it to themselves. Don’t we have a say in our salvation?” I’ve never been much of a fan of Halo: Reach. At the end of 2016, when the game went backwards compatible on the Xbox One, I reinstalled it for what I thought would be […]
Read More Remembering Halo: Reach – Why I Love ‘The Assembly’