narrative truth and reconciliation
Halo: Point of Light by Kelly Gay releases March 2nd 2021, continuing the story of Rion Forge, 343 Guilty Spark (now just ‘Spark’), and the Ace of Spades crew.
But before it sits comfortably in your hands (and lives rent-free in your minds), Kelly sat down with me to talk about this momentous new release.
Grab a mug and pull up a chair, Spartans!
Read More HALO: POINT OF LIGHT – An interview with Kelly Gay“Find what’s missing. Fix the path. Right what my kind has turned wrong.”
Halo: Point of Light by Kelly Gay releases March 2nd 2021, continuing the story of Rion Forge, 343 Guilty Spark (now just ‘Spark’), and the Ace of Spades crew.
343 Industries kindly provided me an early copy of the book and I’m very excited to share my (non-spoilery) review and impressions of the biggest, most universe-shattering Halo story told since Silentium.
Read More Halo: Point of Light – Review (NON-SPOILER)A PRIMER FOR HALO: POINT OF LIGHT
“My galaxy is dead. I am machine. I am Chakas. I am human. I am 343 Guilty Spark.”
Halo: Point of Light, the next book by Kelly Gay, is releasing March 2nd 2021 and will continue the story of our favourite lightbulb – 343 Guilty Spark.
Except he’s no longer a lightbulb, he’s a completely new person now. The story of what’s happened to Spark after the events of Halo 3 is something that has unfolded over the last decade.
Maybe you don’t have the time to read all that fiction but you’re interested in this new book, or you just want to know what’s become of this character you maintain a love-hate relationship with. Who is Chakas? Sergeant Forge had a daughter?
Let’s crack open the ONI archives and bring you up to speed…
Read More Everything that happened to 343 Guilty Spark AFTER Halo 3“Reclaimer, the genesong I placed within you contains many gifts…”
At the mid-point of Halo 4, the Master Chief comes face-to-face with the data ghost of the Librarian.
She says that she seeded many hidden “gifts” within humanity, and that the Didact can only be defeated by unlocking this dormant potential in the Master Chief, granting him ‘immunity’ to the Composer.
But, in both Halo 4 and Halo 5, we see hints of other “gifts” awakening, which may also come into play in Halo Infinite…
Read More What the Librarian did to the Master Chief in Halo 4 (and what it might mean for Halo Infinite)“Do you believe the Master Chief succeeded because he was, at his core, broken?”
I’ve written… a fair amount about Halo 4 over the years.
I forged my place in the community as a loud voice of positivity for this game after its release. I have penned tens of thousands of words about its storytelling, its characterisation, its themes.
The year is 2021, and I’m still not done. I still have more to say about it because its themes are so rich. Theme is the ‘soul’ of a work, the connective tissue between everything, and at the end it’s the main thing I want to talk about – putting the pieces together, exploring what it all meant.
So let’s dive once more into the depths of Halo 4.
Read More Just another article about why Haruspis loves Halo 4’s story…Somehow, 2020 is almost over. I could’ve sworn it was July just last week, but here we are…
It’s been a long and difficult year, one that has kept us all at arms length and also brought us closer together in unconventional ways. To close out 2020, I thought it would be nice to go out on a positive note as we look to the release of Halo Infinite next year.
So, here are 117 things I love about 343 Industries’s past decade with Halo.
Read More 117 things I love about 343’s HaloThe development woes of Halo 2 have been well documented over the years, Bungie has been very transparent about how much they had to cut from the final game. One of those things was the ending, intended to close out the series as a whole, which was replaced by that infamous cliffhanger.
We’ve never truly known what the original ending to Halo 2 was meant to be. Until now.
Let’s dive in and see how Bungie originally imagined this story’s conclusion, and how it stacks up to what we got in the end…
Read More Halo 2’s original ending revealed – how Bungie was going to finish the fightINCOMING TRANSMISSION
ONI-Archive>>>>Updated.
SUBJ>>>>The future of Halo.
The Master Chief Collection is now complete – each major title has come to PC in what stands one of the most spectacular collections of games of this generation.
Alongside each release, 343 Industries has also released a new instalment in a video series named ‘ONI Archives,’ which is an in-universe recap of the events of each game.
These ONI Archives conclude with a short narrative audio drama (not unlike Hunt the Truth) that has slowly unfolded over the last year, and – at last – we know what it’s all about!
Read More ONI Archives story explained – what they mean for Halo’s futureHalo 4 recently celebrated its eighth birthday. Today, it releases on PC as the final piece of the Master Chief Collection.
Between the visual enhancements, the addition of an FOV slider, in-game integration of the Terminals and Spartan Ops cinematics (no more Halo Channel!), the new Forge items, and everything else the team at 343 has lovingly delivered – this is the definitive way to experience Halo 4.
This game is one that means a great deal and has strongly resonated with me over the years, so I just wanted to gush a bit about it…
Read More I just want to gush a bit about what Halo 4 means to me…“Show our friend here that there’s more to a soldier than his armour.”
Five years. Five long years. That’s how long it’s been since Halo 5 released…
On this particular anniversary, I wanted to write a long overdue character study that pulls together things I said four years ago in my novel-length analysis of Halo 5 and my two-part Halo: Nightfall dissertation back in 2017, as well as all the time in-between.
Jameson Locke is one of my favourite Halo characters. He deserves so much better.
Let’s dissect what really works about him, what doesn’t, why he’s woefully underappreciated, and what future role Fireteam Osiris could have in Halo Infinite.
Read More Jameson Locke – A study of Halo’s most underappreciated character