Halo’s Supporting Cast of Characters: Carrying Each Other’s Cross
While most of Master Chief’s journey during the original Halo trilogy is a solo experience, he didn’t save the universe alone… across each of his adventures he was joined by […]
Halo: Strategies for Facing (and Surviving) the Flood
The Flood were truly horrifying enemies in Halo for multiple reasons, but it was their method of attack that made them so challenging to defeat. Taken individually, they are fairly […]
343 Guilty Spark: Addressing the “Spark of Guilt” in our Lives
Out of all the adversaries that we encountered on and off of the Halo ring, 343 Guilty Spark was definitely the most dangerous. While most of our enemies had the […]
Halo: Dealing with the Delay to “Finish the Fight”
If you were there for it, then you remember how excruciating the long wait between the release of Halo 2 and Halo 3 was. Sure, most games require us to […]
Halo Multiplayer: An “Unequally Yoked” Predicament
When you play enough social multiplayer Halo matches online it is inevitable… members of the opposing team that JUST finished playing a ferocious and contentious match against me get split […]
Halo’s Hunters: Solutions Hidden in Plain Sight
I’ll never forget the first time I faced a Hunter in Halo… actually, make that TWO Hunters since they like to work in pairs. They were the most powerful enemies […]
Master Chief’s Painful Backstory: Serving Through the Scars
The backstory of the Master Chief isn’t pretty… the ordinary boy known as John-117 endured horrific traumas that permanently scarred him in order to transform him into the super soldier […]
Master Chief, Arbiter, and the Importance of Forgiving the Past to Save the Future
The surprise pairing of the Master Chief and the Arbiter that turned these bitter opponents into unlikely allies was one of the best parts of the original Halo trilogy… for […]
Master Chief’s Missing Pockets: A Disadvantage by Design?
For all of Master Chief’s advantages over his video game peers, he possesses a “limitation” that most of them don’t share. While gaming protagonists like Solid Snake carry an entire […]
Halo’s Move From Slipspace to Unreal: The Importance of Building on the Right Foundation
Halo’s move from utilizing their own propriety “Slipspace” technology to announcing they will build all future Halo content using the “Unreal” game engine is a pretty significant decision… the studio […]
Finding God in Video Games 