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Halo & a deference to scripture

Excited for Halo 5? Crack open a Bible to get ready.

An eating disorder support group gives women in games more "realistic" body shapes

It’s no secret that media’s treatment of female bodies is all around terrible. But for videogames and other animated media, the idealizing of women’s bodies presents some uniquely awkward issues (have you seen the breast physics?) For example: according to the 2013 Game Developer Magazine survey, only 16% of gaming’s artists are female. That means 84% of the people creating the female bodies you see in videogames have absolutely no concept of what it means to live inside a female body. It’s no surprise, then, that many of their depictions result in tone deaf designs that not only perpetuate unattainable beauty…

Interview

A closer look at Halo’s pistol, the most infamous videogame weapon of them all

“Imagine the balance implications if you could carry two of the original Halo pistols at the same time.”

Article

Tarkovsky, Halo skulls, and the badlands of virtual space

Into the void where designed spaces end.

Article

Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a model for preserving videogame history

We’re surprised, too.

Review

I still believe in Destiny

Bungie’s epic is strange, beautiful, and infuriating.

News

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. As of the latest update, this past weekend, she’ll even tell you who will win soccer games. So far her record is immaculate, picking Colombia, Brazil, the Netherlands, and Costa Rica to all win, as they did, with matches coming up later today that will put her number-crunching mettle. The numbers are culled from Microsoft’s Bing predictions engine,…