An 84-year-old grandfather takes the time to sit down with his grandson and play Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Halo 4. His reactions to the game are freaking priceless; I love how much he gets into the spirit of playing. It’s hilarious, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the grandson never gets the controller back.
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This amazing Tiffany-style stained glass lamp was made by DeviantArtist mclanesmemories. He built Master Chief’s helmet in 40 hours over the course of two weeks and has put it up for sale at a fairly reasonable $840 (given the work put into it). The lamp features a full-sized helmet shade that measures 9″ tall x 9″ wide and 14″ front to back. I think Master Chief would approve.
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What do you do when you’re 343 Industries and responsible for making the fantastic-ness that is Halo 4? You treat yourselves (and fans) and commission a real life version of the Warthog (not to be confused with the previous Bungie version).
Aria Groups – a company that builds movie props, replicas, and concept cars – got the job. They started with a chassis for a Hummer H1 and made the body of the Warthog match the proportions of the in game version. It has 49 inch tires, it’s more than 8 feet wide and over 17 feet long. Yeah, you can’t drive it just anywhere.
It wasn’t a cheap endeavor, but 343 Industries wanted to create something tangible fans could enjoy. Frank O’Connor, the franchise development direct, told the LA Times:
O’Connor says his team had to persuade the marketing department to approve the idea and the budget. Pat Devereux, the chief executive of Antenna, the L.A.-based marketing company that 343 Industries hired to make the Warthog a reality, says that budget ran “hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
The team at Aria took six months to create the Warthog body based off the tons of data 343 shared with them. They took care to catch all the details like fake rivets on the body panels and gauges on the interior to match the game. People appeared on the street as soon as the Warthog was parked, so it’s sure to be a hit when it travels to various conventions this year – including San Diego Comic-Con.
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If you can’t get enough of driving a Warthog around the screen in “Halo”, then here’s your opportunity to drive it in real life. Peter Cooper actually built one from an old 4×4 that he pretty much ripped apart and put back together to look just like a Warthog. It actually works, and now Peter is selling it. How much, you ask? He says he’ll consider all reasonable offers so I’ve got about $5 in my wallet and a stick of gum. Yeah, this baby is mine!
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The energy sword is a deadly Covenant weapon from the Halo universe, and now you can have one that is actually a working lamp. Each of these is handmade by Pete Betcher from laser cut and polished 1/8″ acrylic. The blades are a transparent blue that mimic the look of the weapon perfectly while the handle and base are a darker shade. It measures 18″ tall and can be removed from the base to wield just like the real thing, just don’t go poking anyone’s eye out.
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Not everyone appreciates just how cool old school video games were when they were new. Unless you’ve fought the terror of a descending centipede with only two quarters left in your pocket and a crowd of strangers just waiting for you to fail, it’s hard to understand. This video by Freddie Wong imagines how those old school video games would fare in a battle with new game characters like Master Chief and Lara Croft. Get ready to experience the pixelated fury first-hand!
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The Covenant Assualt Carrier is a scary ship when it drops Elites and Grunts on it’s foes, but somehow this Lego creation is more impressive. It’s the work of Ben Caulkins who posted the results on his Benny Brickster Flickr account. He worked through the night and finished this just in time to ship it off to Brickworld. Looking at the Legos all over his living room floor I can’t help but wonder how he managed not to kill himself stepping on the little buggers. Those things are more dangerous than a Brute.
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Plenty of people have homes protected by security companies like ADT and they’ve even got little decals in their windows as proof. I guess they do the job, but I think I’d feel even better if my house was protected by the likes of Master Chief and the power of the TriForce. Put these decals in your windows and would-be thieves who happen to be gamers are sure to think twice.
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Check out the logo for Halo’s fictitious United Nations Space Command right behind this BBC reporter. This was the image that greeted viewers during this segment about the real United Nations’ involvement in the very real conflict happening in Syria. The BBC later apologized for the mistake, but legions of Halo fans are now seeking the door to the alternate universe in which the UNSC actually exists.
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You gotta love that moment when you kill off the enemy in the most gratuitous, unrealistic and perfectly awesome way possible in your favorite video game. This video imagines that moment, to infinity, by pitting the heroes of games like Mass Effect, Halo and Battlefield against each other in the real world. They even tweak the music to each franchise. Can you name all the games referenced?
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