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Trivia Tuesday - Sea of Thieves

Did You Know that the Rare game Sea of Thieves features several Halo themed ships and items? The player can dress up as a pirate Master Chief with a Weapon music box, as they set sail on a ship based on the UNSC or Banished.

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Lore Thursday - Prefect

Inspired by the Forerunner Combat skin used by the Prefects, Watershed Division used exotic materials to forge PREFECT GEN2 and GEN3 MJOLNIR armor as a technological demonstration of fusing human and Forerunner armor.

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Trivia Tuesday - Solitaire

Did You Know that there is a themed Halo deck in Microsoft Solitaire? This deck had Diamonds be Covenant themed, Spades be UNSC themed, Clubs be Forerunner themed, and Hearts be Banished themed. With the faced cards featuring a character from each faction.

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Lore Thursday - Void Dancer

Created by Emerson Tactical Systems, the Void Dancer suit sacrificed MJOLNIR standards so the manufacturer could integrate its own black-box components that raised alarms at ONI.

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Lore Thursday – Open Hand

Noted as being the right hand of Promethean Endurance-of-Will, the Ur-Didact's loyal lieutenant, the Open Hand was a Boltshot that fired a swarm of tracking bolts with each press of the trigger.

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Trivia Tuesday – Myth: Total Soundtrack

Did You Know that Bungie's title Myth is tied to the first purchasable Halo product in late 1999? The Myth: Total Soundtrack by Total Audio featured the Halo theme from the 1999 Macworld Halo demo.

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Trivia Tuesday – Spirit of Fire Shorts

Did You Know that several non-canon short stories were made for Halo Wars? Created by lead writer Graeme Devine, the stories would help the dev team understand the vibe of what it was like to be aboard the Spirit of Fire.

You can find them in the link below!

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Thank you everyone for searching! We can confirm that all episodes of the 343 Sparkast podcast are accounted for now, thanks to Wiki Halo and Lunaramethyst.

You can listen to every episode in the link below!

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Calling all archivists!

We are looking to document the 343 Sparkast podcasts that were released around 2011, though are currently missing archived audio for episodes 1-3, 7, 8, 13, & 15.

If you have, or know of, a backup of these podcasts anywhere, please get in touch!

To see our existing archive of the 343 Sparkast, see our page below!

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Trivia Tuesday – Spark

Did You Know that Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary's codename was Spark? The codename "Spark" was named by producer Dennis Ries, who went against policy to not codename games after things in the game itself. As such, the name Spark was given its own codename.

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Lore Thursday — M35 Cougar

Manufactured by Ushuaia Armory, the M35 Cougar served during the Insurrection, playing a key role in occupied urban environments. The six-wheeled fire support vehicle features a turret with twin M68 gauss cannons and an M43 heavy machine gun.

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Trivia Tuesday - Steamword Dig

Did You Know a familiar location lies buried in the game Steamworld on Xbox? Blood Gulch is hidden in the Old World area of the game, with a Warthog that, if flipped three times, will reveal an orb that can be used to buy in-game items.

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Spartan Saturday — Musa Ghanem

Among the Spartan-II candidates whose bodies rejected augmentation, Musa-096 joined ONI despite his moral reservations and personal grudges. Rising to the rank of rear admiral, Musa now serves as Commander-in-Chief of Spartan Operations.

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Lore Thursday — Xeno Orders

The "xeno orders" are a UNSC document outlining procedures and regulations pertaining to the discovery of alien artifacts. The destruction of The Knowing on Ariel and Cortana's possession of Alpha Halo's Activation Index violated these orders.

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With nearly 40 Halo novels released since 2001, it can be hard to remember when each one was published.

If you're looking for a easy-to-read list of each Halo novel in release order, check out the link below!

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Halo Trivia - Deluge

Did You Know that during an internal game jam at 343 Industries, concept art for a Flood-themed game or mode codenamed "Deluge" was created? Due to the nature of these game jams as prototyping inspiration, Deluge was likely never intended to enter full development.

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Celestial Saturday — Algolis

Established in 2475, Algolis formerly hosted a small population of human colonists as well as ONI research facilities. In early 2549, the planet was attacked by the Covenant, an invasion which ultimately led to Atriox's formation of the Banished.