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  1. Master Chief in Halo 4. No. 001Halo 4 · Xbox MENA · CC BY

    Adaptations

    Master Chief Took His Helmet Off

    Sep 5, 2026

    Fidelity isn't the variable. The question is whether they understood what the thing was doing in the first place.

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  2. Halo 4 multiplayer. No. 002Halo 4 · Xbox MENA · CC BY

    Games

    Are game companies talking to us, or at us?

    Sep 2, 2026

    Roadmaps, community managers, and the strange art of saying nothing for eleven months.

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  3. Psychonauts 2, the Quarry. No. 006Psychonauts 2 · Xbox MENA · CC BY

    The Frames

    Basement flower shop, Canal St

    Aug 29, 2026

    A frame with nothing attached. Just the door, the light, and whoever that is waiting at the bottom.

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Earlier framesThe archive
  1. A quiet scriptorium scene from Pentiment.No. 007

    Kiersau Abbey, before anyone speaks

    The Frames
    Aug 25
  2. Master Chief and Cortana in Halo 4.No. 011

    Every game movie is a heist about memory

    Screen
    Aug 14
  3. A Master Chief suit on display at E3.No. 003

    The Boys stopped following the comic. Good.

    Screen
    Aug 11
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