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What’s Behind the Bungie Layoffs?

AlexGherzo | Aug 1, 2024 | 0

The slew of layoffs throughout the video game industry has reached Bungie, the former developer of Halo. The studio is letting go of 220 employees, which is about 17% of its workforce, while 155 others are moving to Sony Interactive Entertainment, which owns Bungie. (Bungie used to be owned by Micro...

Halo TV Show Canceled

AlexGherzo | Jul 19, 2024 | 4

Master Chief is packing up and heading back to Xbox. Variety reports that Paramount+ has canceled the Halo TV series, an adaptation of the popular sci-fi first-person shooter video game. The show aired for two seasons, the second airing this year, but will not return for a third. Variety’s sour...

Halo Composer Talks DEI in Video Games

AlexGherzo | Jun 20, 2024 | 0

In a recent video on his Andrew Says YouTube channel, Andrew Chapados interviewed Marty O’Donnell, the former composer of the Halo video games who created the Halo theme. O’Donnell is running for Congress, where he hopes to represent Nevada’s third congressional district in the House of Repr...

Neckbeards Slay the Dragon

IllTemperedTuna | Mar 16, 2024 | 2

Being a neckbeard ain’t so bad. There are three kinds of people in our space of Geeks + Gamers: neckbeards, pussies, and asshole activists. Gamergate 2.0 started harmlessly enough. Wolverine is six feet tall now, and Deadpool is a pivotal piece of the Marvel Universe. SWEET! Give us more of this s...

An Interview with the Director of November Black, a Halo ODST Fan Film

BlabberingCollector | Apr 26, 2023 | 1

Geeks + Gamers Play’s very own Lethal Lightning sat down and chatted with Joshua Walls, the director of November Black, a Halo ODST fan film. In this interview, Joshua exclusively explains the plot of the film and discusses some of the props, favorite characters, and more! You can check out th...

The Last of Us’ Word of Mouth is Extraordinary

Jed | Hollywood Scholar | Jan 20, 2023 | 0

The initial Last of Us overnight numbers, released soon after episode 1’s airing, failed to meet the expectations of a show of this caliber, considering the size of the IP and the budget. However, the nearly unanimous praise for this episode has done the impossible. Some early reports regarding th...