What is Halo: Definition and 56 Discussions

Halo is an American military science fiction media franchise managed and developed by 343 Industries and published by Xbox Game Studios. The franchise and its early main installments were originally developed by Bungie. The central focus of the franchise builds off the experiences of Master Chief John-117, one of a group of supersoldiers codenamed Spartans, and his artificial intelligence (AI) companion, Cortana.
The original trilogy centers on an interstellar war between humanity and an alliance of aliens known as the Covenant. The Covenant, led by their religious leaders called the Prophets, worship an ancient civilization known as the Forerunners, who perished while defeating the parasitic Flood. The eponymous Halo Array are a group of immense, habitable, ring-shaped superweapons that were created by the Forerunners to destroy the Flood, but which the Covenant mistake for religious artifacts that, if activated, would transport them on a Great Journey to meet the Forerunners. They are similar to the Orbitals in Iain M. Banks' Culture novels, and to a lesser degree to author Larry Niven's Ringworld concept.The games in the series are critically acclaimed, with the original considered the Xbox's "killer app". This led to the term "Halo killer" being used to describe console games that aspire, or are considered, to be better than Halo. Fueled by the success of Halo: Combat Evolved, and by marketing campaigns from publisher Microsoft, its sequels went on to record-breaking sales. By 2015, the games had sold over 65 million copies worldwide, with the games alone grossing almost $3.4 billion. As of February 2021, that figure has risen to 81 million copies. Halo has since become one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time. These strong sales led to the franchise's expansion to other media; the Halo Universe now spans multiple best-selling novels, graphic novels, comic books, short movies, animated movies and feature films, as well as other licensed products.
The sixth main installment, Halo Infinite, is due for release in fall of 2021.

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    How plausible are the advanced technologies in the Halo novels?

    I recently read the novels based on the Xbox game "Halo" and was wondering about the technology. 1) There was frequent mention of a "MAC gun" (Magnetic Accelerator Cannon). For those of you that are unfamiliar with the Halo books, this weapon uses magnetic force to accelerate a metallic...
  2. T

    Why Does a Street Lamp Have a Halo?

    ok i asked the lamp halo question a while ago and i got a pretty insatisfactory response. i can't find the original post, but i have a theory as to why it happens. and just to clarify the original question was why is it that when you look at a street lamp from far away you see like a halo...
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    How Can a 200-Person Halo LAN Party Work with Just Two Chaperones?

    My math and science center which only has 70 people to the class is having a lock in at the YMCA. With some friends we decided to make it into a halo LAN as we have done in previous years. We are having at least 8 xboxes, 8 tvs, 32 people playing--- 2: 16 people lans continusly with over 200...
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    Was the Halo 2 Beta Version Ever Leaked?

    Whats the deal with halo 2 beta? I have heard random stories from just news about it being leaked to the actual beta version of halo 2 being leaked. If someone does know where one could find the beta version please email me or contact me somehow I am not sure if it would be appropriate...
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    The Halo and the Non Linear Crystal

    Photon splitting. It's effective use in Quantum Computation? Optical Parametric Generation In the photon picture shown above, a high frequency photon (blue) enters a crystal and is split into two lower frequency photons (green and red). Conservation of energy means that the sum of...
  6. Ivan Seeking

    What Causes Colorful Rings Around the Sun in Changsha?

    http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-05/20/content_1481204.htm
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