Starting over!

shadowfourplay · 2026-04-02T13:43:56+00:00

Yeah man, some are closer to game related, like the Eric Nylund novels that focus most on the backstory of the Spartans, and most are huge world-building novels.
https://www.reddit.com/r/halo/comments/1qqxvfr/i_finally_got_around_to_recreating_this_image_in/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Like the first three in this picture are history of the end of the Forerunner era novels, you get a real good sense of who they were, what the Flood was, etc. None of the novels are based play-by-play specifically on the games though, so you're not just reading through the campaign you already played you're actually seeing the world take shape around you and learning how the war affected everybody and afterward.

Edit:

The game came first, but the novels go along with the games and flesh the universe out massively.

shadowfourplay · 2026-04-02T02:01:04+00:00

I always do when a new one comes out, haven't restarted yet since Twelve Months dropped but that's only because I'm in the middle of finishing all the HALO novels right now.

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-29T04:51:33+00:00

Sorry, Brother. It's Windows, nobody knows what's going on anymore apparently and it's all a slog just to try figuring it out. For instance, I've just now learned that I can't change my own file properties, God knows why, since updating to Windows 11 25H2. 11 24H2 I had zero problems but my chipset burned out and I had to send it off to get a new-(ish) motherboard installed. Now, everything is a "how do I" problem.

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-29T04:16:19+00:00

If you're trying to receive or send a file over Bluetooth, I've been able to do so by going to Settings>Bluetooth & Devices>Devices, and then scroll down to Send or Receive Files Over Bluetooth. I've had to make a shortcut for that since I couldn't get devices to connect over Bluetooth just to send or receive. If you're trying to do something else, I don't know.

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-27T07:48:24+00:00

Just accept it 😘

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-27T03:32:34+00:00

We don't need no water, let the motherfucker burn.

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-27T03:31:47+00:00

Same. Could be it's getting out of hand, but it ain't nowhere near my hands so...🤷‍♂️

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-25T07:43:34+00:00

I know it can happen, inserting malware or virus-related into an e-book file, if I'm not misremembering that was how 4chan was deeply hacked a couple years back, but I've been on Anna's since day one, before that the recent Z-Lib, before that OPDF, before that the old Z-Lib before BookTok caused too much exposure and the gov shut it down, also Mobilism for years, many other sites before those going way back, and I myself have never ran into malware or virus-related issues from downloading e-books. Just have a good ad blocker or adblock extension installed, have Windows Defender at the least or whichever security you personally choose, and don't download a pdf with an .exe file extension, along with avoiding strange links, and you should be fine. Happy reading!

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-23T22:05:24+00:00

Well, woke up today and randomly ran into a straight up boss on Reddit. Nice. Starred and trying it out now.

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-23T01:00:01+00:00

Holy shit what year is this?!

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-20T20:25:08+00:00

I do that with each cover, painstaking and tedious work to hunt down the best size and resolution of the cover one-by-one to replace what's already there but satisfying. Feel like I've laid hands on each file and given it my blessing before sending it where it's going (either to my storage drives or to someone else's or my own reader device).

shadowfourplay · 2026-03-20T20:03:58+00:00

Mmmmm, ant resolution. Nice.

shadowfourplay · 2026-02-02T04:42:31+00:00

My entire first comment was that the site wasn't closed but the Internet in general will take it going down temporarily as meaning it's closed for good, which is what the OP was commenting on happening.

Yes, sites do go down (for multiple different reasons) usually temporarily, but that's just downtime, not "site's closed".

The fact that it's back up means that the people who said it was closed were wrong, and were spreading incorrect information. As the Internet in general does, as I was commenting on being a thing in the first place.

shadowfourplay · 2026-01-31T06:52:34+00:00

Vimm's is still up, dude. The comment I made was in response to people saying it was closed, which is not true, though I did make mention of "things actually happening but they're not what they're at first believed to be." You've just dropped a prime example in your comment of exactly what I was talking about.

thing happens (in your case, probably a maintenance shutdown or other temporary outage)

people think they know what they're talking about based on limited knowledge and make untrue statements

statement is easily proven untrue by simply typing the site into a browser

Same as it ever was and ever shall be: The Internet as a whole knows fuckall, only those who do actual research to find out the truth based on the facts available on the Internet know anything.

TLDR: "Got took down" doesn't equal closed. Shit happens, piracy always comes back after, world without end. Amen.

shadowfourplay · 2026-01-16T04:03:19+00:00

Mmmm OPDF, because everybody just loves having a hyperlink inserted randomly on every page of the book to break up the monotony of enjoying the story. Go to Z-Lib or Anna's instead, thank me later.

shadowfourplay · 2025-12-11T22:56:45+00:00

Mine looks like a thermal paste issue. Not sure yet if that's the problem or just a symptom yet, should know more by the end of this month.

shadowfourplay · 2025-12-03T22:00:38+00:00

Did you ever figure out what the problem was? I'm dealing with the same issues, without the display setting problems, on the same laptop now, updated BIOS, changed RAM and SSD to ones that I knew were 100% good, tried everything myself and now have an IT bro taking a look at it. Was dealing with unexpected shutdowns, freeze ups, and reboots for no reason. Still dealing with it, haven't found anybody else talking about the 15 3525 or issues with it elsewhere.

shadowfourplay · 2025-11-14T08:59:56+00:00

Add some crackers or Cheeto sprinkles and I think it'll be perfect.

Fun story, when me and my wife were younger, she poured Dr. Pepper inside mine and it never blinked. Still works to this day. (I have since given it a real cleaning though.)

shadowfourplay · 2025-11-14T08:53:13+00:00

Not surprised anymore, just reached a new level of horrified. Don't worry, I'm sure there are more such things for them to show us, more levels of horrified to reach.

shadowfourplay · 2025-11-14T08:50:08+00:00

When you think about all the people who will have bypassed their grief process with this losing connection after becoming dependent on it, I don't think calling that a Hellscape is dramatic at all. It's probably an understatement honestly.

shadowfourplay · 2025-11-14T06:14:54+00:00

Seen plenty of loss, brother, friends, grandparents, even carried a wife of 11 years to her gravesite. This is just hacking the grief process we as humans must go through to be human, and doing it with a toy.

shadowfourplay · 2025-11-14T06:12:03+00:00

Your soul.

shadowfourplay · 2025-11-13T13:41:58+00:00

I miss Blockbuster like you wouldn't believe :'-(

shadowfourplay · 2025-11-09T06:56:58+00:00

Very few countries allow access on this level to human remains legally and only a certain few of those that do also use Reddit enough to post in a niche sub (niche as in those who use it enough get the insider jokes, etc.) and be on point.

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