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Rok'n'roll nerd. Design Director at ProbablyMonsters. Ex-Multiplayer Creative Director, Forge Wizard, and Epic Mission Designer at 343 Industries.

Kirkland, WA
Joined May 2013
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After over 11 1/2 years on Halo, I step out of my Spartan armor for the last time today to head off to new adventures. It's been a massive honor to have been part of a game I loved so much as a player and admired so much as a developer. I couldn't be more proud of my time at 343.
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Congrats to the ol’ crew for getting S3 out!
Halo Infinite’s Season 3: Echoes Within is now live! Get ready to jump into: 🏜️ Oasis (BTB) 🏔️ Cliffhanger (Arena) 🌉 Chasm (Arena) 🦝 M392 Bandit 😶‍🌫️ Shroud Screen ✨ Customization 📩 100-tier Battle Pass 🔥 and more! ️aka.ms/EchoesWithin #HaloEchoesWithin
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Home from our whirlwind family Cali trip and raced up to get Olive before the snow piled up too much! For sure the dirtiest I’ve ever see the girl but she needed some fireplace time before I make her take a bath 🤣
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Thank god for the wife’s Bronco or it would have been a mess to get her today with our old mini-van. I did have to pick the chonky girl up and lift her in to the back to load her tho!
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Seeing all the amazing things people are making in Infinites forge is hitting me right in the feels. So proud of how @MichaelSchorr and co. have managed to evolve the the tool and expand the wild possibilities the community can create. #iloveweirdhalo
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Whoops. I see typos but my brain is tired because I was up until after 3am Forging 🤣
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When your favorite movie director of all time says this about the game you worked on, of course you frame it so you can be reminded of it every time you head into the office! @TheHorrorMaster, hit me up when you want to make an Escape game! ;)
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I’m… stunned!
HALO INFINITE is a fun shooter. Immense beautiful production design. Best of the Halo series.
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I love the music in our game!
Thrilled to bring you the latest OSTs from one of the greatest game franchises of all time. This music is ICONIC and the Infinite OSTs walk a great line between refreshing innovation and unadulterated nostalgia. Releasing 12/8!! Pre-order now available: linktr.ee/skilltreerecords
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OK, can confirm, I was VERY emotional when we captured "the moment!" I'm glad we didn't do this live as you'd have definitely seen me shed some real tears! 😉So much love put in this game and I could not be more proud of our team on Infinite! Le's goooooooo!!!
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For those hitting the “blue screen”. Please be patient. It’ll be there soon!
Please be patient, Spartans! We're aware of an issue where players are hitting a blue screen upon trying to launch #HaloInfinite. Beta build is working through our systems and should hit your console as an update shortly. We're working as hard as we can to get you in the game.
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Sounds like resetting your machine can/will address this!
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Let’s do this Spartans!
In honor of Halo's 20th anniversary, your Spartan journey officially begins today. Dive into Season 1 of #HaloInfinite, in the multiplayer beta starting today on Xbox and PC! 🎁 Xbox.com/Halo 📄 aka.ms/HaloInfiniteBeta
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20 years ago today, I picked up my Xbox from GameStop, took three days of work, and slept on a friends floor while we played a lot of Halo for the next week. Happy Birthday Xbox & Halo, excited we can officially go drinking together next year!
Games build bridges and forge bonds between friends and family, as well as give people new ways to connect. Join us in celebrating 20 years of Xbox on November 15 at 10am PT: aka.ms/Xbox20Broadcast | #Xbox20
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Damn! These pictures @Tashi343i took of me pitch tonight make me feel like a superstar and tell the story of the match! Thanks again for taking these!!!
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Get ready to sweat!
✅BR75 starts ✅Motion Tracker disabled ✅Grenade Hitmarkers disabled ✅Slayer, CTF, Strongholds, and Oddball. Presenting the Ranked / Competitive gameplay settings for Halo Infinite! Full gameplay: youtu.be/n0vHo4Nf3Fg Designer interviews: aka.ms/ranked-comp-reveal
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MP & Bots crew sharing some deets about Infinite!
In this month's Inside Infinite, we're talking multiplayer. With the #HaloInfinite Tech Preview behind us we get a quick recap from the devs, then we hear from the Multiplayer and Bots Teams to learn their goals, process, and much more. 🤖 aka.ms/InsideInfiniteAug2021
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Very excited we get to finally reveal this piece! I'm really proud of how it turned out and it still makes me emotional every time I see it! Excited for everyone to be able to join our new Spartan program soon!!!
Begin your Spartan Journey on December 8, 2021 - and, prepare for battle with a #HaloInfinite Limited Edition Xbox Series X Bundle, and Elite Series 2 Controller. ⚔️ aka.ms/HaloInfiniteGamescom2…
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Hahaha! I did it!
It’s Tuesday so that means it’s time for our Super Awesome Person of the Week! This week we think @pardontomfrench (and the whole @Halo team) is awesome for having a fantastic test run for #HaloInfinite!
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Now that our preview is out I can finally play our game on my backyard projector! 240” of 4K Halo Infinite goodness!!!
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Definitely my album of the week… likely month… and very high potential of the year! This record crushes!
Stream King Woman's towering, doom-laden new album 'Celestial Blues' bit.ly/3yrdwl6
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This game continues to excite! Love the audio and music design. Combat is chonky twin-stick shooter goodness and LOOT! #theascent
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The art direction in this game is stunning! #theascent
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