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Heavenly 'Halo 4'
Artistic puppet theater
thrives in Detroit
Sequel revives story
arc, hits all the
right notes
By JULIAN AIDAN
Daily Arts Writer
It has been five years since
"Halo 3." Master Chief has taken
the backseat since the finale of the
massively suc-
cessful game,
while titles
like "Wars," Halo 4
"Reach" and
"ODST" have Xbox 360
focused on 343 Industries
developing a
backstory for
the Spartans and allowing mul-
tiplayer to evolve. Now, he's back
and kicking ass like he never
went into retirement.
Suddenly awoken by Cortana,
your (mostly) trusty AI pal from
the last few games, the player
finds that colliding headfirst
into an alien-made planet is
about as unpleasant as it seems.
The planet, Requiem, acts as the
backdrop for most of the action
in "Halo 4." Pulling from all
sources of the canon - the ani-
mated series "Halo Legends,"
all previous games and even the
novels - the story in "Halo 4" is
by far the most developed and
complex.
The Covenant are back and
as much of a pain as ever, with
Jackals taking potshots at the
player from a distance and Hunt-
ers taking chunks out of every-
thing within range, exactly as
they have been since the series'
inception.
A new class of enemies - Pro-
metheans - fights for the Fore-
runners, who die-hard "Halo"
"Hey, wait for me!"
lore experts will remember as
the architects behind the original
Halo construct. They wield zany
new Forerunner-technology
equivalents of familiar weapons
such as the shotgun and pistol
and are the primary opponent
players will run into on Requiem.
As far as gameplay goes,
though, it's the same ol' run-and-
gun that "Halo" players know
and love. Four difficulties, from
Easy to the fearsome Legendary,
and gameplay modifiers ranging
from Catch (enemies throw tons
of grenades) to Grunt Birthday
Party (scoring a headshot on a
Grunt enemy will cause an explo-
sion of confetti) make replaying
your favorite levels with differ-
ent settings an extremely fun and
satisfying experience.
As expected, the multiplayer
for "Halo 4" is rock-solid. Play-
ers can now sprint without the
requirement of a perk, as they
did in "Reach," instead of sac-
rificing a play-style altering
ability like deployable sentries,
stealth, jetpacks or additional
shields. "Spartan Ops" replaces
the immensely popular Firefight
mode from "ODST" and "Reach,"
providing new and 'challenging
missions every week.
The War Games mode of multi-
player allows players to delve into
the white-knuckle combat that
has become synonymous with
the franchise. The new perks and
weaponry add just enough inno-
vation so veterans will not feel
lost amid five years of changes
without inherently changing
how the game is played: kill or
be killed in no-holds-barred
Deathmatches, or outmaneuver
enemies in Capture the Flag-type
games. A loadout system similar
to "Call of Duty" rewards players
based on performance and expe-
rience gained throughout match-
making.
"Halo 4" is everything gamers
could have hoped and dreamed
for in a true continuation of the
series. With Neil Davidge's com-
position providing spot-on music
for the epic, high-intensity game-
play, the game looks and plays
beautifully while managing not
to feel like a rehash of an 11-year-
old series about shooting things
in the face. Master Chief is back
and kicking alien ass in the best
way possible.
By JOEY STEINBERGER
DailyArts Writer
A lot comes to mind when
people think about Detroit: cars,
Motown, segregation, blight,
industry - the list goes on. While
these subjects are highly visible
parts of Detroit and its history,
sometimes smaller, more niche
interests in the city are forgotten
in the many discussions about the
city and its future.
Puppetry is one of those inter-
ests. Detroit is home to a small but
resilient puppetry scene, one that
has held up - even thrived - in
the tough economic times the city
has faced.
Detroit-based organization
PuppetART runs a theater, muse-
um and studio all dedicated to
puppetry. The organization per-
forms and commissions puppet
theater from the community.
The organization's show,
"Dreamtigers," is commissioned
,from another theater ensemble
called The Hinterlands. "Dream-
tigers" is based on the works of
Latin American authors who
write in the style of magical
realism, such as Gabriel Garcia
Marquez and Octavio Paz.
Established in 1998, Puppe-
tART was foundedby theater per-
formers from the former Soviet
Union.
"Back in Russia, we worked in
the theater mostly performing
puppetry, so puppetry.is our pro-
tection," said Igor Gozman, one
of the co-founders of PuppetART.
"When we came here, we did the-
ater work mostly for ourselves,
but then we charged for a couple
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din 1946. tailored to adults."
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Zylinski, a marketing and doesn't mean they are simple
pment associate. to perform. Puppeteers have to
Hinterlands, a multidis- juggle performing with puppets
ry performance company, of all different sizes, anywhere
cently joined the Detroit from seven-foot-tall, Festifool-
ry community. Begin- jike behemoths, to puppets that
n Kalamazoo in 2009, the are hand-sized. On top of the
soon moved to Detroit challenges PuppetART faces as
leveloped a relationship a puppet theater, it also has to do
PuppetART. Even though the same pre-show preparation a
mtigers" is a commissioned traditional theater does, such as
PuppetART workedclosely set-design and sound.
he Hinterlands to ensure "Our shows are very com-
s. plex with the lighting and the
set design. It's not like a couple
of sock puppets behind a table,"
Zynlinksi said.
Though it's very complex, Pup-
[s and adults. petART runs on a skeletal crew.
There are around six puppeteers,
as well as Zynlinski, who handles
marketing and box office work.
petART has a studio and Community volunteers help out
m in addition to its theater with technical work as well as
hree are located in the same ushering and other tasks on show
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uppet-making workshops," as a form of theater.
ski said. "The museum "There is definitely a market
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een preserved and puppets "There is constantly a new crop of
from other puppeteers in familieswithyoungchildrenlook-
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petART usually runs about in and love it. Every art organiza-
ductions each year, which tion has struggled with the econo-
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tend to be more attracted made puppetry obsolete."
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