Halo Animated Short Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian January 27, 2025

The official Halo YouTube channel just released a major blast from the past with very little fanfare. In 2009, Microsoft released the very first non-gaming dedicated application, dubbed Halo Waypoint. It allowed gamers to unlock exclusive digital Halo content for the Xbox as well as offered entirely original Halo video content. Part of that content was a series of animated short films which adapted several stories from the Halo novels. One of those stories was The Mona Lisa, which was rereleased this past Halloween. Another was Midnight in the Heart of Midlothian, which was just rereleased earlier tonight!

If you’ve never seen it before or (like me) haven’t seen it in over ten years, you can watch it below!

If memory serves at least one more short film from Halo Waypoint has yet to be re-released. This team would go on to adapt the original Halo novel The Fall of Reach into a multi-part animated film, and that can still be found on several streaming services.

Halo: Infinite is out now for PC, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.

iOS/iPadOS 18.3, VisionOS 2.3 Released January 27, 2025

It’s going to be another one of those nights if you happen to be an Apple Enthusiast! Apple has just released a major update for all iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro and Macs earlier today.

Just be aware that with this update, the Apple Intelligence feature is no longer optional on supported devices, installing the update will force the Apple Intelligence feature ON, and you MUST disable it manually on a per-device basis after concluding the update.