Thomas the Tank Engine Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 It's not every day that you see a video game brought to life. Joint Base Lewis-McChord, outside of Takoma, Wash., recently hosted an unlikely visitor: a Warthog vehicle from the Halo video game series. The Warthog is an armored reconnaissance vehicle with an mounted anti-aircraft gun, and while it looks like a real combat vehicle in the game, it's completely fictional. But a handful of Warthogs were manufactured for live-action Halo spinoffs and promotional events, blurring the line between fiction and reality. That's how a real Warthog came rolling up to JB Lewis-McChord like it was no big deal. This particular vehicle was a visitor from Microsoft's Xbox team, which sent it there as a photo opportunity for Halo fans on the base. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Nggv35TNA Other Warthogs have been spotted before, dating back to 2007. At the time, Columbia Pictures was trying to make a Halo feature film, a project that involved Neill Blomkamp, Guillermo del Toro, and Peter Jackson at various points in pre-production. The studio eventually abandoned the idea, but we still got a few Warthogs out of it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL9Y7EyCEx4 http://www.dailydot.com/geek/halo-warthog-military-base-visit/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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