Canon Fodder
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Canon Fodder was a weekly blog section of the Halo Community Update written by franchise writer Jeff "GrimBrother One" Easterling and posted on Halo Waypoint, centering on the fiction of the Halo universe. It started as a section of Waypoint's weekly Halo Bulletin write-ups and was made into its own separate blog in January 2015.[1] From July 15, 2016, to December 2, 2016, it was absorbed into the Halo Community Update as the Canon Fodder section,[2] but by December 7, 2016, had become a separate blog again.[3]
Canon Fodder entries offer various forms of Halo lore-focused information, news about upcoming media, interviews with the developers of the franchise, as well as community Q&A sessions on fiction-related matters and, between 2014-2016, were typically accompanied by additions or updates into Waypoint's "Universe" encyclopedia. Newer articles feature standardised sections such as Armory Infinitum, spotlighting the various special weapons of the Halo universe. Articles older than issue 56 were lost when Halo Waypoint was updated in 2021.
On December 23, 2021 with the release of Issue 122, Jeff Easterling left the role of Canon Fodder publisher to Alex "Haruspis" Wakeford.[4] Between then and the start of 2025, Canon Fodder was published on a monthly schedule, though after Wakeford's promotion to Franchise Writer in January 2025, the series has been reduced to a release once every two months.[5]
With Microsoft reorganising the Xbox brand, leaving Halo Studios as a support studio and the Halo IP under Activision's control, a final Canon Fodder is set to be released later in 2026.[6][7]
Background[edit]
The phrase "canon fodder" first originated on halo.bungie.org on September 25, 2011, when Grim used it in the title of a post going over a podcast he was in.[8] It was not until March 21, 2013 that the then-forum monitor Grimbrother One used the phrase to name a series of discussion threads on the Halo Waypoint forums that focused on specific media in the Halo universe.[9]
Sources[edit]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Just Getting Started (Retrieved on Dec 23, 2019) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Comic-Con Preview - Canon Fodder (Retrieved on Mar 28, 2017) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Bounty Hunters (Retrieved on Mar 28, 2017) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Legendary Endings (Retrieved on Dec 13, 2021) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Canon Fodder - Dawn of Lore (Retrieved on Jan 24, 2025) [archive]
- ^ Xbox Wire, Continuing our Reset (Retrieved on Sep 22, 2026) [archive]
- ^ Twitter, @Haruspis: "For my remaining time at the studio, Jeff and I are working to release a bunch of the cool stuff we had cooking. We have a final Canon Fodder to publish and we have some completed Volume 2 Waypoint Chronicles from additional authors. These'll be our parting gifts! 💚" (Retrieved on Sep 23, 2026) [archive]
- ^ halo.bungie.org, Podtacular Canon Fodder (Retrieved on Mar 6, 2025) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint Forums, Canon Fodder - Week 1: Petra (Retrieved on Jul 21, 2020) [archive]
