You can play the Spartan Ops co-op levels, or dip into a plethora of competitive modes.
Everyone knows where the Spartan Laser was on Valhalla or energy sword was on Guardian.
"I feel like my skin is a damp cheesecloth, " moans Bontecou after a night in the spartan wood-and-stucco house where the guests stay.
"I haven't competed in a race yet, " she confided, referring to the Spartan Sprints, which are held in 60 cities around the globe.
Reebok plans to develop a line of products geared towards the demands of the Spartan Race athlete to be ready for stores in the fall.
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The Spartan lives of individual Templars belied their immense power.
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There are many ways it can be done right, including the Spartan Ops DLC in the recently released Halo 4, the new content in Dark Souls, or the Captain Scarlett DLC for Borderlands 2.
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Homes have central heating, running water and access to the internet, with Facebook being one of the most popular modes of communication -- a far cry from the spartan existence of Inuit communities in Greenland and northern Russia.
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If you invest in single asset class index funds like the Vanguard Total US Stock Market index or the Spartan International Index at Fidelity, you can easily compare the performance of your individual holdings to the market index they track.
After visiting the spartan house in a rundown Delhi neighbourhood where she lived with her parents and brothers, you could see how much they had put into helping her realise the dream, shared by so many hundreds of millions of Indians.
Kin's user interface is best described as having a "comic book" feel to it with a limited color palette, blocky, chunky text, and oversized, zoomed-in images -- it's stylish, but in a very different way than the spartan "Metro" design DNA that Microsoft is baking into Windows Phone 7.
Signor has been active in Texas real estate and energy businesses (depending on the cycle) since the early 1990s, and was working on an industrial park in South Texas when he saw the spartan state of temporary housing that was springing up to house drilling workers in the fast-developing oilfields there.
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On a recurring basis, some young recruits, stunned by stress or by the recognition that they have stepped from the comforts of home and a permissive society into the Spartan ranks of an organization that exists to fight the nation's enemies, have been known to admit to anything to gain discharge.
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Frankly, none of this background information made me more eager to sign up for the Citi Field event even though at three miles, the Spartan Sprint sounds like pretty weak stuff compared to other races in their portfolio, including the eight-mile Super Spartan, the 13-mile Spartan Beast and the 24-hour Death Race.
Had the Greek from Rhodes called Memnon, who served Persia as a mercenary general (as the Spartan Clearchus had served Cyrus the Younger in his failed attempt to seize the throne from his older brother in 401) not died from illness early on in the campaign, Alexander might have been given a much tougher ride.
John "Mick" Nicholson, the commander of the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade, known as the Spartan Brigade ordered the establishment of small outposts throughout the area in the summer of 2006, in an attempt not only to stop the Taliban fighters who were streaming in from Pakistan, often with bushels of weapons, but also to win over the locals, who were predisposed to a suspicion of outsiders.
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That afternoon, before all 27 leaders gathered, Ms. Merkel met Mr. Sarkozy in one of the many spartan meeting rooms in the EU's warren-like headquarters.
In the end, most of my critiques end up focused on the campaign and Spartan Ops modes, which I acknowledge are not the primary reasons people usually play Halo.
Long gone are the days of spartan dormitories and cold showers kids in the private sector now have fabulous science labs and sports facilities, and access to a huge range of subjects and activities.
It was one of several signs that told me the NFL had made the right decision, seeing the fragility of Spartan-like NFL warriors who inside are just like any other American, and the immense healing power of sports as fans reveled throughout the day in their teams victories or defeats.
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Mr. De Sena accurately sized me up as a weakling and tried to put the rewards of Spartan Sprint participation in terms I could understand.
The aircraft interiors are a little less blingtastic than the latest business jets but they are far from the kind of spartan military fittings you might expect.
He was never a creature of the capital city's social scene, living in a spartan apartment in the city not far from the Supreme Court offices on Capitol Hill.
Towards the end of the day I'm in the BBC's somewhat Spartan studio at Lionacleit taking part in a discussion with the political presenter Colin Mackay, known to all and sundry as Lord Mackay.
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Supporters of the tireless Ms Banerjee - and vast sections of the media who love her earthy charisma - say she has led a remarkably spartan lifestyle by the standards of Indian politicians.
Among the highest scoring: the University of Georgia Bulldogs' Hairy Dawg, Michigan State University's Sparty (as in Spartan) and the University of Minnesota's Goldy the Gopher, who is hugely popular with local fans despite looking like a squirrel.
He's the head of global brand marketing for Reebok, which is a Spartan Sprint partner for the Citi Field event.
Likewise, the tightness of controls and breathtaking scenery in Tomb Raider make Star Trek feel all the more clunky and spartan by comparison.
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Also curiously absent in the campaign were the rocket launcher and Spartan laser, two old favorites, but they do end up making it into multiplayer.
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