My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Year: 2006

  • Species Episode 1 – Finally

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    Several months ago, a movie was submitted to the MPRRS – but the submitters stated in the description of their movie that they had a higher-resolution version they wanted to use if the movie passed. It DID pass, and we sent them a note, asking for that higher-res version. After a few days went by,…

  • Gamerscore Blog says Podtacular is a “must hear”

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    This past Friday, John Porcaro at the awesome Gamerscore blog talked about his addiction to podcasts and included Podtacular on his list of must hear podcasts. If you didn’t know, Gamerscore blog is written by members of the Microsoft Games marketing team. It’s good to know Microsoft is listening!

  • Kashmir Review – and why it matters to you

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    If you swing over by LatinoReview.com, you’ll find a review of a spec script for a project called ‘Kashmir’. You might wonder why this is showing up on a Halo website – Kashmir is a drama about some soldiers who go hunting a terrorist. Well… the answer is pretty simple; Kashmir is a project written…

  • DropShock Ep 23

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    DropShock Episode 23 has been posted – 75 minutes, 35 mb. Discussion of the book cover, and the new armor, discussion of future Bungie stuff, and plenty of the standard features. Check it out.(Louis Wu 19:04:36 UTC)

  • The New Guy

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    Paul Maestri writes to point out Halo Heads 5 – he looks at the new character on the Ghosts of Onyx cover. We still don’t know who that guy is… but Paul takes a shot at it.(Louis Wu 18:58:41 UTC)

  • HBO’s Dialogue Databank

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    For several years, HBO has been accumulating dialogue from the two Halo games in their dialogue databank. Unbelievably, they continue to add significant batches of clips on a regular basis. Drop by and check out another of HBO’s vast resources.

  • She Speaks For Many…

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    Today’s One One Se7en looks at the Halogen situation. It’s good to laugh. Next time we’ll use someone other than Stuntmutt.(Louis Wu 16:52:03 UTC)

  • Air’s too thin to hold the scent.

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    Captain Spark turned in another 26 dialogue snippets for your perusal – you can grab them at his (newly-overhauled) website, or browse them individually in our Dialogue Databank.(Louis Wu 15:17:41 UTC)

  • More Jackal Audio

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    It’s been known for a while that Jackal snippets are created from reversed audio (as Halo 1 Elite snippets were) – but decoding them has been a bit more difficult than the Elites were, because they’re more tweaked. RVideo took a shot at 6 of them – did a great job, too. (His post contains…

  • Why do Helljumpers fall from above?

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    Luke McKay whipped up a new piece of art this morning – someone should set this to music. He posted it to his RvB image collection – we’ve added it to his gallery here.(Louis Wu 12:14:19 UTC)

  • DeviantDustbunny

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    Dustbunny27 stopped by to point out that there’s a bunch of Halo-related stuff over in his DeviantART gallery – a cel shaded look with MS Paint, and lots of pixel art. Check it out!(Louis Wu 12:00:41 UTC)

  • Halo Theme Song School Talent Show

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    A bunch of friends put together a pretty cool entry for their high school talent show… great video game music (primarily from Halo). Even Marty liked it! Go watch. Thanks, Eastbeast314.(Louis Wu 21:09:04 UTC)

  • WikiRiot Ep 15

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    Sigafoos points out WikiRiot Episode 15 – Gestor, Barbie, and matchmaking – what more could you want? 40 minutes, 16 mb.(Louis Wu 21:08:44 UTC)

  • eBayed Action Figures, Again

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    Havoc737903 wrote to say he has another batch of Halo action figures for sale on eBay. Six figures, current bid is $5, auction ends in 6 and a half days. Check it out.(Louis Wu 21:07:18 UTC)

  • Interview with Aaron Greenburg: Microsoft’s group marketing manager for Xbox Live

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    !{float:left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;}http://podtacular.com/files/images/greeburg_thumb001.jpg! Although this isn’t related to Halo, DarthBALLZ45 from the Podtacular crew recently interviewed Mr. Greenburg about Xbox Live Arcade, The Xbox Vision camera, Sony and Nintendo’s online plans and most importantly his favorite hip-hop artist. Click “read more” for the interview. Thanks to both Aaron and Darth! DB What…

  • Interview with Aaron Greenburg: Microsoft’s group marketing manager for Xbox Live

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    Although this isn’t related to Halo, DarthBALLZ45 from the Podtacular crew recently interviewed Mr. Greenburg about Xbox Live Arcade, The Xbox Vision camera, Sony and Nintendo’s online plans and most importantly his favorite hip-hop artist. Click “read more” for the interview. Thanks to both Aaron and Darth! DB What is the meaning behind your Gamertag…

  • Watch a bunch of guys playing a game – on TV!

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    The introduction of fantabulous Halo tourneys continues to creep into our living room (I know, slightly redundant!). If you have DirecTV, you can catch a free preview on channel 101 this weekend. Halo 2 is one of 5 different tourney’s being showcased. I wonder if they can pull it off? Color me interested! Noticed at…

  • Soul Survivor

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    MaritalBlaze54 continues his series of music videos – this time out it’s Soul Survivor, by Akon and Young Jeezy, and it tells the story of a pair of drug dealers jumped by an enemy gang. The MPRRS liked it, so we’re hosting it. WMP9 format is 56.4 mb, QuickTime format is 55.6 mb.(Louis Wu 14:42:02…

  • Team Halo2.junk.ws beats Podtacular All-Stars!

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    Yes, the undefeated Podtacular All-Stars have in fact been defeated by the guys at halo2.junk.ws, the halo 2 stats site. Good game guys, looks like it was really close! It went win, loss, win, tie, loss, loss. So we were one kill away from winning the challenge. Good game, and we’re looking forward to the…

  • Team Halo2.junk.ws beats Podtacular All-Stars!

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    Yes, the undefeated Podtacular All-Stars have in fact been defeated by the guys at halo2.junk.ws, the halo 2 stats site. Looks like it was really close! It went win, loss, win, tie, loss, loss. So we were one kill away from winning the challenge. Good game, and we’re looking forward to the rematch! MaesterGXL has…