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Author: Dust Storm

  • Podtacular 223: Reach Beta Multiplayer Maps

    Download Now since the Halo 2 farewell project is done, I had time to get his little gem from last week edited and put out. It was actually uploaded yesterday, but I forgot to make the post (failboat!). On this episode, we discuss the information released about the multiplayer maps for reach on IGN and…

  • Podtacular Halo 2 Farewell

    As Halo 2 on XBOX Live comes to a close, the Podtacular staff takes time to remember what made Halo 2 so fun. Halo 2 was the building block for Podtacular and holds many fond memories for some of our closest community members. So for those who were around waaay back in the day, take…

  • Did You Know?

    If you have played Halo 2 recently, you probably noticed the new items in the “Did you Know?” box while you’re waiting for matchmaking to find players. So here starts the compilation of all those funny quotes we are used to seeing from Bungie. Last Chance! If you want to have access to all the…

  • RoosterTeeth making a visit

    Burnie from RoosterTeeth Productions is stopping by the podcast for our next episode. For those who don’t know who he is, first of all shame on you, and second (more importantly) he plays Church from “the popular web series”, Red vs Blue. We will be interviewing them and asking for their thoughts about […]

  • Halo 2 Farewell Game Nights

    For those who haven’t joined us before now, Podtacular is reminiscing in the game that started the community back in the days of foo. For the next three days, we will be hoping on XBOX Live and playing Halo 2 until the Live service for the original XBOX ceases. If you want to be a…

  • Podtacular 222 Pokéshow

    So for the second week in a row, our podcast has been infiltrated by Pokémon. We managed to spend about an hour before the show talking about Pokémon and other things. Here’s the audio: link

  • Submissions for Episode 223

    IGN had an interview with the multiplayer Design leads for Halo: Reach which had some tasty new info (link: here). Our next episode will cover the information that was revealed in the interview. We will also have special guest, BS Angel from Hawty McBloggy to help us go over all the details. […]

  • Podtacular 222: Halo 2 Farewell: Multiplayer Tales

    Download | Shownotes Continuing on in our coverage of Halo 2 before it dies on Live, this week’s show focuses on the multiplayer aspect of Halo 2. Because this podcast was started for Halo 2 multiplayer, we decided to bring the man, himself in to discuss the good ‘ole days: foomojive. Since Dust Storm didn’t…

  • IGN interviews Bungie on the new Halo: Reach Beta maps

    IGN got the chance to sit down with the multiplayer design leads at Bungie about the maps that will be present in the Halo: Reach beta. If you have not read the article, you can find it here. We will also be doing our next episode on the details revealed in this article with our…

  • Podtacular 221: Podtacular Update

    Download | Shownotes This week, we bring back a show from the old rotation: Podtacular Update. In this show, we will go through the Podtacular mailbag for random frags and other things we decide to talk about. Weekly Porridge creator, Quality Jeverage joins us for this episode as we talk about Pokémon? Enjoy. [audio]http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://libsyn.com/media/podtacular/podtacular221.mp3[/audio]

  • Halo 2 Multiplayer Tales Submissions

    We are going to be having our old host Foo Mo on for the 2nd part of our three part special saying farewell to Halo 2. We will be recording Monday, so get in your best tales from the days of Halo 2.

  • Podtacular 220 Aftershow

    Here’s an excerpt from the episode 220 recording that happened after the show. There was an article that came up on Kotaku that Kete from The Running Riot pointed out. We had an hour discussion about this and Reach. NOTE: This audio has not been censored; you have been warned. Podtacular 220 Aftershow (right click…

  • Podtacular 220: Halo 2 Farewell: Campaign Tales

    Download | Shownotes A few weeks later and we finally get around to recording this (oops). We are back, diving into the roots of Podtacular. That’s right: Halo 2. We definitely outdid ourselves this time when we wend 2 and a half hours and was still not done. Greg dropped in late from another universe.…

  • Halo 2 Campaign Tales Submissions

    This next episode goes out to the old timers of Podtacular. We’re doing three special shows before service for Halo 2 and other original XBOX titles get cut from the LIVE service. On this Wednesday, we will be doing tales for the infamous Halo 2 campaign, where you played as Master Chief and […]

  • Pod TV: Halo Reach Multiplayer Trailer Analysis

    Download (coming soon) Pod TV takes a look at the Multiplayer Trailer released last week from Bungie on the Halo Reach Beta. We got a nice look at some of the new features we will see in the Beta, including new gametypes, loadouts, maps, melee animations, etc. Check out the new Pod TV youtube channel:…

  • Podtacular 219: Reach Multiplayer Digest

    Download On Tuesday, Bungie released a Multiplayer Trailer for the Halo Reach beta, and we’re all over it. Brent and Dust Storm dive into the depths of the video discussing loadouts, new gametypes, weapons, etc. We did one with GLewis, but it d…

  • MLG 2010 Pro Circuit Details Announced

    For those who follow MLG, or participate for it in that matter, Major League Gaming has announced the first detail about the 2010 Pro Circuit. First location is Orlando, FL in the middle of April; A little late of a start if you ask me. For more deta…

  • Podtacular 218: Customs and Creations

    Download | Shownotes We have returned to the Customs and Creations show for probably it’s last run, at least if Halo Reach doesn’t have a nice customization system. It’s been nearly 3 months since the last one of these so there are a few to read through. This episode brought to you by the

  • Podtacular 217: Halo vs Call of Duty Roundtable

    Download It’s been a while since we’ve had one of these so called roundtables, so we thought we would pit the two top shooters in the ongoing Halo vs Call of Duty debate. Both have their highs and lows, but with the constant development of these two series, it is good to re-evaluate the situation.…

  • Submit your Stuff

    We are still having problems getting live streams to work and play nice, so it may be a little while until we get that working. That doesn’t mean that we’re going to keep on doing shows though. This week we’re doing Customs and Creations and possibly one of the last. The Customs […]