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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

Author: foomojive

  • Guest Hosting On Sarcastic Gamer

    I recently had the pleasure of guest hosting on Sarcastic Gamer and the show turned out really good. We talk about why I was playing campaign on easy, the Fox News fiasco, my unpopular opinion on Gamespot-gate, and other important topics like pizza delivery tipping. If you haven’t heard them before, Sarcastic Gamer puts on…

  • Episode 145: Multiplayer Tips and Map of the Month: Foundry

    Download | Shownotes Finally this episode comes out. This show we have SF Zervon, staff member at Second Foundation where you can hear The Riot, a Halo community podcast. We talk about how to level up and stay there with a focus on Foundry. Pod art this week comes from Woof. You can send in…

  • Send in Stuff for This Week’s Show: Customs and Creations with ForgeHub!

    Episode 145: Foundry multiplayer tips will be out shortly. I’m trying to give you a little time to soak up the rapid-fire spray of episodes that have come out lately. This Sunday, however, we’ll be back to the usual Sunday release, with the exception of a two week break in early February because I’ll be…

  • Episode 144: Callins and Tales from the Foxhole

    Download | Shownotes My favoritest show of all is back! This is all about voicing the cool and crazy things that happen to Halo gamers while playing Halo, along with the Halo Nation’s voice mails. CapnKrunk narrates those and makes the bad ones walk the plank. TheRussianKolob joins JVB and I this week for the…

  • Gamertag Radio Community Vib3s Event

    Our buddy Godfree at Gamertag Radio let us know that they’re coming up on their 3-year anniversary and are going to celebrate in serious style. And you’re invited! Tons of community leaders and members will be there including JVB and myself. There will be some really great giveaways including Xbox360 Elites and games EVERY HOUR…

  • Send in Stuff for This Week’s Show: Multiplayer Tips and Map of the Month: Foundry

    I know, you’re wondering when you’ll get Callins and Tales from the Foxhole, right? Well we’re working on it and plan to have it out before Sunday this week for your listening enjoyment. Show’s been recorded and CapnKrunk is working on the slew of voice mails. In the mean time… If you could give us…

  • Episode 143: Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3 Smackdown, Part 2 of 2

    Download | Shownotes Wrapping up the Halo 3 vs. Call of Duty 4 show, we take a thorough and fair look at how they compare in multiplayer. Like in part 1 we have CapnKrunk, Dialpex, and CaMaRoGuY579 joining us to compare two of the greatest FPS games ever to grace a video game system.

  • Episode 142: Call of Duty 4 vs. Halo 3 Smackdown, Part 1 of 2

    Download | Shownotes It’s a special edition of Podtacular where we finally acknowledge Call of Duty 4 and compare it with Halo 3 in depth with this slugfest two-part series. This show we have Dialpex, community director at Podtacular, CapnKrunk the webmaster, and guest CaMaRoGuY579 from The Gamers Garage, another quality gaming podcast. Since this…

  • Tied the Leader Charity Contest: Guess the Census

    Dweezle over at Tied the Leader told me about a charity event being held over there. It’s a pretty cool idea: you guess how many people will be online playing Halo 3 on 1/17 at 1:17 PM. Closest one to the number wins, and all proceeds go to charity.

  • Send In Stuff for This Week’s Show: Callins and Tales from the Foxhole!

    Everyone’s favorite show is back, and you’re the star! Yes, I’m looking for a Mr. Rotch. First name: Mike. This is your chance to get your voice heard by the Halo Nation! Whether it’s a tale from the foxhole, a halo song, a halo joke, an opinion about something we said on the show, a…

  • Episode 141: The Storm Campaign Show

    Download | Shownotes This week we have JVB, Lilkuke and I along with the Halo nation who sent in tips. We’re all talking about how to move into Voi, destroy the scarab, and disable the stationary gun. Pod Art this week is from XViva La JoshX in the screenshot section. Be sure to check out…

  • Send In Stuff for This Week’s Show: The Storm Campaign Show

    This week is all about one of the coolest campaign levels in Halo 3: The Storm. This is the one where you’re fresh off of Tsavo Highway and into Voi, where there’s huge traxus industrial buildings. There’s a little bit of room clearing and a lot of big, open vehicle battles. You take down the…

  • 2007 Halo Community Awards – We’re Nominated!

    Sigafoos at The Riot podcast let me know that we’re nominated at the 2007 Halo Community Awards for Best Tournament (for the summer tourney), Biggest Community Contributor (Website) and Best Halo Contribution (for the podcast). Head on over and vote for your favorites in the Halo community.

  • Episode 140: Multiplayer Tips and Map of the Month: Standoff

    Download | Shownotes We’re a little late on this one because of Christmas but here it is! Guest hosts are Nelson from Achievement Junkie (for a little bit) and Klutch27 (for most of the show). I think we have some really helpful stuff this show for Standoff, I know it’s helped my game a lot.…

  • The Blue Skittle Issue #6 is Out Now

    Ooopy recently let me know that The Blue Skittle has released a new issue. This one has a review of the iPod touch and an interesting article about non-gamers who buy us games for Christmas. Check it out!

  • Pod TV: Guardian Tips

    Download this video Cryptoflix is back with another Pod TV episode: this time to give us some sweet tips on how to pwn on Guardian. This episode also marks the triumphant return of Freak in a Box! (Ouch, they get me pretty good on this one! 😀 ) Also available in Hi-Res at Gametrailers.com.

  • Send in Stuff for This Week’s Show: Multiplayer Tips and Map of the Month: Standoff!

    How do you do it? I get my butt kicked all the time in Halo, and I’d really like to know how you got to such a high level. Now’s your chance to help out the Halo Nation to level up and stay there! We’ll read general tips, but in particular we’re looking for tips…

  • Episode 139: New Maps, Customs and Creations

    Download | Shownotes This week we talk at length about the new maps: Foundry, Rat’s Nest, and Standoff. We also get to a bunch of customs and creations sent in by the Halo Nation. Last but not least, Killazilla has a review of Mass Effect for us. Guests on this week’s show are Laird and…

  • For Jake’s Sake Charity Halo 3 Tournament

    Miss Tique from Team Bombshells told me about a new Halo 3 charity tourney coming up: We are hosting a charity Halo 3 tournament next week on 12/21 at 7pm EST and continue throughout the night. We have partnered up with UGS, GnG Magazine, Charity Gamers and Gamers United. It will be 4v4, it is…

  • Send In Stuff for Pod TV: Guardian Tips!

    Pod TV has an exciting announcement. Freak in a Box, the guy who was responsible for the early episodes of Pod TV, is back on the team! For the next episode, they’re looking for your tips for Guardian that can be demonstrated on video. Check out the forum topic and post your tips. If it’s…