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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Writing the Halo Screenplay

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    Gamasutra has a podcast interview with DB Weiss, the most recent Halo screenplay writer. He talks quite a bit about the process, and about working with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. My copy seems to have gotten corrupted at about the 28 minute mark – but by then he was pretty much done with Halo anyway. Thanks, Michael Smith.(Louis Wu 13:29:50 UTC)

  • Machinima for Dummies teaser

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    Andras Ostrom is working on a new piece of Halo machinima called ‘Machinima for Dummies’ – you can watch a teaser trailer for it in WMP9 format (22.7 mb) or QuickTime format (17.3 mb). Looks to be a fun project!(Louis Wu 13:17:26 UTC)

  • Kinship

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    There’s an interesting article about the PMS Clan (and Hot Chief, the head PMS’ Delta Division) in the Miami New Times – go read about what they deal with, and why they do it.(Louis Wu 13:14:25 UTC)

  • RT: Strangerhood DVD in stores now

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    Hey everyone! I just wanted to let those of you who were waiting to get your copy of the Strangerhood DVD locally, that it should now be in your local Gamestop/EB Games. If you don’t know where your local Gamestop/EB Games is (for shame), this should help.

    gfunk…

  • 360Forum holding an Intro Contest

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    Z sent word that 360forum.com is having an Intro Contest – create an intro for them win cash. Halo, obviously, is one of the tools you can use. More details in the forum thread.(Louis Wu 12:37:41 UTC)

  • HaloEverywhere.com Winners Announced!

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    Well folks – the winners are up – and boy let me tell you did you all make this contest interesting. We expected a high turnout but what we got was amazing…

  • 2006 Halo Community Awards released

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    The winners of The Riot’s 2006 Halo Community Awards have been released in an audio awards show. Clocking in at just under 25 minutes, the show features guest presenters like Louis Wu, LordGideon and Dweezle plus musical performances by Mothergoat.

  • Halo 2: The Series Trailer (redone)

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    A couple of years ago, comradx started a pretty ambitious project – he was going to create a full-length feature film based on Halo 2. He released the first of seven episodes, covering Cairo Station… but then abandoned the project. Jamie98s has just picked it up; he’s starting from scratch, and has plans to actually finish at some point. He’s a significant way into the production – but what we have for you today is a trailer, to whet your appetite. 16.4 mb in WMP9 format, 16.3 mb in QuickTime format – and more on the way when we get it. Update: These have now been mirrored by GamingTV.(Louis Wu 17:18:26 UTC)

  • A tribute to Ciclonic

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    Back in the day Freak in a Box volunteered to edit audio for Podtacular. Eventually he had to resign. So I ran a competition to see who the next volunteer editor would be. Ciclonic came out on top and started editing our shows every single week. He’s been doing this for quite a long time for no pay, sometimes at the expense of his personal life.

    Life finally caught up with Ciclonic and he recently realized that the increasing demands of school were not leaving room for Podtacular editing any more. We’re sad to see him go, but we’d like to extend a 21 BR salute to the man who made the show happen for probably 30+ episodes. This is one talented and dedicated 16 year old! Thanks for all you’ve done, Ciclonic!

    For the foreseeable future I’ll be editing the shows myself and trying to post them on the same night we record, with the exception of episode 100. Don’t worry, I don’t suck that bad, I edited episodes 97, 98, and 99 ( <- fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony). Anyway, let’s join in and show our respect for this pillar in the Podtacular community. Post your tribute in the comments!

  • Bounce Back.

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    Last week’s Update from Bungie mentioned variable gravity in Halo 3 multiplayer games (a feature, we should add, which may or may not make it into the final build; just because they played with it last week doesn’t mean you’ll be able to play with it when you get your hands on Halo 3). Stuntmutt tosses in his two cents on the subject in today’s One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 15:49:02 UTC)

  • From Bears to Bullets… to eBay

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    Wow… remember the bear suit guy who made a Mjolnir-like suit for soldiers? Looks like nobody wanted to buy it from him – so he’s selling it on eBay. Bit over a week left, current bid is $5100 US (reserve is not yet met). Ouch! Thanks to Planet Halo for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 15:37:53 UTC)

  • The Panda Centurion!

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    100 Sad Pandas and counting…

  • Halo Everywhere Winners Announced

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    On December 1, the Halo Everywhere contest went live. In 2 months, there were 700 artists submitting 1200 entries, and half a terabyte of bandwidth was burned through. On February 1, voting ended, and LordGideon and the crew began sifting through the votes. Today, the winners have been announced – go check ’em out!(Louis Wu 15:24:14 UTC)

  • Haiku (Gesundheit)

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    It’s been years since we had a real Haiku thread on our forum (though someone tried last year) – are they coming back?(Louis Wu 14:01:19 UTC)

  • The Community Awards show

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    Sigafoos dropped us a note about The Riot’s First Annual Community Awards podcast, now available at Second Foundation. Awards are presented by community luminaries (heh), with a musical guest and everything. Congrats to all the winners – and in fact to all nominees; this community is only as strong as the people who help build it. 24 minutes, 10 mb. (RVideo has started a thread on our forum, if you have comments.)(Louis Wu 13:36:39 UTC)

  • Anarchy’s Top Player Picks

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    3Suns pointed out an article on MLGPro.com in which Anarchy makes his list of Halo’s top 20 players, with reasons. Interesting read…(Louis Wu 13:32:51 UTC)

  • HollywoodNHouse in Trouble

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    We hate bad news – but it happens. We got a note from Matt6908, of HollywoodNHouse – they got in over their heads, hosting-wise, and are down for a while. Details can be found on their front page (which is the only page they’ve got for now). Folks – the Halo community is BIG. Catering to it can lead to unexpected expenses; there are many resources available to Halo sites to decrease hosting costs – use ’em. Here’s hoping HollywoodNHouse makes it through this one.(Louis Wu 13:30:50 UTC)

  • Awesome Halo Goodies for Auction Next Week

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    Over at Team Xbox, there’s a press release about the First Annual Dream Awards, a production of Hollywood Arts, a non-profit that reaches at-risk teens through the arts. This year, they’re honoring Tommy Tallarico, the man behind Video Games Live – and the awards ceremony will be a fundraiser for the organization. They’ll be auctioning off all sorts of goodies (this is the auction home link, though nothing’s posted yet – the auction goes live on February 17) – including an audio cameo in Halo 3 (!!), a Master Chief statue, and a tour of the Bungie Studios. (Lots of other stuff too – but that’s the Halo schwag.) The auction kicks off at 7 pm PST on the 17th, and ends on the 24th – keep your eye on that page! Google News was first with this heads-up, but Spec_Ops_Assault wasn’t far behind.(Louis Wu 13:20:48 UTC)

  • MLG 07 Schedule Up

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    MLG has posted their 2007 Pro Circuit cities and dates – the playoff and national locations are still to be announced, but the regular season will take place in North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, Illinois, and Florida from mid-April through the end of September. Hexudus was the first to point it out.(Louis Wu 13:08:28 UTC)

  • Ghostin

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    Paul “stickygerbils” Maestri wrote to point out Halo Heads 45 – to remind you of that idiot we’ve all played online with. (The sad part is, they rarely understand what the problem is…(Louis Wu 13:05:07 UTC)