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  • 10 ways to get involved and make friends at Podtacular

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    Want to meet some people and have some fun? Want to make an impact at Podtacular? We’ve got you covered. Here’s 10 ways to join your fellow Halo fans and accomplish something cool in the process. In no particular order:

    1. Make forum signatures and join the Podtacular art community. Learn from some talented digital artists!
    2. Create some new gametypes. for Project Gametype. These guys collect the most interesting, crazy Halo gametypes out there. Add to the mix!
    3. Write a game review. tell others what you think about the games you like and don’t like. Practice and show off your writing skillz!
    4. Play some Rainbow Six Vegas. Join other Podtacular community members in some close quarters SWAT action!
    5. Get into a Podtacular Pro clan. Attend a scouting event and see if you have what it takes to join the pros!
    6. Tighten your Halo skill at the Podtacular Training Camp! These experts are ready and willing to help you stack up the killing sprees.
    7. Read or write some PodFiction. Share your talent for storytelling or just check out other peoples’ work and let them know what you think.
    8. Play some MLG games with the Podtacular MLG crew. These guys love MLG and if you do too, they want to play with you!
    9. Join an organized team: the Podtacular Marines! This crew aims to have top notch communication and teamwork. Join them and find out what an organized team is capable of!
    10. Be a part of episode 100 with these projects aimed at making episode 100 special.

  • Nintendo Wii Resposible for Death

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    The Grim Wiiper Claims Life.

    Although the Nintendo Wii has only been out a couple of months, it has managed to garner a tremendous amount of attention for the large number of injuries/accidents surrounding the console. The website Wii Have a Problem has taken it upon itself to document many of these accounts of property damage and bodily injury. Up to this point, however, most of these instances have been limited to bumps, scratches, black eyes, broken controllers – ya know, stuff you won’t care about in a matter of weeks/months. Unfortunately, one California woman recently fared much worse. While participating in a radio show contest to see how long one could “hold their wee”, while consuming water at regular intervals, she apparently gave herself water intoxication. She reported having a really bad headache, but did make it to her home where she was later found dead. She was trying to win the popular Nintendo gaming console for her 3 children.

    Here is a link to Gamespot’s coverage of the story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6164191.html

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  • The Brains Behind The Music

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    The cover article in the latest issue of The Escapist is about the composers behind today’s game music, and Marty O’Donnell (and the rest of the Bungie sound team) get a nice nod:

    “I think one of the best examples is Marty O’Donnell and the team at Bungie,” says Ian Dorsch, who’s currently working on a game called Badge of Blood, by independent developer Warpig Studios. “The system they’ve developed for adaptive soundtracks is just jaw-dropping in its elegance and flexibility, and their work has really set the standard for the entire industry.”

    The whole article is a pretty interesting read – check it out! Thanks to Ma1agate for letting us know.(Louis Wu 16:08:26 UTC)

  • I wonder if it shoots?

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    Omega was walking through the forest, and came upon a piece of driftwood in a stream. Looks like Mother Nature’s got Halo on her mind, too…(Louis Wu 15:31:44 UTC)

  • Production Issues

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    Mister Froggy pointed out that Halo, Articulated #5 is now available – if you wondered what happened to the Heretic Grunt action figure, wonder no more.(Louis Wu 15:14:05 UTC)

  • The Riot 31

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    Sigafoos wrote to point out The Riot 31 – a bit late, due to hosting issues, but up now. Community updates are the focuse of this one – swing by the site for a download. (The RSS feed is still down.) 20 minutes, 8 mb.(Louis Wu 15:12:27 UTC)

  • MLG Pro Reactions – Shockwave

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    A few days ago, MLG posted its Pro’s Choice Awards – the top players voted to identify the best among the best. ShocKWav3 put together a blog entry discussing his feelings about the voting. Interesting read. Thanks to 3Suns for pointing it out.(Louis Wu 15:10:27 UTC)

  • Separating the Meat from the Fluff

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    Games in Action interviewed Shishka, recently of Bungie and now of Certain Affinity, the gaming company started in Austin by Halo 2 and 3 Multiplayer Lead Max Hoberman. Go read to get a feel for where he started, how he got to where he is now, and what’s he’s doing in his new job. Thanks to 3Suns, who noticed this at Bungie.net.(Louis Wu 15:01:06 UTC)

  • Halo tourney – on BIG screens

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    According to this article in the Hagerstown (MD) Herald-Mail, there’ll be a Game Crazy-sponsored Halo 2 tournament held on Saturday, January 27, at the Hagerstown 10 Cineplex – $10 to play (or $5 to watch),no word on prizes. Check the article for more info.(Louis Wu 14:49:30 UTC)

  • For reference – info on the Halo 3 Legendary Edition

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    It’s been more than 2 months since the various flavors of Halo 3 were made public – it’s been known since early November that $60 would buy you the bare game, $70 would buy you the ‘special’ edition (game plus bonus disc(s)), and $100 would snag you the Legendary edition – helmet and 4 discs, including the game. Paul Russell stopped by today to point out that Wal-Mart’s listing has all the info you need for that Legendary edition – nice photos of the helmet and case, plus details about the included discs. (They list it as ‘In Stock’, which is pretty silly – but then, it’s labeled as Wal-Mart No. 000000000, so as soon as it’s assigned a SKU, it’ll likely have a more realistic ship date. Maybe not a REAL ship date – we won’t know that until Bungie announces it – but more realistic than ‘now’.) This is worth posting so that there’s a place to point to when folks ask about what is included in the Legendary edition. Update: Frankie warns that these pictures are just the prototype; the real thing is ‘waaaaay better, more detailed and has much fancier textures.’ Okay, now I’m worried that I didn’t preorder…(Louis Wu 22:35:46 UTC)

  • RT: Episode 88

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    You do not have the most current version of Flash Player installed. Please follow this link to download the latest version of Flash… Get Flash var FO = { movie:”/archive/RT_player_int.swf”,width:”416″,height:”254″,majorversion:”7″,build:”0″,bgcolor:”#000000″, flashvars:”file=http://www.roosterteethvideos.com/RvB05/5x88cave/fl4sh/RvB88_012.flv&episodeNum=RvB%20Episode%2088&episode=spelunked&clicktext=&store=http://www.roosterteethstore.com/dvds_rvb.html&more=http://www.redvsblue.com/archive/?=index_files/default.jpg&showdigits=false&autostart=false&showfsbutton=false”…

  • Kitty 117 Wallpaper

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    Paul Maestri sends word of a new Wallpaper at Halo Heads – tasty!(Louis Wu 21:43:02 UTC)

  • Itsa me, BruteKiller

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    Heh – BOLL’s been playing again…(Louis Wu 21:41:15 UTC)

  • HALO 3 Legendary Edition details with pictures of Helmet (prototype)

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    HALO 3 helmet

    UPDATE: Frankie says “Those photos are of the prototype. The real thing looks waaaaay better, more detailed and has much fancier textures. (not texturemaps)”

    Finally we see what the HALO 3 Legendary Edition bundle will look like. thanks to a listing at Walmart.com. Check out that helmet! Wal-Mart also suggests October 1st, 2007 at the shipping date. However, November was the month in which Bungie and Microsoft shipped HALO and HALO 2. There is no official release date for HALO 3 since Bungie hasn’t announced one yet. Digg this story here.

    This bundle also comes with:

    * Behind-the-scenes at Bungie Studios with new insights into the Halo Universe and the making of Halo 3.
    * A special hi-res collection of all cinematics from Halo 1 and Halo 2 with director commentary from the Bungie Team bonus
    * Community content from Red vs. Blue, This Spartan Life and Exclusive Gamer Tiles & a Theme
    * Each unit will be serialized for added individuality and collectability. Not life-size.

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  • M2Zen4.

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    Stuntmutt takes a closer look at the Mongoose, and Bungie’s claims about it, in today’s One One Se7en. Paging Robert Pirsig…(Louis Wu 16:15:26 UTC)

  • Fan-generated SPI Armor

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    WortroW found some cool work towards the Spartan III armor from Ghosts of Onyx over at the Scifi Meshes forum; most of the images so far are visible without a registration. Nice stuff!(Louis Wu 12:30:38 UTC)

  • Caption Contest #3

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    Dojorkan posted 3 fun screens, and asked for user-submitted captions – no prizes in this contest, but see how creative you can be!(Louis Wu 12:09:35 UTC)

  • Pictaps

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    Retsof-Noraa stopped by last night to point out a website that takes user-created art (in this case, his renditions of One One Se7en, in the initial post, and a Grunt, in a followup) and animates it in a huge rave scene. Bizarre… but fun. Check it out! (Add your own creations to the thread; it’s unlikely we’ll put up more front page posts about this, because art phenomenons like this one tend to generate way more interest than we have room for – but if you stick to that thread, you can be sure that anyone who reads this news post will have a chance to see it.)(Louis Wu 12:02:48 UTC)

  • Lifepod #6

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    MereCatfish writes to point out that Lifepod #6 is now up for your listening pleasure – HaloCE news, the standard community roundtable, and an interview with Zeph round this one out. 29 minutes, 26 mb. Go listen!(Louis Wu 11:49:37 UTC)

  • Halo Everywhere Prizes Posted

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    Remember the Halo Everywhere contest sponsored by the Halo 3 Webring? LordGideon posted the prize packs yesterday – and man, there’s some nice stuff in there! Go see what’s on the line, and then make sure you’ve submitted your entries – contest deadline is February 1, 2007. Still plenty of time!(Louis Wu 11:46:18 UTC)