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Head Monstrosity
Frontline with Suzie continues – Broadcast 16 has Suzie talking to (and being hit upon) by an oversized Captain Keyes. Puts a whole new angle on the getting-taken-over schtick. Go read. Thanks, Rockslider.
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Your will – my action.
Captain Spark released another batch of dialogue snippets – you can grab ’em on his site, or in the Dialogue Databank. (Yes, I know there are others still waiting in the queue – but CS submits so many, I automated the addition of his files; adding ones that are not formatted the same way takes more work (and therefore gets backburnered) – unfair, yes, but there it is.) Go listen.
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Team 3D Postmortem – Part II
F13ND has written up Part II of Team 3D’s MLG Nationals Wrap article – this one is an interview with OGRE 2. As always, it’s great to see what the pros think about how they played – lots to learn. Go read!
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Halo Haiku
Oscar Gordon put together a few Halo-related Haikus a bit ago, and last night posted a link on our forum. Memories…
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Learning Lessons from the Timmys of our Time
Last week, Mothergoat released the MPD public service announcement – and fans loved it. Today, you can grab just the MP3 – hi-res, 3 mb worth of teh funni. Go listen!
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Honored by a real Talent
Wow. Elnea’s latest avatar… is for me. Awesome piece of work, in fact. I’d tell you to go read about its creation in her RvB journal – but RvB seems to be down right at the moment… so maybe try again later. But in the meantime… thanks, Elnea!
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Malibu’s Most Wanted
Over at the Internet Zillionaire, The Centaur has put together a list of Xbox Live Personality Profiles – and for the post part, it’s people you’ll meet playing Halo. (There are also some pretty funny additions in the comments.) Go read!
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Bite… Chu… there’s a pun there.
There’s a press release flooding the gaming world right now, announcing the existence of Giant Bite Games, a new studio founded by Hamilton Chu, Michael Evans, Andy Glaister, and Steve Theodore, who between them have worked on Halo, Half-Life 2, Counterstrike, and Microsoft’s DirectX technology. The earliest two that showed up in my inbox were at Gamasutra and GameDaily BIZ. There’s also a thread in our forum.
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Special move: Ice Cream Persuasion
Sketchfactor’s posted a new interview on Bungie.net. The subject is Max Dyckhoff, better known in this community as mad.max, Bungie’s new AI Engineer. The interview goes over a bit of his past, his acclimation to Bungie Studios and what his new job entails.
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Crowds that love, crowds that hate
KrazyGamers wrote an article looking at why so many people hate Halo. If you wonder why, look no further than their closing line: “after all it’s true, any publicity is good publicity.”
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Number One… for how much longer?
So, every week, there’s a new ‘top 10 games played on Xbox Live’ list, and every week Halo 2 is at the top. Some folks are starting to wonder how long it’ll be before something else is number one. Most recent speculator – XboxAddict. Go read.
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The Valley of the Forerunners: Part Two
The Valley of the Forerunners: Part Two, the next installment of the Halo CE Chronicles, has been posted over at the HCEC website. A philosophic look at Blues music, some gorgeous scenery, and some new characters are all included – go give it a watch. Available (as usual) in WMP9, QuickTime, or streaming Flash.
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Hallway
Bryn Casey whipped up another slick image this weekend – he hasn’t come up with a title yet, but the action rocks. Check it out!
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Covenant Boarding Craft, Up Close
Stephen Loftus sent along another analytical article, this time with the help of Dojorkan (who took some awesome pictures). This one looks closely at the Covenant Boarding Craft – that remora-like vehicle which attaches itself to any enemy structure and allows the troops inside to burn through a hull or outer wall to gain access to the space within. Check it out!
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MLGPro – Content Overload
3Suns pointed out quite a bit of cool content over at MLGPro.com; you can find a bunch of new photo galleries (new in that they weren’t there before – but the pics are from old events), a focus on Saiyan as Player of the Week, some cool pics from Synide’s journal showing the equipment they use for video capture during tournaments (one of the comments was “when the VoD stuff is hooked up, half the lights in the hotel go off” – I’d believe it), and lots and lots of new VoD content (the NYC championships are currently being rebroadcast). Swing by and indulge!
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Passing the Joystick
demus found a nice article in the Philadelphia Inquirer about parents who game with their kids. Halo gets a tiny mention. Good read!
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Needler for Auction
A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned an auction on eBay in which someone was selling crystals for a fan-made needler. Bungie mentioned it, as well, and pointed out that had he been trying to sell the needler, he might have run into trouble. The needles sold for $60 (well below what they cost the seller)… and now, he’s actually selling a needler. Starting bid is $185 (none made yet), with 5 days left on the auction. Thanks, GryphonOsiris.
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Submit stuff for Episode 54: Podtacular Tips with Map of the Month: Midship!
UPDATE: Episode 54 has been recorded and it went well. We’ll get episode 53 to you shortly. Thanks for being patient as we edit the show to bring you the best show possible.
As usual, Episode 53 has been recorded. But not so usual: we’re changing our recording process! Now you will have synchronized audio (what a concept) with the sacrifice of some negligable audio quality. Is it worth it? Oh yeah. Like 50x over.
Have I got a tip for you!
That’s what you’re saying, isn’t it? We’re listening. Send your general Halo 2 gameplay tips in for this show with your gamertag, and if it’s decent, we’ll mention it and make you famous! Click the Submit news and tips link on the right side, or if you have trouble with that you can send your tips via email to podtacular@gmail.com.
I have the perfect strategy for Midship
I’m psychic, that’s why I know you’re saying this. So submit your tips for Midship, even though I already know what you’re going to submit.
We’re looking for tips by game type, so send in tips for CTF, Assault, Team Slayer, FFA, Territories, KOTH, Juggernaut, Oddball or if you’re really crazy, all of them! Are you crazy enough?So that’s your homework, podtacular students. Study up and submit your tips. There will be a test: matchmaking!
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Submit stuff for Episode 54: Podtacular Tips with Map of the Month: Midship!
UPDATE: Episode 54 has been recorded and it went well. We’ll get episode 53 to you shortly. Thanks for being patient as we edit the show to bring you the best show possible.
As usual, Episode 53 has been recorded. But not so usual: we’re changing our recording process! Now you will have synchronized audio (what a concept) with the sacrifice of some negligable audio quality. Is it worth it? Oh yeah. Like 50x over.
Have I got a tip for you!
That’s what you’re saying, isn’t it? We’re listening. Send your general Halo 2 gameplay tips in for this show with your gamertag, and if it’s decent, we’ll mention it and make you famous! Click the Submit news and tips link on the right side, or if you have trouble with that you can send your tips via email to podtacular@gmail.com.
I have the perfect strategy for Midship
I’m psychic, that’s why I know you’re saying this. So submit your tips for Midship, even though I already know what you’re going to submit.
We’re looking for tips by game type, so send in tips for CTF, Assault, Team Slayer, FFA, Territories, KOTH, Juggernaut, Oddball or if you’re really crazy, all of them! Are you crazy enough?So that’s your homework, podtacular students. Study up and submit your tips. There will be a test: matchmaking!
