Red_Breast found a story at totally360.com (and 3Suns found a similar one at 2old2play) talking about a snippet in an upcoming issue of EGM – apparently, they’re claiming that Microsoft’s gameplan is to alternate Gears of War and Halo releases, to help stomp on Sony and Nintendo’s marketing buzz. The biggest problem with this gameplan is that Bungie has already said that Halo 3 is the end of this story arc, and (while they haven’t said they’re throwing up yet) they’ve been working nearly exclusively on Halo for the past 7 years. At some point… you’d think they’d be tired of it, even if Microsoft isn’t. Maybe the ‘Halo’ after Gears 2 will be Halo Wars?(Louis Wu 03:51:14 UTC)
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MLG News Ticker
3Suns pointed out a bunch of new stuff at MLGPro.com – there’s an interview with Carbon, a story about Legit (who recently left Storm Ventures) joining Legendz, filling StrongSide’s slot, and the MLG side of the WSVG/MLG tiff this weekend at the WSVG finals. Good fun.(Louis Wu 03:46:53 UTC)
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The Heretic Drama Trailer
Nerrolken, of the Edgeworks Entertainment team (the guys who created the Codex Series last year), sent word that they’ve released The Heretic Trailer, the first of two. This is the Drama Trailer – the next will be the Action Trailer. It gives you a taste of the storyline of the upcoming Heretic series. It’s available in QuickTime format (12.6 mb), and WMP9 format (7.2 mb). Looks to be a fantastic series! Check it out.(Louis Wu 03:41:22 UTC)
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Submit stuff for Episode 93: King of the Hill Show!
We’re full steam ahead with our new schedule of shows, and this one is the first ever King of the Hill! Here’s the lineup:
Finally: a regular MLG Update segment from Podtacular!
This segment will be about 10-15 minutes and will include the latest on recent competitions, press events, celebrity news, who’s game is looking good this month and why, things like that. We’re really excited to bring this to you and we hope you are too!
Taste the Rainbow: Vegas!
King of the Hill is basically a talk about the contenders for the top game of the month spot and how they compare to the longest running top game on xbox live: Halo 2. This month we’ll be focusing on Rainbow Six: Vegas. Do you have this game? Have you played the single player or multiplayer demo on xbox live? Let us know what you think of it! Just click submit news and tips on the right side and send us your opinion of the game (and especially why you think that) with your gamertag. If it’s interesting, we’ll mention it on the show!
Deadline is Thursday Night
at about 5:30pm EST but the sooner you get your thoughts in, the more likely it will make it on the show. Hurry up!
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Submit stuff for Episode 93: King of the Hill Show!
We’re full steam ahead with our new schedule of shows, and this one is the first ever King of the Hill! Here’s the lineup:
Finally: a regular MLG Update segment from Podtacular!
This segment will be about 10-15 minutes and will include the latest on recent competitions, press events, celebrity news, who’s game is looking good this month and why, things like that. We’re really excited to bring this to you and we hope you are too!
Taste the Rainbow: Vegas!
King of the Hill is basically a talk about the contenders for the top game of the month spot and how they compare to the longest running top game on xbox live: Halo 2. This month we’ll be focusing on Rainbow Six: Vegas. Do you have this game? Have you played the single player or multiplayer demo on xbox live? Let us know what you think of it! Just click submit news and tips on the right side and send us your opinion of the game (and especially why you think that) with your gamertag. If it’s interesting, we’ll mention it on the show!
Deadline is Thursday Night
at about 5:30pm EST but the sooner you get your thoughts in, the more likely it will make it on the show. Hurry up!
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Episode 92: Halo 3 Show with special guest: Laird
Download | Show Notes
This time we talk all about the Halo 3 commercial, of course. We cover pretty much everything from the gloves to the bubble shield and much, much more. This time it’s me, JVB and Laird, our buddy from Sponsors Vs. Freeloaders and Halo Unyielding. Oh and for the record we tried to get Reaping Raven in here for the second time but it didn’t work out. Hang in there man, we’ll get you on a future show. Pod art was graciously captured by Infection X. This puppy weighs in at 1:01:14. Hope you like!
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Episode 92: Halo 3 Show with special guest: Laird
Download | Show Notes
This time we talk all about the Halo 3 commercial, of course. We cover pretty much everything from the gloves to the bubble shield and much, much more. This time it’s me, JVB and Laird, our buddy from Sponsors Vs. Freeloaders and Halo Unyielding. Oh and for the record we tried to get Reaping Raven in here for the second time but it didn’t work out. Hang in there man, we’ll get you on a future show. Pod art was graciously captured by Infection X. This puppy weighs in at 1:01:14. Hope you like!
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Igni Ferroque shutting down
Only the Phoenix rises and does not descend. And everything changes. And nothing is lost.
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XGA and LOA Hosts 4v4 Tournament for Child’s Play Charity
The Xtreme Gaming Arena and Legion of the Apocalypse is hosting a Halo 2 4v4 tournament this weekend. Sign-up is open with a $10 per player donation — all proceeds benefit Child’s Play!
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Is that a metric buttload, or a standard one?
According to IGN, over 140,000 people signed up at Halo3.com for a chance to participate in the North American Halo 3 beta test kicking off next spring. No wonder the page was having trouble at times!(Louis Wu 19:18:11 UTC)
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LOA and XGA Present:Halo 2 CHARITY EVENT
Its time to get your team together and warm up those fingers to play halo 2 for a good cause. The LOA clan along with XGA are sponsoring a Halo 2 4v4 CHARITY EVENT for gamers across the globe to team up and help kids in hospitals this holiday season. They decided to rally competitve gamers to do some good this season and put a smile on some of these kids faces by bringing them the gift of gaming.
You can find all the information you need HERE or at the LOA Forums.
Be sure to sign up if you can and play halo one more time for a good cause. Big shout out to our friends and neighboors from The Legion of the Apocalypse clan for taking part in such a great project.
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LOA and XGA Present:Halo 2 CHARITY EVENT
Its time to get your team together and warm up those fingers to play halo 2 for a good cause. The LOA clan along with XGA are sponsoring a Halo 2 4v4 CHARITY EVENT for gamers across the globe to team up and help kids in hospitals this holiday season. They decided to rally competitve gamers to do some good this season and put a smile on some of these kids faces by bringing them the gift of gaming.
You can find all the information you need HERE or at the LOA Forums.
Be sure to sign up if you can and play halo one more time for a good cause. Big shout out to our friends and neighboors from The Legion of the Apocalypse clan for taking part in such a great project.
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Tied the Leader Tuesday
If it’s Tuesday, there must be a TTL update! And lo and behold, there is. XerxdeeJ summarizes the new goodies – a 22 Questions Interview with Fitbabits, of Evil Avatar, a fun bit of parody artwork, a reader’s poll asking for help updating the 22 Questions, and a profile of the PMS Clan. What are you waiting for? Go read!(Louis Wu 17:27:23 UTC)
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Static – now in one piece
Dennis Powers has re-released his movie Static, as a single 320×240 file, 36 minutes long. It’s 121mb, and only available in WMP9 format. (The individual episodes were released in higher-res, 640×480 format in WMP9, QT, and streaming flash; this is really only for the people who want to watch it as a single file, and don’t like the idea of starting 6 different episodes.)(Louis Wu 16:50:48 UTC)
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Do Halos Melt?
Heh – Tex started a Halo snowflake craze. (Well, it’s not a craze YET – that’s sort of up to you.)(Louis Wu 15:54:34 UTC)
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Halo: Slayer Edition
Compass stopped by with word of an alpha release of Halo: Slayer Edition, a mod for Madness Interactive. Fun stuff!(Louis Wu 15:51:18 UTC)
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Str8 Rippin Wins WSVG
Despite the melodrama, the WSVG finals went off as planned this weekend – and Str8 Rippin took the first-place title (and $20,000). MoBDeep.net took second, and XiT WoundZ grabbed third. You can read a writeup at TeamXbox.(Louis Wu 15:46:30 UTC)
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This Spartan Life talks to Augustana
The second interview done by This Spartan Life for the 2006 SpikeTV Video Game Awards (the first went live last month) is now up – Damian talks to Jared Palomar, of the band Augustana. Band talk, a discussion of the whole Game with Fame program, and trap shooting… with fusion cores. Fun stuff! (To find it, follow the link above, then click on ‘Watch This Spartan Life’ in the left navbar, and choose the second vid.)(Louis Wu 15:43:46 UTC)
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Story Doctor and Baby Deliverer
Evil Avatar has interviewed Eric Nylund – some Halo stuff, some general writing stuff, some questions about his other writings. Good stuff! Thanks to all who mentioned it – 3Suns was first.(Louis Wu 15:39:22 UTC)
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Also, Have Backups
Ducain put up an interview at High Impact Halo where Shdw Shinobi and Mr. Sprout put questions to HBO’s webmaster, Louis Wu. No, not the one with gorilla breath and the big hat, the other one. He gives some pointers on what it takes to run a big fansite like bungie.org.
For the people who like to skip to the end of detective novels: no switch to phpBB planned. Sorry.