My Halo News.com

The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Community Heat Lamp: Chevelle65

    —

    by

    foomojive
    in

    BrentGamer sat down with Chevelle65 the other day to ask about moderating the forums, running Halo News, and whether he really drives a Chevelle. Read on for the whole interview…

    Brent: How did you learn about Podtacular?

    Chevelle: I was sick of joining clans online just to have them inactive and not even do anything. Well, after doing a couple of searches on the net I found podtacular and started listen to the podcasts. I quickly fell in love with podtacular and have been working my way up ever since joining Rec A a long while ago.

    Brent: What are your duties as Mod?

    Chevelle: First and foremost I belive it is to keep the peace (i.e. flame wars and such). Second, I’m helpful to the members if they have any questions. Third, I keep the the topics in line with deleting double posts and putting threads in the right place.

    Brent: How did you come up with the idea for Halo News?

    Chevelle: Halo News was a collective idea of Dazzolas, Jordanjr, A Oompa Loompah and myself. We worked toghether on the first one and a little on the second but after that I took over making, writing, filming and editing the episodes. That was the big switch in Halo News which led to the title being changed to “The Podtacular Community Presents”. That change really opened up opitions in HN and gave others a chance to be a part of it.

    It will be great to have Dazzolas online once again, he has had some problems with his internet and Xbox but I am very much looking forward to having him back on the team. Even though he is not on Live he calls my house to disscuss the news and help out in any way he can. He is one of the only original cast members to stick by me to offer any kind of help I may have needed.

    Brent: Where is Halo News going in the future?

    Chevelle: Look for more off the wall wacky stuff. I’m between homes right now but one of my goals with HN is to come up with some very well thought out, acted, and edited episodes. Episodes you can watch all the way though and still laugh at.

    Brent: Can anybody send in ideas for Halo News?

    Chevelle: Yes and it is encouraged!!! I’ve already used one idea from a member (thanks painkilla) and look forward to using more.

    Brent: What is your favorite Halo 2 moment?

    Chevelle: Being able to beat the guy that introduced me to Halo 2. The first time I ever played halo2 was on live at my buddies house. Well he pretty muched destroyed me and I never heard the end of it. So I went out and bought an Xbox, Halo 2, and Live. A month later I went back to his house to play him agian. He never played me again after I got done with him.

    Brent: Final Question: Jessica Alba or Eva Longoria?

    Chevelle: I didn’t even have to think about it. JESSICA ALBA!

    Thanks Brent for putting together another excellent interview. Thanks to Chevelle for all he does at Podtacular! We never found out if you drive that chevelle… -Foo Mo

  • Helm’s Deep.

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Stuntmutt takes a novel look at the Ghosts of Onyx cover in today’s One One Se7en. There’s something for everyone!(Louis Wu 17:21:23 UTC)

  • Schwagalicious.

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    j41m3z got a bunch of stuff signed at Thursday night’s Hollywood Bowl VGL show – he scanned a bunch of it for the forum. Lucky!(Louis Wu 13:50:42 UTC)

  • HBO Staff – we’re here for you.

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Jillybean took some time out from her busy videogame-playing schedule (mostly because she can’t play the games she likes with the video card she has) to process some of the recent story-related content floating around out there (including a pretty intriguing observation from Wado just last night). Check out the Halo Story Page for all the goodies!(Louis Wu 13:03:54 UTC)

  • Interview with a janitor

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Major Silva, of UNSCDF, snagged me for a few questions recently. I hate pointing out interviews of myself – makes me look like I’m tooting my own horn. So don’t read it! Yeah, that’s the ticket! Don’t follow the link, skip it. Don’t go there.(Louis Wu 12:56:49 UTC)

  • Ghosts of Onyx, the Audio CD

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Tempus Fugit noticed an entry for an audio version of Ghosts of Onyx… real, or Amazon’s mistake? (And if it’s real, who’s reading it?) Nice.(Louis Wu 21:34:34 UTC)

  • More to see than can ever be seen.

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Wonga. Someone synched the song ‘Circle of Life’, from the Lion King, to the video from the Halo 3 trailer. The amazing part… it works! Go watch at YouTube. Thanks, Retsof-Noraa, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 21:33:04 UTC)

  • WikiRiot 17

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Sigafoos writes to let us know that WikiRiot 17 is now online. 44 minutes, 17.5 mb, covering wiki updates, Bungie’s first official full-length podcast, and ‘The Game’, which you have to listen to to figure out. Go listen.(Louis Wu 18:46:31 UTC)

  • Console Wars

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    BOLL found a series of vids called ‘Console Wars’ – they’re remakes (hehe, sort of) of Star Wars films, with video game characters sort of grafted on. The Master Chief has a pretty big part. They’re pretty funny.(Louis Wu 13:10:42 UTC)

  • Dun Dun Dun Dun

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Rockslider describes playing ‘Shark’ in Assault on the Control Room – sounds like a fun game variant!(Louis Wu 13:06:26 UTC)

  • Braiinnnnnsss

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Brannon Boren’s blog entry about ‘Creating A.I. for Halo‘ is now live; it’s an interesting look at how backstory was developed to explain specific, visible parts of the early game. (This backstory was then used, and further developed, in books, leading to a pretty rich history.) (Louis Wu 13:05:16 UTC)

  • Art Infusion

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    In the nick of time; one more huge batch of Miscellaneous Art has been added to the collection. There’s stuff in here that had gotten lost in the depths of our queue for months; apologies to the artists involved! We should be ALMOST caught up (there are still a bunch of recent pics in the collection). Enjoy – I’m LOVING a ton of these! I’m seeing a couple of artists that should be added to the Gallery pages…(Louis Wu 02:45:36 UTC)

  • MC, Sketched

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Wow, cool. BOLL found a site called ‘TheDailyDrawing.com‘ that has videos showing someone (‘J.W.’?) drawing stuff – and today’s artwork is the Master Chief. The video is 4:21 long, and was filmed at 2.5x speed, so this pic took about 11 minutes to complete. Pretty fun to watch! (If you’re reading this news post at a later date, I’m not positive whether the movie will be available on the site; there are some movies listed, but almost no information at all, so it’s not clear if ALL films are archived, or just some; the direct YouTube link is here, and will get you back to TheDailyDrawing in any case.)(Louis Wu 18:54:44 UTC)

  • New Machinima on the way from Treeskunk

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Break Point Halo has interviewed Dan Preuss, the co-creator of Treeskunk Productions (a machinima group that created Outpost: Coagulation’ and ‘Outpost: Backwash’, among other projects. Nice to hear they’re gearing up again! Thanks, haphazardly.(Louis Wu 18:45:00 UTC)

  • Microsoft Changes Their Tune Free Xbox 360 Repairs for Pre-2006 Units

    —

    by

    Ciarán
    in
    This was rumored on Xbox.com somewhere but subsequently confirmed by an Xbox representative contacted by Jaleeb Caru.

    At long last, Microsoft has come to their senses. After months of dealing with defective or sub-standard Xbox 360s, owners can breat…

  • Microsoft Changes Their Tune Free Xbox 360 Repairs for Pre-2006 Units

    —

    by

    Hushed Casket News
    in
    This was rumored on Xbox.com somewhere but subsequently confirmed by an Xbox representative contacted by Jaleeb Caru.

    At long last, Microsoft has come to their senses. After months of dealing with defective or sub-standard Xbox 360s, owners can breat…

  • Boren Dishes The Dirt

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    Over at Rampancy.net, Narcogen noticed a tasty tidbit in the weblog of Brannon Boren, who was once heavily involved in the maintenance of the Halo Bible – he’s going to be discussing some of his professional experience – and he’s starting, tomorrow, with ‘Creating A.I. for Halo’. Sounds great! (Louis Wu 12:51:18 UTC)

  • Creating A.I. For Halo

    —

    by

    Rampancy – Se7en Years Of Halo
    in

    Brannon Boren says today he’s playing on doing some more shop talk about writing on his blog, possibly on a weekly basis. The first installment, due this Sunday, he says will be called “Creating A.I. for Halo”. Can’t wait!




  • VGL Footage

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    j41m3z noticed that fan-filmed videos from the VGL Hollywood Bowl shows are showing up on YouTube… including one of the Halo 3 Premiere played there. Love the guitar licks! Update: just a quick note; Halo fans should be tickled by the fact that the Cortana part was being performed live at the show by Jen Taylor, those guitar licks were being played by Steve Vai, and the piano was being performed live by Marty O’Donnell. Now aren’t you mad you didn’t go?(Louis Wu 10:52:11 UTC)

  • Another Halo Tat

    —

    by

    HBO
    in
    _Wheels03 pointed out a tattoo he designed for his friend – pretty hardcore!(Louis Wu 10:49:20 UTC)