Looks like Jerry Pournelle and Larry Niven were talking to Bungie recently, about making games from some of the best science fiction out there. How did we miss this? Thanks, Matt. (Interesting perspective on the whole ‘gameplay vs reality’ thing in there, too…)(Louis Wu 22:22:30 UTC)
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Endeavour Teaser
Broken Console created a teaser for Endeavour, a spinoff of their ‘Conquest’ series – the MPRRS liked it. You can download it from their website, in either WMP9 or QuickTime formats (and in high or low-res). The full movie should be out later this month or next month.(Louis Wu 22:07:49 UTC)
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ODST
Pinkuh created a new Halo art piece for Laird – this one started out as a simple sketch of an ODST… then it got inked… then it got colored. The final product is pretty slick! We’ve added it to her gallery here, too.(Louis Wu 21:26:02 UTC)
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Top Ten Physics Games – Halo places 3rd
Aeropause wrote up an article listing (in their opinion) the Top Ten Best Physics Games. Halo came in at number 3. (The article incorrectly claims that Halo used the Havok physics engine – Havok was incorporated into Halo 2.) Thanks, Mr Sprout, for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 20:25:59 UTC)
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Submit Stuff for Episode 78: Podtacular Update
Yayuh, we’re getting those episodes out now before we ask for stuff for the next one! That’s always good.
Give us the news not the weather
This is the update show and the first thing we’ll be talking about is Halo and Podtacular community news and events and web resources. Know of any? Just click Submit News & Tips on the right side and send them in! Be sure to tell us your gamertag so we can give you credit. And say it, don’t spray it.
I know this cool glitch that lets me walk on the outer surface of Halo
Got a cool glitch? How about a campaign tip? We’ll be talking about both next episode, so if you have any good ones, send ’em on in with your gamertag!
Yo momma’s so fat she spawns and gets an instant killtacular
…on Coagulation! We’re looking for more good Halo jokes. If yo momma jokes aren’t your style, try these: you know you play too much halo if, you know you don’t play enough halo if, you know you’re a noob if, you know your connection sucks if, etc. etc.
Deadline is Thursday night
but the sooner you get your stuff in, the more likely it will get read on the show. So hurry up and send it in already! If you’re having trouble with the form, send it to podtacular(at)gmail(dot)com.
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Submit Stuff for Episode 78: Podtacular Update
Yayuh, we’re getting those episodes out now before we ask for stuff for the next one! That’s always good.
Give us the news not the weather
This is the update show and the first thing we’ll be talking about is Halo and Podtacular community news and events and web resources. Know of any? Just click Submit News & Tips on the right side and send them in! Be sure to tell us your gamertag so we can give you credit. And say it, don’t spray it.
I know this cool glitch that lets me walk on the outer surface of Halo
Got a cool glitch? How about a campaign tip? We’ll be talking about both next episode, so if you have any good ones, send ’em on in with your gamertag!
Yo momma’s so fat she spawns and gets an instant killtacular
…on Coagulation. We’re looking for more good Halo jokes! If yo momma jokes aren’t your style, try these: you know you play too much halo if, you know you don’t play enough halo if, you know you’re a noob if, etc. etc.
Deadline is Thursday night
but the sooner you get your stuff in, the more likely it will get read on the show. So hurry up and send it in already!
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Submit Stuff for Episode 78: Podtacular Update
Yayuh, we’re getting those episodes out now before we ask for stuff for the next one! That’s always good.
Give us the news not the weather
This is the update show and the first thing we’ll be talking about is Halo and Podtacular community news and events and web resources. Know of any? Just click Submit News & Tips on the right side and send them in! Be sure to tell us your gamertag so we can give you credit. And say it, don’t spray it.
I know this cool glitch that lets me walk on the outer surface of Halo
Got a cool glitch? How about a campaign tip? We’ll be talking about both next episode, so if you have any good ones, send ’em on in with your gamertag!
Yo momma’s so fat she spawns and gets an instant killtacular
…on Coagulation! We’re looking for more good Halo jokes. If yo momma jokes aren’t your style, try these: you know you play too much halo if, you know you don’t play enough halo if, you know you’re a noob if, you know your connection sucks if, etc. etc.
Deadline is Thursday night
but the sooner you get your stuff in, the more likely it will get read on the show. So hurry up and send it in already! If you’re having trouble with the form, send it to podtacular(at)gmail(dot)com.
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Team Carnage – Love it or Hate it
Team Carnage, the newest XBL playlist, is now online. You can read a description of all games in the list on Bungie.net – but a short synopsis might be ‘anti-hardcore’. These games are for fun; if you try and play them as though you were playing Team Hardcore, you’re going to get frustrated. (The funniest part is that this playlist subbed in for Rumble Hardcore – so a lot of the first players were looking for Rumble Hardcore games, but hadn’t turned their Xboxes off or signed out of XBL. The words they used to describe what they were playing are NOT front-page-acceptable.) HBO feedback is coming into this forum thread – lots of people seem to think it’s just like Team ActionSack. It’s not, really – it’s what ActionSack SHOULD have been. Go blow someone up.(Louis Wu 18:15:55 UTC)
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LiL Poison Takes on All Comers
We got email from Victor De Leon, farther of LiL Poison, the world’s youngest pro Halo player. They get thousands of requests from people wanting to play LiL Poison on Xbox Live, or just to add him to their friends list; obviously, this isn’t feasible. They’ve figured out a way to get more people the opportunity to play, though – and help a good cause at the same time. You can swing by this page, and sign up to play LiL Poison; game cost is $20, and a portion of that will go to the Make a Wish Foundation. Can you beat an 8-year-old?(Louis Wu 17:43:34 UTC)
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The Bad News Bears
There’s a Halo 2 tournament taking place on Saturday, during the Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle this weekend – and according to Frankie, Bungie will be participating. They might even be cheating to win. Be there to watch!(Louis Wu 17:40:40 UTC)
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Out of Mind 4 on Marketplace
Part 4 of Red vs Blue’s Out of Mind series is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. (It should be available soon for download from the website, as well – but isn’t yet.) Thanks, Apollo Arrow.(Louis Wu 17:33:57 UTC)
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Podtacular 77
Podtacular 77 is out – it’s a monster (apparently to make up for 73 being short), at over an hour and a half. It contains the usual stuff, plus an interview with the guys from Halo2.junk.ws. It’s cohosted by Tinkerbell23, from the Cayote Cavegirls. Thanks, Foo Mo Jive.(Louis Wu 17:29:59 UTC)
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HBO Playlist
The Community Carnage Playlist is now available in Matchmaking and we can finally tell you that this playlist was designed by the folks over at halo.bungie.org. HBO has designed a 6v6 list full of wonky gametypes so if you want to know what you’re getting into when you choose this playlist, read on.
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Heh – Shinie.
Mr Fiddle found a great Homestar Runner Halo parody – check it out on the Homestar Runner Wiki forum.(Louis Wu 16:50:33 UTC)
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YOU WANT SOME!?
Bungie is fielding a team of crack Halo players at the Penny Arcade Expo on Saturday (which takes place between 10:30 and 2:30 in the console tourney room at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center in the lovely state of Washington. Be there or be sad.
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Sneak Peek: August 2006 Matchmaking Update
KP posted most of the details of the next Halo 2 matchmaking update in Bungie’s forums recently. They include a major overhaul of Double Team, a decision to keep Team SWAT unranked, and a new and mysterious playlist coming out: Team Carnage! Could that be the aforementioned community playlist? More talk and details in the forums.
UPDATE: Team Carnage is live, and there are some really cool game types in it! It comes from our homies at HBO. Awesome!
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Sneak Peek: August 2006 Matchmaking Update
KP posted most of the details of the next Halo 2 matchmaking update in Bungie’s forums recently. They include a major overhaul of Double Team, a decision to keep Team SWAT unranked, and a new and mysterious playlist coming out: Team Carnage! Could that be the aforementioned community playlist? More talk and details in the forums.
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Sneak Peek: August 2006 Matchmaking Update
KP posted most of the details of the next Halo 2 matchmaking update in Bungie’s forums recently. They include a major overhaul of Double Team, a decision to keep Team SWAT unranked, and a new and mysterious playlist coming out: Team Carnage! Could that be the aforementioned community playlist? More talk and details in the forums.
UPDATE: Team Carnage is live, and there are some really cool game types in it! It comes from our homies at HBO. Awesome!
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Halo 2 Vista – Looking Good!
There’s a really nice progress review of Halo 2 Vista over at Bungie.net – new producer Matt Priestley did the writeup, and really makes me want a machine that can play this game, when it comes out! If you live in Germany, you might get to see it for yourself later this week; it’ll be premiering at the Leipzig Games Convention. Read the whole article for the goods; there’s some nice info there. Frankie, if course, was first with the heads-up.(Louis Wu 04:11:55 UTC)
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Matchmaking changes coming
Ninja 0n Fire posted a Matchmaking update on the Bungie.net forum today; details about what’s changing with existing playlists, plus a teaser of the new playlist, now called Team Carnage. Give it a read! And look for the actual update to the XBL playlists sometime later this week. Arachneya was first with a heads-up, via email.(Louis Wu 04:04:34 UTC)