Wow, very cool. TheGarbageMan posted a whole series of Halo theme variation sketches – there are 10 snippets, all for piano, plus some commentary. Great stuff! (If we kill his bandwidth, we’ll certainly put up local copies.)(Louis Wu 19:52:34 UTC)
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HBO Faceplate Contest Results
HBO has announced the results of the faceplate contest that we noted a few weeks ago. You can view the finalists along with the two winners at HBO. Congratulations to the winners, Hawaiian Pig and Wheels.
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Faceplate Contest – Results!
Took us much longer than we’d hoped it would… but the thousand entries we received for the Faceplate contest have been narrowed down to a pair of winners. Congratulations to Hawaiian Pig and Wheels, whose faceplate designs win them a prototype Halo faceplate direct from Bungie! Check out the Finalists page to see the final 14 entries.(Louis Wu 14:56:03 UTC)
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Dirty feet are kind of a turn-on
Lost: Halostyle has released Episode 7, ‘The Average Journey: Part 2’ – it’s hard to tell which side is more incompetent, but it makes for some pretty funny moments. 7:42 long, weighing in at 48.3 mb (in WMP9 format) or 47.4 mb (in QuickTime format), this one passed the MPRRS this afternoon, and deserves a watching!(Louis Wu 03:05:16 UTC)
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Lego Zanzibar – Help Needed!
Kooberz is back to work on his Lego Zanzibar model… and he’s looking for help. Check out his forum post, check out the model sa it stands, and see what you can contribute!(Louis Wu 02:51:59 UTC)
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Faceplate winners – soon!
Lots of people are asking, so I’m going to post this tonight – we’ve managed to pick our winners, and runners-up, for the faceplate contest… but I haven’t had time to put together a presentation page, so we’ll announce the details tomorrow (well, Wednesday, which technically is today, news-wise) – look for an announcement in the next 18 hours or so. Thanks for your patience!(Louis Wu 02:29:08 UTC)
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A Slice of Pi
Vista Week continues at Bungie.net, with an interview of the guys from Pi Studios, the folks creating the tools that will let you create new content for Halo 2 on Vista. Great to see familiar names – Dave Mertz did some wonderful work on Halo PC (and the tools released with HaloCE) when he worked for Gearbox. They say several times during the interview that the end user will be provided with everything needed to create new maps for Halo 2 – it’s not stated explicitly, but I’m guessing this means that you no longer need a copy of 3ds Max or gMax to actually build the level geometry. Nice! darthbob was kind enough to post a heads-up on our forum.(Louis Wu 02:17:15 UTC)
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Desolate
CROSSFIRE’s ‘Desolate’ placed in the top 7 positions of movies that passed the MPRRS – making CROSSFIRE the second machinima creator to have two films in the top 7. It’s a sequel to ‘Havoc’ (which came in third on that list), and it finishes up the story started there with a bleak look at the loss of hope. Gorgeous cinematography, great editing, great sound… this one’s fantastic. It’s quite long – almost 18 minutes – and weighs in at about 130 mb… but it’s worth it. Grab it in WMP9 format (137 mb) or QuickTime format (126 mb).(Louis Wu 02:08:53 UTC)
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Halo 2 Vista: Mapmaking
Pi Studios are the team responsible for bringing the map editor to Halo 2 on Windows Vista, and they wanted to share their progress and ideas, with you, our gentle reader. It’s Day 2 of the week that KP foolishly calls Vistravaganza.
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Out of Mind Part Four
Out of Mind Part 4 is now available for sponsors at the Red vs Blue website. If you’re not a sponsor, Episode 3 is available for you. All in all, it’s an Out of Mind evening!(Louis Wu 23:14:08 UTC)
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Two SciFi Giants Talk to Bungie
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)