ManKitten has started up the Second Annual Mankitten’s Halo 2 Treasure Hunt. (Last year’s hunt can be followed at this link.) Clue one just got posted – there aren’t any prizes, you’re playing for fun!(Louis Wu 17:38:53 UTC)
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Tsquared talks about gaming passion
There’s an interview with Tom ‘Tsquared’ Taylor, of Gaming-lessons.com (and holder of one of the 5 quarter-million-dollar 3-year contracts with MLG) over at GameSetWatch. The last time this subject came up, our forum was filled with scorn for anyone who’d pay for lessons in Halo. I say if you’re willing to pay for golf or tennis lessons… why not Halo? Tsquared made a quarter million dollars last year, playing Halo. Seems to me he’s qualified to pass on some of his expertise. Thanks to Kotaku for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 17:24:26 UTC)
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River Styx Two: RAGNAROK
You might remember River Styx, a bit of machinima created by Elnea and OboeCrazy which has the distinction of being the first project to integrate Halo, The Sims 2, and World of Warcraft into one (relatively) seamless whole. Well, they’re back – and this time, River Styx Two is even MORE integrated. Check out the movie poster (214k). If you have a Red vs Blue account, you can read Elnea’s description of the process here, and OboeCrazy’s comments here – but the general gist is that they captured footage in all three games, using a few tricks to make their lives easier down the road – and then that footage was composited in Motion 2 to produce the downloads available below. It’s funny, it’s well-produced, and it’s innovative – you need to download this! (Before I forget – it’s a trailer, but not of a movie that will ever be produced. It’s a trailer, because Elnea and OboeCrazy felt that trailers contain all the good parts, anyway.) It’s 640×480, in WMP9 (37.2 mb), QuickTime (37.5 mb), or DivX 39.5 mb) formats, hosted here… you can also grab the DivX and WMP9 versions on OboeCrazy’s site, and Elnea’s hosting an iPod version (26 mb). What are you waiting for?(Louis Wu 14:22:31 UTC)
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Popcorn.
Just when you think the puns can’t get any worse… they get worse. If you live in California, please try and refrain from calling your lawyer after reading today’s One One Se7en. (I suppose there are probably other places with higher per-capita quantities of lawyers than California… but it’s still early, and I haven’t had my coffee.)(Louis Wu 14:20:08 UTC)
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New York Tourneys – early September
A pair of tournament announcements from Johnathan Lugo on our forum – a Brooklyn FFA/2v2/4v4 tourney on September 2, and a NYC 2v2/FFA tourney on September 9. More details, including locations, entry fees, and prizes, in the posts.(Louis Wu 13:13:35 UTC)
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Dead Man’s Hand – Not So Dead
A lot of new content is available over at Dead Man’s Hand this week; 22 Questions with both Podtacular’s Foo Mo Jive and author Eric Nylund, new feature called ‘Playlist Psyche’, where a particular playlist is analyzed by going over a representative game (this week’s installment looks at Multi-Team), and a number of other assorted pieces. Give it a read! Stuicide was the first with a heads-up, via email, but Dweezle posted the news on our forum, giving you a place to comment.(Louis Wu 13:09:53 UTC)
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Massive HaloCE Resource Update
TheGhost wrote to point out that he’s released the third installment of Project BlueStreak‘s JMS Model Exporter. New features and info can be found on the Exporter’s web page. (While you’re there, check out the GBXModel Importer and the Animation Importer – both have received updates, as well. Download links and version histories are on the respective page of each.) And finally, the HaloCE Tutorial Resource is up to 135 tutorials, almost double what was there the last time we mentioned it (4 months ago). TheGhost has been busy – go enjoy the fruits of his labors!(Louis Wu 12:42:49 UTC)
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Friday’s Fanfic
Thirteen new pieces for you today in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 12:34:53 UTC)
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Halo 3 2 2 Trailer
Speedhuntr noticed a new Flash animation at Newgrounds – it’s a trailer for an upcoming series episode. Artwork, as Speedhuntr notes, is quite good. (Action is a bit gorey… but that’s par for the course with Newgrounds Flash, no?)(Louis Wu 12:24:12 UTC)
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Podtacular Season CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!
Only one week left. Yes… We’re one week from the season end and i would like you to join me and congratulate all four teams that made to play off but in special Team Noob and Team Us. YESSS.. They are the 2 Finalists for the Podtacular Official Season Championship. Congratulations guys on this amazing achievement on the Season. They have made this far and now play for the championship match wanting to see who’s the best team in the Podtacular Season.
Again thanks to Renegad3 for making this amazing Season Logo. So what are you waiting for??? Click HERE for all the info on the best halo season of the internet.
Championship Match:
Team Noob Vs Team UsThird and Fourth Place:
Tri Pod Pros Vs xX1Shot1KillXx
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Podtacular Season CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!
Hello Everyone,
Only one week left. Yes… We’re one week from the season end and i would like you to join me and congratulate all four teams that made to play off but in special Team Noob and Team Us. YESSS.. They are the 2 Finalists for the Podtacular Official Season Championship. Congratulations guys on this amazing achievement on the Season. They have made this far and now play for the championship match wanting to see who’s the best team in the Podtacular Season.
Again thanks to Renegad3 for making this amazing Season Logo. So what are you waiting for??? Click HERE for all the info on the best halo season of the internet.
Championship Match:
Team Noob Vs Team Us
Third and Fourth Place:
Tri Pod Pros Vs xX1Shot1KillXx
Enjoy
Dialpex
Tournament Director
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Sunset at Beaver Creek
Forgot to post this yesterday – lol Pwn3d created a standalone (PC-only) app that lets you run through his recreation of Beaver Creek – no guns, but nice textures! 5.6 mb, hosted at FileFront.(Louis Wu 12:04:39 UTC)
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Ball Handling
KP wrote up Bungie’s side of the Humpday Challenge story last night (we mentioned Junk’s writeup yesterday) – sounds like it was a pretty fun set of matches for everyone!(Louis Wu 11:52:44 UTC)
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Energy Swords in Second Life
hunter_that_dances posted a couple of preliminary shots of some work he’s doing to bring the Halo energy sword into Second Life… nice!(Louis Wu 11:39:47 UTC)
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Podtacular Season CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH!
Only one week left. Yes… We’re one week from the season end and i would like you to join me and congratulate all four teams that made to play off but in special Team Noob and Team Us. YESSS.. They are the 2 Finalists for the Podtacular Official Season Championship. Congratulations guys on this amazing achievement on the Season. They have made this far and now play for the championship match wanting to see who’s the best team in the Podtacular Season.
Again thanks to Renegad3 for making this amazing Season Logo. So what are you waiting for??? Click HERE for all the info on the best halo season of the internet.
Championship Match:
Team Noob Vs Team UsThird and Fourth Place:
Tri Pod Pros Vs xX1Shot1KillXx
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Halo News 4
Chevelle65 brings us the long awaited return of Halo News! This one’s a real thriller. The car wash story is genius! Thanks, Podtacular community, for another insightful and action packed news show. Fair and balanced, as usual! More in the forums.
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Halo News Episode 4!
Chevelle65 brings us the long awaited return of Halo News! This one’s a real thriller. The car wash story is genius! Thanks, Podtacular community, for another insightful and action packed news show. Fair and balanced, as usual! More in the forums.
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Submit Stuff for Episode 77: Customs and Callins!
Wow, finally no apology for how late the previous episode is! YAY! Ahem, anyway…
I have this great custom game called “One Armed Donkey That Plays Ping Pong”
Hopefully you have a better custom game than this. If you do, let us know about it! We’re always looking for cool customs to play. Just send in your custom game with your gamertag by clicking Submit News & Tips at the top left. Please don’t tell us every single option though. All we need is a short paragraph.
Foo Mo if I promise you 2% of my income for the rest of my life can I be guest host
Sure! Well, sort of. You can call our listener voice mail at 206-888-HALO and if it’s good, we’ll put it on the show! Just try to keep it Halo-related and under 3 minutes. Awesome, now I never have to work again!
This one time a modder had a gun that shot Halos
Do you have a crazy story like this (or not like this) from a Halo game? Send it in, we’d love to share it with everyone. We call this Tales from the Foxhole. Just send us your story with your gamertag and if it’s good and you get it in soon enough, we’ll put it on the show.
Deadline is Thursday Night
So hurry up! The sooner you get your submission in, the more likely it will be on the show.
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Submit Stuff for Episode 77: Customs and Callins!
Wow, finally no apology for how late the previous episode is! YAY! Ahem, anyway…
I have this great custom game called “One Armed Donkey That Plays Ping Pong”
Hopefully you have a better custom game than this. If you do, let us know about it! We’re always looking for cool customs to play. Just send in your custom game with your gamertag by clicking Submit News & Tips at the top left. Please don’t tell us every single option though. All we need is a short paragraph.
Foo Mo if I promise you 2% of my income for the rest of my life can I be guest host
Sure! Well, sort of. You can call our listener voice mail at 206-888-HALO and if it’s good, we’ll put it on the show! Just try to keep it Halo-related and under 3 minutes. Awesome, now I never have to work again!
This one time a modder had a gun that shot Halos
Do you have a crazy story like this (or not like this) from a Halo game? Send it in, we’d love to share it with everyone. We call this Tales from the Foxhole. Just send us your story with your gamertag and if it’s good and you get it in soon enough, we’ll put it on the show.
Deadline is Thursday Night
So hurry up! The sooner you get your submission in, the more likely it will be on the show.
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Halo News 4
Youtube version | iPod version
Chevelle65 brings us the long awaited return of Halo News! This one’s a real thriller. The car wash story is genius! Thanks, Podtacular community, for another insightful and action packed news show. Fair and balanced, as usual! More in the forums.
