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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Submit Stuff for Episode 77: Customs and Callins!

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    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.

  • Humpday: Halo2.Junk.ws

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    This week Bungie took on the administrators of halo2.junk.ws in what may have been the closest Humpday challenge of all time. So close that, in about a month, it’ll be shown on ESPN Classic with a crazy filter on the film to make it look like it happened ten years ago.

  • Girls are more fun.

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    Wow. There’s an article at AOL Games called ‘Men are from Mars, Women are from Halo’ – it’s about a male staffer taking on three members of the PMS clan (yes, all female), in various games. Despite the piece’s title, Halo was NOT one of the three games. (Yes, I know that this makes the Halo link pretty tenuous… I’m posting this because the whole article amazes me.) He plays three different girls, in three different games… and he’s paying more attention to their shampoo types than to their gaming skillz. The article is ostensibly about how men don’t need to be chauvinistic about women gamers any more… and it’s being written by an astounding chauvinist. Irony abounds. Thanks, Redstevo.(Louis Wu 19:55:26 UTC)

  • Shishka is gonna love that last theory.

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    Jillybean rounded up a goodly amount of recent speculation based on the Halo Graphic Novel, for presentation to you in digestible form, on the Halo Story Page. And what would a Jillybean update be without a gratuitous shot at Cortana? Go read.(Louis Wu 19:23:30 UTC)

  • Bungie’s on a roll… 1 week winning streak

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    Last night’s Halo Humpday Challenge was played against the crew of Halo2.Junk.ws, a Halo 2 stats site. The writeup’s not posted yet at Bungie.net – but Junk’s went live a little bit ago. Looks like it was REALLY close; Bungie won two out of three, but all three scores were nailbiters. (10:00-9:23, 80-78, and 1:00-0:59.) Thanks, Indutiomarus.(Louis Wu 19:03:42 UTC)

  • Grove released

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    Arteen has released Grove, a new HaloCE map ‘set in the lush canyons of Halo, among long-abandoned Forerunner structures.’ Very pretty – you can grab a copy at Halo Maps. Thanks to Dennis Powers for the heads-up (he was tickled by the fact that two of the characters from his Valley of the Forerunners series made it into an easter egg in this map).(Louis Wu 15:42:07 UTC)

  • More new stuff than you can shake a stick at…

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    Howdy,
    I imagine by now you’ve noticed the new site design. Hopefully you’ve also noticed the increased site performance as well. In addition to that, i’ve got a cool new thing to share with you. One of our goals with the redesign was to get our ugly faces…

  • RT: Site Refresh

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    Hey everyone,
    We’re making a few changes to the look of the site. If the new images aren’t loading correctly for you, try refreshing your browser a few times. And don’t worry, the changes you’re seeing are just external. On the inside, we’re still the same…

  • RT: More new stuff than you can shake a stick at…

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    Howdy,
    I imagine by now you’ve noticed the new site design. Hopefully you’ve also noticed the increased site performance as well. In addition to that, i’ve got a cool new thing to share with you. One of our goals with the redesign was to get our ugly faces…

  • This is serious business

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    Well,
    It seems Sugarmoney and Luke Mckay mean business. They’ve turned in another comic, and assure us that there are many more on the way. It looks like we have no choice but to make this a regular thing. I’m thinking, since it’s fallen on these days,…

  • Hand-Painted Halo Faceplate on eBay

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    Kotaku has a bit about a hand-painted Halo Faceplate for sale on eBay – if you hurry, you can still get your bid in. (It’s currently sitting at $84, with a bit over a day still remaining.) I’ve provided a link to the US eBay site – but if you’re in Canada, you can use the Kotaku link, which goes to the Canadian site. Thanks to JeSteR 343 for the heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:38:04 UTC)

  • WSVG VS. MLG – A Comparison

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    GotFrag takes a look at the two biggest organizations handling Halo tournaments today – WSVG and MLG. Go read.(Louis Wu 13:34:04 UTC)

  • GetScrims

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    Jamie Anderson wrote to us about a new website he’s started up – it’s called GetScrims, and it’s designed to match up people looking for games on XBL with others of similar skill level, attitude, etc. Think of it as more in-depth MatchMaking. Interesting concept!(Louis Wu 12:42:57 UTC)

  • HGN Reviewed at Gametrailers

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    Capt 0bvious noticed that Gametrailers has a video review of the Halo Graphic Novel (Thanks, Mr.Cynical); it’s chock-full of spoilers, so don’t watch this unless you’ve read the HGN already. Nicely put together!(Louis Wu 12:36:39 UTC)

  • I wish I still lived in Portland

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    Hehe – it’s a stretch, but demus points out an article at Videogamesblogger.com, which writes about Halo: the beer! (It’s Widmer, and it’s an IPA – how bad could it be?)(Louis Wu 11:05:48 UTC)

  • Filling in the Gaps

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    demus found an editorial from the folks over at Game Overdrive which suggests that the Halo Graphic Novel is the key to understanding the current story arc in the Halo series. (Some of our forum denizens disagree – read the rest of the thread for details.)(Louis Wu 11:01:15 UTC)

  • Halo Mac now Universal Binary!

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    As I’m checking out some of my favorite Mac haunts, I see that the decent folks at Destineer/MacSoft have *rewritten* the entire Halo Mac code and made it a Universal Binary, meaning it’ll work natively on Apple’s Intel-powered Macs. Niiice! It’s a paid upgrade ($5 or $10, download or shipped CD) but for a 3 year old game? I don’t have a problem with that. Blackstar mentioned it on the forum first.(Ding 08:04:35 UTC)

  • Weekly Porridge #30: Spam’d part 2

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    I knew it! Quality Jeverage brings us part two of the adventures of the pirates of podtacular and their swashbuckling battles with the spam monsters. Let’s see how they handle it this time! Something tells me this new character has a vendetta. More in the forums.

    ‹ Weekly Porridge #29: Spam’d!upWeekly Porridge #31: JVB on a Plaaaane! ›

  • Weekly Porridge #30: Spam’d part 2

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    I knew it! Quality Jeverage brings us part two of the adventures of the pirates of podtacular and their swashbuckling battles with the spam monsters. Let’s see how they handle it this time! Something tells me this new character has a vendetta. More in the forums.



  • H:PP Update

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    Just letting the H:PP listeners know (all three of you) that we didn’t have an episode this week because of audio problems. I blame Funkmon. We will re-record this Friday, then resume regular scheduling. Thanks for your understanding.

    EDIT: Scheduling conflicts has caused us to skip (gasp!) this edition of the podcast. We know it’s not the best thing to do when we only have three episodes out, but don’t worry; we’ll recap what we missed when we do the podcast (for real) next week. Sorry about that.

    Edit 2: I blame Funkmon.