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  • Thank you, Dialpex!

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    Now that I’m back from kickboxing heaven, I’d like to say an extra-special thank you to everyone’s favorite bald bodybuilding motorcycle enthusiast: Dialpex! He’s been doing an awesome job keeping the show and the community/website going. Three cheers to the giant muscle-bound phone!

    P.S. We’ll be recording on Sunday afternoon this week instead of Thursday night, so you have a little extra time to get those jokes, glitching tips, campaign tips, community news, halo news, and web resources in to get on the show. DO IT NOW!

  • Dumbtarded.

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    KP has put up Bungie’s side of the Halo Humpday Challenge story – and surprisingly enough, with the exception of a few nose-tweaks, he was pretty civil about the whole thing. No mention of the loss of their no-losing streak… but then, they really lost that last week, so I guess he’s being even MORE gentlemanly about it all. Who’da thunk it? Congrats to the Halowiki guys.(Louis Wu 22:39:55 UTC)

  • Humpday: Halowiki

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    Bungie accepted Halowiki.net’s Humpday challenge this week. Over the course of three games the Bungie crew fought valiantly but no amount of spin could turn this one around.

  • 2old2play Over 40 Invitational Promo Vid

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    Interesting – there’s a tournament run the 3rd Tuesday of every month (yes, that
    means you missed the most recent one by two days) over at 2old2play – in order to enter, you must be at least 40 years old. jynxonline put together a really nice promo vid for it – swing by and watch it! (Man, a tourney where I’m the YOUNGEST player? I’m there.) From the date on the comments of this article, I’d guess this tourney’s been going for 10 months now… thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 21:42:49 UTC)

  • Making Movies

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    trigger119 wrote an article entitled ‘Halo Machinima: Why do it?‘ – he looks at some of the motivations that drive filmmakers. As a jumping-off place for a discussion, this is worth a read.(Louis Wu 21:09:11 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Piano Transcription

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    Jayshum transcribed the piano part of the Halo 3 theme, heard in the trailer. You can find a lot of info in this forum post.(Louis Wu 21:05:10 UTC)

  • Killed. To Dust.

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    The Halowiki.net crew played Bungie last night in this week’s Halo Humpday Challenge – and no matter what you thought of last week’s somewhat sleazy manner of ‘not losing’, there’s no denying that this week the Bungie crew lost. Lost hard, even. Go read LegendaryMark’s writeup at HaloWiki.net – KP’s still nursing his wounds, it seems, so the Bungie writeup isn’t online yet. (I’ve never heard of the ‘cycling’ respawn modifier – but it sounds nasty…)(Louis Wu 20:56:28 UTC)

  • Filling in the Blanks

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    Finn awoke from his real-life ‘slumber’ to gather some gems from older Weekly Updates; they’re not NEW bits, but they’re bits nonetheless. You’ll find this collection on the Halo Story Page. Now don’t bother Finn any more – he’s got work to do. (And not for us.)(Louis Wu 15:02:32 UTC)

  • Halo: First Offensive

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    Farfalo stopped by to let us know about Halo: First Offensive, a mod for Star Wars: Empire at War. They’ve got a forum up (link is in the above post), if you want more info!(Louis Wu 13:31:51 UTC)

  • Halo 3 Bling

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    Yayap the Grunt let us know about a Halo 3 pendant he’d created; check out his work! (Louis Wu 13:29:17 UTC)

  • nooby whacking – gg

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    New updates over at Tied the Leader; a piece on good sportsmanship, and a fun feel-good bit about Big Team Battle, and how nice it is to go in with a full team of 8. (If you find XerxdeeJ’s stats in the included picture hard to believe… believe anyway. They’re real.) Thanks to XerxdeeJ for popping into our forum for a heads-up.(Louis Wu 13:16:48 UTC)

  • Triggers Down Talks Tactics

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    MLG continues to look at the top teams in the ramp-up to MLG Chicago; the latest interview is with Triggers Down. Fun read – thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 13:03:49 UTC)

  • Gamepro’s Greatest Moments in Gaming

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    Gamepro has written up their idea of The 55 Greatest Moments in Gaming; Halo 2 takes 36, for a Berserker in multiplayer, and Halo pulls in #2, for the Maw run. Not too shabby! Thanks, Private Idaho.(Louis Wu 12:56:32 UTC)

  • Detach predicts Top 8 in Chicago

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    MLG has posted a summary of the predictions of one of the pros for the upcoming MLG Chicago tourney – interesting to see how well he does. Thanks, 3Suns.(Louis Wu 17:42:26 UTC)

  • A Fine Use of a Fun Product

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    Heh – spartanerik noticed a Halo-related construction over at HowStuffWorks, in an article entitled ‘How Play-Doh® Modeling Compound Works‘; on the off chance that the pic disappears, we’ve archived it here. Good stuff!(Louis Wu 15:32:44 UTC)

  • HMV Hell

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    For the most part, movies we host run through the Movie Peer Review Rating System; it gives useful feedback to the movie maker, and it cuts down on the films the staff actually needs to weed through to find the gems. It works really well – though since it’s totally volunteer-run, occasionally, movies are in the queue for longer than we’d like. Now is one of those times – my guess is a lot of it is that it’s summer, and folks are less inclined to ‘work’ during their free time. Whatever the reason, occasionally a movie will come along that is good enough that I’d rather it didn’t wait through the queue. One of those came in yesterday; imSuck, a moviemaker with a LOT of great movies under his belt, sent along ‘HMV Hell’, a Halo vid based on the concept of AMV Hell – it’s a mashup of a lot of different songs, in different styles, all illustrated nicely in Halo, and wonderfully interspersed with humor. Film quality, as usual with imSuck’s work, is top-notch; great visuals, great cinematography, great timing. It’s long – just over 9 minutes – but well worth the download. Grab a WMP9 version (108 mb) or a QuickTime version (112 mb) – and enjoy it!(Louis Wu 12:03:55 UTC)

  • Read ‘Em And Weep.

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    Fans in our forum are pointing out that the Halo Graphic Novel is showing up in stores – so today’s One One Se7en riffs on Brian Jarrard’s Newsarama interview from last week to take another shot at… well, One One Se7en.(Louis Wu 11:48:43 UTC)

  • Submit stuff for Episode 73: Podtacular Update!

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    Podtacular Update: Thailand Action Sack Edition

    What do we cover on this update show? We will be covering everything that we didn’t cover on the previous shows this month and much much more. We will talk about what’s going on in Podtacular and Halo community news. Also events, Halo-related web resources, glitching, campaign tips, and all the updates from Foo Mo and his finds in Thailand. Right Foo Mo? Wink. Since this is our community show, we depend on YOUR submissions to keep the show going. So if you wanna be in the show go ahead and send us your submission. So why not send something in? Just click the submit news and tips link on the right side and you’re on your way. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit!

    If you call your Jeep Wrangler a Warthog…

    You might play too much Halo 2. How do you know you play too much Halo? Let us know! If you can’t think of anything for playing too much Halo 2, try one of these: You know you’re playing against a noob when…, You know you don’t play enough Halo when… You know you’re taking the game too seriously when… etc. Get creative!

    All this stuff is due by Thursday night, but the earlier you send it in, the more likely we’ll mention it on the show. Hurry!

  • Submit stuff for Episode 73: Podtacular Update!

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    Podtacular Update: Thailand Action Sack Edition


    What do we cover on this update show? We will be covering everything that we didn’t cover on the previous shows this month and much much more. We will talk about what’s going on in Podtacular and Halo community news. Also events, Halo-related web resources, glitching, campaign tips, and all the updates from Foo Mo and his finds in Thailand. Right Foo Mo? Wink. Since this is our community show, we depend on YOUR submissions to keep the show going. So if you wanna be in the show go ahead and send us your submission. So why not send something in? Just click the submit news and tips link on the right side and you’re on your way. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit!


    If you call your Jeep Wrangler a Warthog…


    You might play too much Halo 2. How do you know you play too much Halo? Let us know! If you can’t think of anything for playing too much Halo 2, try one of these: You know you’re playing against a noob when…, You know you don’t play enough Halo when… You know you’re taking the game too seriously when… etc. Get creative!


    All this stuff is due by Thursday night, but the earlier you send it in, the more likely we’ll mention it on the show. Hurry!


    ‹ Submit stuff for Episode 72: Customs and Callins!up

  • Submit stuff for Episode 73: Podtacular Update!

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    Podtacular – The Unofficial Halo Universe Podcast
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    Podtacular Update: Thailand Action Sack Edition


    What do we cover on this update show? We will be covering everything that we didn’t cover on the previous shows this month and much much more. We will talk about what’s going on in Podtacular and Halo community news. Also events, Halo-related web resources, glitching, campaign tips, and all the updates from Foo Mo and his finds in Thailand. Right Foo Mo? Wink. Since this is our community show, we depend on YOUR submissions to keep the show going. So if you wanna be in the show go ahead and send us your submission. So why not send something in? Just click the submit news and tips link on the right side and you’re on your way. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit!


    If you call your Jeep Wrangler a Warthog…


    You might play too much Halo 2. How do you know you play too much Halo? Let us know! If you can’t think of anything for playing too much Halo 2, try one of these: You know you’re playing against a noob when…, You know you don’t play enough Halo when… You know you’re taking the game too seriously when… etc. Get creative!


    All this stuff is due by Thursday night, but the earlier you send it in, the more likely we’ll mention it on the show. Hurry!


    ‹ Submit stuff for Episode 72: Customs and Callins!up