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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • Warhammer crossover gets better press

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    Over at Bungie.net, you’ll find a new Community Spotlight; Frankie got a bunch of information out of Iain ‘Dalteth’ Nelson, a Warhammer/Halo fanatic. The pictures in the article are the same as the ones you’ll find in our Miscellaneous section (we actually have more of them) – but the interview material is pretty interesting stuff. (In fact, I’ve added a link to Dalteth’s page here.)

  • Ascension Air Flight 114

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    Today’s Carzorthade combines Halo with what might just turn out to be the worst movie evar. Funny stuff, though. Thanks, Eric Lundequam.

  • Where we’re going, from where whence we came

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    Narcogen continues his rampant speculation about what might be coming in the next installment of the Halo story – whenever and however that shows up. Some very solid logic in there; reading it might spark some interesting connections for you. Give it a look-see!

  • Podtacular Ep 57

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    Podtacular Episode 57, looking at Halo 3, is now up – thanks, Fr3d-105.

  • Count the Shells

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    If you’re in New York state, about an hour north of the city, there’s a tourney at the Hudson Valley Mall in Kingston this weekend (Google maps), hosted by True Skill Gaming. Details (and an email contact) can be found in this flyer. A significant chunk of the HBO staff will be there – not me, unfortunately, but Ding, KP, and probably Count Zero will be in attendance. Check it out!

  • MC Goes Conning

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    Devastator sent along a link to another bunch of pics of him at I-Con in a Halo costume recently – check ’em out!

  • MLG PwnCast Eps 7 and 8

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    MLG PwnCast posted Episodes 7 and 8 yesterday – go grab ’em from their website! Interview with StK pn SHIBBY in Ep 8, lots of news updates in 7. Tons of new bandwidth, too.

  • Episode 57: Halo 3 and Amaz Show!

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    Download | Show Notes

    This show we talk about what we know about Halo 3 so far along with what listeners want to see implemented in Halo 3. We also talk about other games Halo fans are playing, and lots of amaz! This one is destined to be a classic. With guest hosts TollBoothWilley and LoneBananaFone. Pod Art this week comes from xbs13. Does that work for all Halo players?. Also, thanks to Ciclonic for the awesome job on editing.

    Don’t forget, we have a big tournament coming up on Saturday night! This tournament is open to all Podtacular clans including rec clans. You need to register by Friday at midnight though. What are you waiting for? Sign up!

    ‹ Episode 56: Podtacular UpdateupEpisode 58: Tips for Coagulation ›

  • Episode 57: Halo 3 and Amaz Show!

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    foomojive
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    Download | Show Notes

    This show we talk about what we know about Halo 3 so far along with what listeners want to see implemented in Halo 3. We also talk about other games Halo fans are playing, and lots of amaz! This one is destined to be a classic. With guest hosts TollBoothWilley and LoneBananaFone. Pod Art this week comes from xbs13. Does that work for all Halo players?. Also, thanks to Ciclonic for the awesome job on editing.

    Don’t forget, we have a big tournament coming up on Saturday night! This tournament is open to all Podtacular clans including rec clans. You need to register by Friday at midnight though. What are you waiting for? Sign up!

    ‹ Episode 56: Podtacular UpdateupEpisode 58: Tips for Coagulation ›

  • The Outlaw Spirit

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    This Spartan Life has both a new episode, and a new website, online at this point. No more massive Flash! Today’s news post contains information about Malcolm McLaren, the latest interviewee on the show; you can grab the episode itself from the Episodes section. Interesting stuff!

  • FIRST Person Shooter.

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    One One Se7en looks at what happens when you try to do the right thing. Take the lesson to heart. (The 2-by-x format is a byproduct of Stuntmutt’s April Fools gag.)

  • MLG Pro – It’s where the (Halo) money is

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    3Suns provides a roundup of new stuff at the MLGPro.com website; Player of the Week is Bonfire, Blog of the Week belongs to CodeRed… and the Prize Money Announcement for MLG NY has been posted, and hot dang, there’s almost $30,000 in Halo prizes alone! (There’s another $10k for SSBM.) Check it all out.

  • H2O Stats Reader v1.5.3

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    LunarShadow dropped by our forum to announce an update of H2O Stats Reader, to bring the program in line with the changes made at Bungie.net this week. You can find a link and more info in the forum post. (There’s at least one report of problems with the new version, as well – so be careful.)

  • More Goodies at PGL’s Miami Tourney

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    Jay Marrero sent word that the Professional Gamers League has picked up a new member of their Sponsor Team; the winners of the upcoming 4×4 Halo 2 tourney (see this news post) will have registrations fees paid for the rest of the 2006 season, thanks to Astro Studios. More details are available at their site.

  • Reading The Teabag Leaves

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    Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, takes some massive tokes off the communal crackpipe this morning, in order to put together some speculation on what’s coming next from Bungie. Me? I’m just high on the fumes – and the guy lives 8000 miles away from me. Go read. (The title of this newspost was blatantly stolen from that article, because I liked it.)

  • Dual-Thumbstick Virtual Keyboards?

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    Evil Otto dropped by our forum today, and in the midst of a discussion on Needler-wielding Sentinels and their presence in Halo 2, mentioned an interview he did for Macromedia on using Director to prototype the UI in the game. It’s a great article with a bunch of cool info in it, including a demo movie made to present one version of the UI to the rest of the development team. See if you can spot some names in the movie. Check it out!

  • Submit Tips for Episode 58: Tips for Coagulation

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    As usual, episode 57 has been recorded and it was freakin’ sweet. It will be released soon. And when I say soon, I mean like really soon. We’re getting back to releasing an episode within a few days of it being recorded. Yay and thanks Ciclonic!

    I kno how 2 pwn teh n00bs

    Got any good tips for us? This is your chance to help other Halo fans level up and stay there! We’ll start the episode off with general tips. So tell us about your strategies and techniques that work on any map. Like weapon choice/use, jumping, button combos, whatever works. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit. Oh, and if you figure out how to fix the soda machine at the mac gun facility, let me know. Freakin’ thing ate my quarter again…

    Especially on Coag!

    Oh yeah, Coagulation is map of the month. What we do is go through tips for this map broken down by game type. So send in stuff for one or more of these game types on Coag: Team Slayer/FFA Slayer, CTF/Assault, KOTH/Territories, or Oddball/Juggernaut. If you really know your stuff, send stuff in for all of these game types! Just click the submit news and tips link on the right side and sign it with your gamertag.

    Deadline for submission is Thursday at 5:00pm EST. Let’s make this an awesome tips show!

  • Beat It.

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    You might think today’s selection of downloadable Halo videos, from us and other sites, was large enough to be considered ‘complete’ for the day. You’d be wrong. Another vid passed the MPRRS this morning; it was a montage from l PhaLanX l, called ‘Beat It’. He didn’t want hosting, because the WMP9 version is available from GamingVidz (66 mb)… but because it passed the MPRRS, we want to make sure everyone can see it, so for those who need a QuickTime version, you can grab one from us. I gotta say… the guy’s pretty good with a sticky grenade. (You can find more of his videos over at GamingVidz.)

  • Submit Tips for Episode 58: Tips for Coagulation

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    As usual, episode 57 has been recorded and it was freakin’ sweet. It will be released soon. And when I say soon, I mean like really soon. We’re getting back to releasing an episode within a few days of it being recorded. Yay and thanks Ciclonic!

    I kno how 2 pwn teh n00bs

    Got any good tips for us? This is your chance to help other Halo fans level up and stay there! We’ll start the episode off with general tips. So tell us about your strategies and techniques that work on any map. Like weapon choice/use, jumping, button combos, whatever works. Be sure to include your gamertag so we can give you credit. Oh, and if you figure out how to fix the soda machine at the mac gun facility, let me know. Freakin’ thing ate my quarter again…

    Especially on Coag!

    Oh yeah, Coagulation is map of the month. What we do is go through tips for this map broken down by game type. So send in stuff for one or more of these game types on Coag: Team Slayer/FFA Slayer, CTF/Assault, KOTH/Territories, or Oddball/Juggernaut. If you really know your stuff, send stuff in for all of these game types! Just click the submit news and tips link on the right side and sign it with your gamertag.

    Deadline for submission is Thursday at 5:00pm EST. Let’s make this an awesome tips show!

  • They Drink A Lot.

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    Frankie sat down with Burnie Burns, of Red vs Blue, and got the lowdown on the series, the genre, the team. The whole enchilada. The entire ball o’ wax. The secrets to life, the universe, and everything. Well… okay, maybe not. Just some stuff about Rooster Teeth. And Halo. Go read. (No, you weren’t first. Frankie was.)