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  • Peril, Playable

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    Devin Eastman has yet another piece of sheet music for you, courtesy of Rampancy.net – swing by and grab (remember, you must be logged in to see the download link) a copy of Peril for Piano. Awesome!

  • An attractive tickling device

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    Frontline With Suzie is back! She’s found what might be the dumbest grunt in the Covenant… go read her interview. Thanks, rockslider.

  • Halo Desktop Customization – now ready

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    A number of people pointed out that the WindowBlinds skin we mentioned last week is out now – along with a bunch of other stuff for your desktop. Swing by WinCustomize to download. Looks like The Vector Kid was first.

  • The Case of the Missing Story

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    Wow. I’m not one for rumors, generally (have you noticed?), but when the BBC gets involved… Apparently, there was a link on the BBC front page that claimed that Halo 2 PC would debut on Windows Vista (the successor to XP). The article was pulled almost immediately – but Joystiq got a screenshot of the link (though not the article itself; it had already been pulled by that point), and addict3d.org saw it in time to actually summarize it. If this is true… wow. We’ve been telling people that we doubted a Halo 2 PC would ever come out. This is one time I wouldn’t mind being wrong. (At this point, it’s JUST A RUMOR. The only information has been pulled from the web almost faster than it was put up. We know nothing, and it could easily be a mistake (or a prank) on BBC’s part; in fact, if it were anyone less reputable than the BBC, we probably wouldn’t even be mentioning it. Goes to show you, though… it’s really, really, REALLY hard to keep stories quiet – even mistakes.) Thanks, Muskie, for the heads-up. Update: Holy moley – it’s REAL! We just got the press release from AEG. Update 2: Turns out the article is still on the BBC website – it was just at a different link. Thanks, Dark Knight and Brandon Smith.

  • Clans you don’t want to be part of.

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    Whee. ClanFSR (no relation to the Futuristic Sex Robots, though they DO have a link to FSR’s video on their Vidz page – without attribution, though it’s a Mythica/HBO link) looks to be doing some pretty sleazy stuff. The Simpsons Montage, for example, has ClanFSR.com credits at the beginning and the end… but in actuality, it’s DarqKnyght’s ‘Homertage’ video, released (here) last August. Similarly, Defending the Base is a local movie with FSR credits pasted on it. Thanks to imSuck, who brought this nastiness to my attention (Halogrid’s own Chubark was ripped off, as well, though it looks like ClanFSR took down the offending movie already). Stealing sucks. You shouldn’t do it.

  • I Want A Second Opinion.

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    I hate to say it… but sometimes One One Se7en is actually quite clever. (Not today, of course. I’d never admit that. But sometimes.)

  • Unlocking Your Death

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    Episode 73 of Red vs Blue, ‘Under the Weather’, has been posted for sponsors – it had me laughing out loud more than once. Poor Tucker is sick… but don’t let that get you down. It should be up for the general public by tomorrow sometime. (I’ve been watching the Videos page since Saturday, when Burnie mentioned that it would be out this weekend… I think the entire crew has gotten addicted to World of Warcraft.) Looks like SniperExtraordinaire was watching for it, too.

  • Piranhas vs Master Chief

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    Phil Rock has been putting together some animated GIFs of the Master Chief and his adventures with piranhas. (Killer piranhas. Piranhas big enough to EAT him.) The GIF animation was cool, but pretty wasteful, bandwidth-wise (and Phil wants to host these himself), so we helped out with QuickTime and WMP9 conversions. The first three episodes are up now, along with Episode 4 in GIF format (but I’ve already sent him the converted versions, so if you want to save him some bandwidth, hold off a bit on that one until he’s got the movie versions up). I’m starting to think of the MC as a little like Mr. Bill now… Update: Ep 4 is available in QT and WMP9 now.

  • Submit Your Tips for Terminal and be on Episode 50!

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    We want to give you plenty of time to submit your tips for Terminal, our Map of the Month. This will be the in-depth edition of the tips show, as we’ll be dividing it by game type. So submit your Terminal tips for Oddball, King of the Hill, Slayer, Capture the Flag, Assault, and if you have any, Juggernaut and Territories. If you’re a Podtacular maniac, just submit tips for all of them! Send your tips to podtacular@gmail.com with your gamertag and we may put them on the show. We’re also looking for general tips so if you have some good ones, send those in too. If you want you can also send us a million dollars, we’ll definitely mention your gamertag then.

    UPDATE: Episode 50 has been recorded and will be out this week sometime. It’s a good one!

  • Submit Your Tips for Terminal and be on Episode 50!

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    foomojive
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    We want to give you plenty of time to submit your tips for Terminal, our Map of the Month. This will be the in-depth edition of the tips show, as we’ll be dividing it by game type. So submit your Terminal tips for Oddball, King of the Hill, Slayer, Capture the Flag, Assault, and if you have any, Juggernaut and Territories. If you’re a Podtacular maniac, just submit tips for all of them! Send your tips to podtacular@gmail.com with your gamertag and we may put them on the show. We’re also looking for general tips so if you have some good ones, send those in too. If you want you can also send us a million dollars, we’ll definitely mention your gamertag then.

    UPDATE: Episode 50 has been recorded and will be out this week sometime. It’s a good one!

  • Episode 49: Halo 3 and Other Games

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    Download | Show Notes (PDF)

    It’s the new show type: Lots of Halo 3 speculation and a little bit about other games that Halo freaks play. With guest hosts Freak in a Box, Kilobyte, and Kynitekia. Guess who’s recording from their webcam? Smile Honestly there are a few sporadic track alignment issues, but we think we have this problem nailed and it should be fixed for the next show. Freak in a box spent a lot of time getting this show the way it is. Thanks Freak!

    Pod Art this week comes from SFreack. Good stuff!

    UPDATE: this show should appear on itunes now.

    ‹ Episode 48: Podtacular UpdateupEpisode 50: Podtacular Tips Show with Map of the Month: Terminal ›

  • Episode 49: Halo 3 and Other Games

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    Download | Show Notes (PDF)

    It’s the new show type: Lots of Halo 3 speculation and a little bit about other games that Halo freaks play. With guest hosts Freak in a Box, Kilobyte, and Kynitekia. Guess who’s recording from their webcam? Smile Honestly there are a few sporadic track alignment issues, but we think we have this problem nailed and it should be fixed for the next show. Freak in a box spent a lot of time getting this show the way it is. Thanks Freak!

    Pod Art this week comes from SFreack. Good stuff!

    UPDATE: this show should appear on itunes now.

    ‹ Episode 48: Podtacular UpdateupEpisode 50: Podtacular Tips Show with Map of the Month: Terminal ›

  • Halo Husband

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    Gwen Horsley wrote a poem about her husband’s addiction – he suggested she send it to Bungie, who sent it to us. And we’re giving it to you. (With Gwen’s permission, of course.) Which side of this equation are you on?

  • He looks bigger on TV.

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    Dang – Peter Jackson visited Bungie, and nobody even gave me a t-shirt. (Frankie was first, of course. Front-page h00r.)

  • What a perfect invisible elite!

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    Dang – two GORGEOUS new pics from Bryn Casey – check out Spartan, and Swamp! Wow.

  • 7 on the 7th

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    People have been surprisingly patient in their wait for our next bungie.org/bungie.net contest – but it’s finally here. This one is called ‘7 on the 7th‘, and may become a more stable paradigm than ‘every week’; we’ll see. This time around, we’re looking for jokes – Halo-related jokes. (Don’t worry – what Stuntmutt does doesn’t count.) The rules are posted – you should read them. And work on your material – you’ve got a couple of weeks. Good luck! The 7 best entries will receive a Halo action figure.

  • Stubbs – His Own Zombie

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    Speaking of Rampancy.net, the next part of Narcogen’s in-depth discussion of Stubbs the Zombie has been posted; this one delineates many differences between Stubbs and the Master Chief – but also some similarities. Nice work! Go read.

  • Cool Sheet Music

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    I HATE it when I forget stuff. Rampancy.net posted a piano arrangement for On A Pale Horse a couple of days ago – I spaced on posting it. You must be logged in to download – but it seems like a solid piece from Devin Eastman – go grab it!

  • BiGmAc2121’s Montage

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    Z points out a new montage at Halo2Forum.com – gameplay by BiGmAc2121, editing by MikeMan27. Nice work all around. The vast majority of the gameplay is on Lockout and Midship – but there are plenty of good sticks and snipes. 119 mb, WMP9 format.

  • Take a bite of THAT.

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    3Suns, our man in the (MLG) field, sends word that details about the upcoming Championships in NY have been posted at MLGPro.com. Lots and lots and lots of money on the line (total Halo purse is more than $60,000). Check it out!