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The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft

  • And That Is How You Hit Like A Girl.

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    Speaking of comics, today’s One One Se7en looks at love from a different angle. Mostly up, from the ground, I guess.

  • Halo Love

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    Over at HaloPlanet, there’s a new action-figure-based comic called Halo Love. Gloves says he might make more… but it seems like the relationship might be off to a rocky start.

  • Contest Reminder

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    For those of you who haven’t voted yet – you should really swing by the Killer Grunts voting section and pick your favorites. I’ll likely close the polls a bit after midnight UTC tomorrow – make your opinion count!

  • Local Hunters

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    On Friday, a pair of new Craig Mullins images were discovered on goodbrush.com. Some people had trouble following the links (apparently, his server rejects some connections based on parameters I don’t understand) – but never fear, Craig has given us permission to host local copies of these images. Check out the Dark Hunter… and the Light. And marvel at this guy’s ability to produce such feeling with so few brushstrokes.

  • It was a dark and stormy night…

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    Cool beans. Dojorkan modded Outskirts to get a feel for how New Mombassa might look at dusk, with fog rolling in… the potential for machinima is staggering. Check out the pics, read the thread. Toss in your own two cents.

  • Hall of Murals – now in 3D

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    You might remember the Hall of Murals, shown only in a cutscene that never got finished (but could be seen on the Limited Edition DVD) – Se7en One extracted them and cleaned them up, and Walshicus colored them. Now Se7en One is back – this time, he’s made 3D versions, and filmed them to give you a look! The first tablet is complete – he says more are coming. Go check out the video!

  • Character Scale Chart Augmented

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    Stephen Loftus added 50% more characters to his Halo Character Scale Chart – you can now compare almost all the characters in Halo and Halo 2! (He left out the Keyes Blob, and the Flood Juggernaut (which never made it into the game), because their scale would totally dwarf everything else and make the rest of the page rather awkward.) Go play around!

  • Submit Stuff for the Next Podtacular Update Show!

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    We still have 2 episodes with Spelchek to release this week. But we’ll be recording the Podtacular Update show on Wednesday night, so now’s your chance to report on news and events going on in the Halo and Podtacular communities. Just post it in the comments of this article, or email us. Got a cool web site related to Halo? Let us know, we’ll mention it along with your gamertag. We’re also looking for interviews with pros, which gives you an opportunity to get your voice on the show! Just send in an mp3 (less than 10 minutes) to podtacular@gmail.com.


  • Submit Stuff for the Next Podtacular Update Show!

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    foomojive
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    We still have 2 episodes with Spelchek to release this week. But we’ll be recording the Podtacular Update show on Wednesday night, so now’s your chance to report on news and events going on in the Halo and Podtacular communities. Just post it in the comments of this article, or email us. Got a cool web site related to Halo? Let us know, we’ll mention it along with your gamertag. We’re also looking for interviews with pros, which gives you an opportunity to get your voice on the show! Just send in an mp3 (less than 10 minutes) to podtacular@gmail.com.


  • Warthog in Concerned

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    On Wednesday, we got a note from Pak about the inclusion of a Halo Warthog in this episode of Concerned (a Half-Life 2 webcomic). It seemed pretty trivial to me, and I was busy… so I passed on mentioning it. This morning, however, we got email from RedRaptor, who explained the significance I missed – it shows that there’s a downloadable Warthog for Half-Life 2. (A working download link is near the end of the thread linked in the notes below the episode.) Thanks to both submitters!

  • Breakdancing MC moves out

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    Whee – a video we released in July, 2004 has made it onto StupidVideos.com – at lower resolution and with a StupidVideos watermark on it. Gotta love that intellectual property stuff. (Really – grab our copies if you haven’t seen this – they’re much nicer.) Thanks, Chris Propes.

  • IBOBO – The Psycho bungie.org Clown

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    We don’t usually mention websites, in and of themselves, on our front page – but this one’s part of the family. IBO, the companion website for irc.bungie.org, is now ready for prime time. (Don’t be confused by the URL – irc.bungie.org runs the irc server, and ibo.bungie.org runs the website. They’re different boxes.) There’s lots of info for folks interested in joining the various Bungie-related channels hosted on the server – poke around! Thanks to KP and Sorahn (and a great design from Hawaiian Pig) for making it all happen!

  • Podtacular Ep 45

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    Podtacular Episode 45 was posted yesterday – and as of Ep 48, they’ll be moving back to a once-per-week format. Thanks to David for the first heads-up.

  • Priorities

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    DT and MR-T write to point out the first in an upcoming comic series titled ‘Office Chief’, over at Battlefield Halo.

  • Unresolved Issues With Father Figures

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    Unresolved Issues With Father Figures Red vs Blue Episode 72 has been posted for sponsors – ‘Getting Debriefed’ has Simmons trying to get back into Red Base, Tucker and Caboose (and Andy) returning to Blue Base, and Grif doing his best to go home. Should be up for freeloaders sometime today or tomorrow, I’d guess. Looks like Sir B L U N T was first.

  • Havoc

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    A few weeks ago, we posted a trailer for a new movie from CROSSFIRE – and this morning, we’re finally able to bring you the final product. Havoc is chilling, moody, and spectacularly filmed, with some amazing special effects. It pulled in what might be the highest rating ever from the MPRRS – so you should DEFINITELY go watch it! Just under 100 mb, in either QuickTime or WMP9 formats.

  • The Utfoo Mirror Project

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    Frogblast was one of the premiere tricksters in the Halo scene – and when Halo 2 came out, he was all over it. Within 3 days of the game being released, he’d posted almost 250 mb worth of videos of exploration – and for months, Utfoo was the place to go for Froggie Goodness. Then he disappeared. His site lived on, however… until a couple of months ago, when it finally went offline. Turns out nobody had a mirror. Well… I’d saved one early on… but I neglected to keep it updated. Ducain has now put that original mirror online – you can once again grab the early Halo 2 material Frogblast posted. (The Halo links are busted, but most of that stuff is in our Tips and Tricks section anyway.) If you have videos from Frogblast’s site that are newer than what’s up there, Ducain asks that you get in touch with him over at High Impact Halo – he wants to add them!

  • Legendary Episode 1

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    A few days ago, blackouTT posted a note on our forum about the first episode of Legendary, a new movie he’d made. (The Freeloader fixed his HTML for easier reading.) He submitted this ep to the MPRRS – and they liked it, so we’re hosting it. You can grab the WMP9 version (100mb) or a new QuickTime version (91 mb) – go watch!

  • Another DeviantART Halo lover…

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    halofan141 noticed this deviation over at DeviantART – nice shot of the Chief! And if you like the work of lhs, check out this pic – and there’s other Halo-related stuff in the gallery.

  • Another Fancy Home for MC

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    A couple of days ago, X3n0 posted yet another one of his cool display cases – this one for the Active Camo MC. I forgot to point it out… but go look!