With a keen eye and ever-sarcastic gaze, the folks over at Sarcastic Gamer have just discovered a stunning, earth-shattering truth about our great leader, Foo Mo Jive.

He plays Halo 3 on Easy. Yeah, really.

Also known as Baby Mode, or in the parlance of the streets, Sucka Mode. Yeah, REALLY.

Why, you ask? Well, as far as the rest of us at Podtacular headquarters know, he was probably just looking to boost his 'cheevo score and find some skulls buried deep in the bowels of the Cortana level (who knows what's up in there) but we all know that there's no acceptable reason to be playing Halo 3 on Easy. Not unless you're going head-to-head with Mr. T, Chuck Norris and Ahnuld all at once and the only way to escape with your life is to start up campaign in true sissy fashion. Even then, it might be best to take the pummeling and at least go out like a man.

Either way, here's hoping that one Mr. Foo Mo Jive can show his face and we can all rest easy that this was just a case of mistaken identity, or some other semi-believable circumstance that would keep the world from collapsing upon itself. Please?

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Last week over at bungie.net, the Bungie Weekly Update hinted at something big dropping this week, and here it is!

After launching to incredible acclaim and fanaticism, “Halo 3” players will be able to enjoy three all new multiplayer maps on Dec. 11 as part of the Heroic Map Pack, the first in a series of downloadable content from Bungie Studios to come via Xbox LIVE.

These maps will be available on the XBL Marketplace for 800 MS points ($10) and include Standoff, Rat's Nest and Foundry—all fully customizable in Forge. Also of note, these maps will available for free in Spring 2008.

After much time and effort, TheRussianKolob (with the help of Dust Storm) has completed a transcription of every single terminal in Halo 3, including the legendary versions. For those plundering the depths of Halo 3 for answers, these terminals hold quite a few secrets and interesting details about the Forerunner, the Flood and of course, the Halo installations themselves.

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Well, it looks like it's time to rekindle a friendly rivalry and go head to head with none other than Bungie themselves for another Humpday Challenge!

If you recall (and here's a link if you don't), Podtacular flew the glorious flag of victory after beating Bungie back in June 2006. It was a hard and well-fought battle, but now we're back to do it again in Halo 3! Wish those members of the Podtacular community that will be playing tonight luck!

UPDATE: Well, we can say we started off great, but they got the better of us and things eventually slid downhill as Bungie beat us 2 games to 1. What can we say, it was fair and square (except for one Mr. Luke Smith putting the kick-boot to one of our players during the second game) and above all, it was fun and we definitely look forward to rematch sometime in the future. That and some Team Bubblebath!

UPDATE 2: Here are the final game results from bungie.net:
Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

PRO TIP: Download the videos of the matches and watch the action! Just click on one of the games above, go to the Assets tab, and click to download one of the videos of the match.

They'll make you laugh, they'll make you cry. And go ahead, make fun...we're big boys, we can take it.

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After lots of hard work and collaboration to decipher all of the messages from the terminals found in Halo 3, some Podtacular members decided to flesh things out even more. Member Dust Storm has taken things to the next level and started building a mini-site detailing all of the terminals found in the game (including those found while playing on Legendary) complete with screenshots and videos! Check out them out at the links below.

Default terminals | Legendary terminals

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