Podtacular 790: Flight Barrier

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Dust Storm

It’s the final event in the DJBluePDX Grifball Summer Series – Presented by@DreamHack & Powered by Play Grifball and we have DJBluePDX and RageMoreNerd joining us to draw the final bracket. The final Grifball tournament of the Summer series kicks off on Saturday on Halo 4 as part of DreamHack Beyond, a virtual summer event with everything you’d expect from a DreamHack event. We also get into a heated debate about how easy it is to register for the Halo Insider, which just so happens to be the topic of the next Inside Infinite. After this podcast, DJ is stepping down from his co-host seat, but he’ll be back for future Grifball event announcements and certain topics around Halo Infinite as the release continues to draw closer.

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Podtacular 789: The Hoss is Back

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Dust Storm

Long time listeners of the podcast will remember back in the early Halo 5 days one of our previous co-hosts stepped down from hosting. Starting with this episode, we’re happy to welcome back to the co-host chair, Hoss Sauced! He’s back permanently to ride out the hype through to Halo Infinite. We were also invited to participate in celebrating Canon Fodder: Issue 117 where we talked about the man himself, John Spartan-117, in our previous episode.

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Podtacular 788: The Master Chief in All of Us

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Dust Storm

With Halo Infinite taking a step back into its roots, it’s only fitting to take a look at the face (or visor) of the franchise for the past twenty years, The Master Chief. Instantly recognizable by just about anyone in the gaming industry, John, Spartan 117 was made to be a shell that we could fill with our own perspective on the universe that Bungie created filling in details with the mystical environments, supporting characters to invest in and larger-than-life odds that gives us as players the conquering feeling against a formidable foe. Over time with the caretaker of the franchise transitioning to 343 Industries, we’ve seen Chief develop to be more than just a man in a piece of power armor. There’s a character we’ve all come to learn and love and invest in the franchise. With the next installment of the games, we eagerly await the continued development of the icon of humanity in the Halo universe and the stories that will unfold on the mysterious Zeta Halo. Join us as we celebrate the 117th issue of Canon Fodder!

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Podtacular 787: Bait

Posted on July 11, 2021 by Dust Storm

As Halo Infinite launch approaches, we’re starting to take a walk down memory lane as we approach the 20th anniversary of the Halo franchise. There are many things we love about the games, lore and experiences that keeps us coming back to Halo again and again and we want to share in that experience as we prepare for the next installment in this legendary universe. This week, we talk about the beginnings of Multiplayer and what it means to hop on with our closest friends and play for hours on end. As we delve into this new series of topics, we want to hear from you as well: your topics of conversation you’d like us to talk about and your own experiences. On our next episode, we’re going to explore supporting characters, like Cortana, Johnson, Arbiter, etc. Reach out to us on Social Media, our Discord or send us an email: submissions@podtacular.com

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Podtacular 786: Fiesta Frenzy Announcement feat. ForgeHub

Posted on June 29, 2021 by Dust Storm

In partnership with ForgeHub, we are pleased to announce the Fiesta Frenzy event consisting of a Forge Contest and Competitive Tournament around the Super Fiesta game modes in Halo 5: Guardians! We’ve always wanted to do a Podtacular hosted tournament and for anyone who has joined our Fraggin’ Fridays, we love our wacky and fun game modes. With that said, we’ve concocted something that probably shouldn’t see the light of day, but we’re charging head first mixing the casual and competitive with one last hurrah before Halo Infinite comes in full force. Both the Forge contest and the tournament have $2000 prize pools and the tournament will be open to everyone. For more details on the Forge contest that starts today, check out ForgeHub for the announcement and come back in September to register for the tournament!

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Podtacular 785: Live Service Smashing

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Dust Storm

The Infinite hype train keeps going as this podcast started out on Twitch with a level 5 hype train. No doubt the community is looking forward to the game this holiday season. Halo Waypoint has the latest Inside Infinite providing a few more details around the Live Service experience for Halo Infinite and our first look at the upcoming new Halo Waypoint experience. To go along with Inside Infinite, we’ve got season 7 of MCC launching with Elite, bringing more customizations for Halo 3 elites Halo: CE modding tools, the Halo 4 Champions Bundle content and more. It’s also time for the third DreamHack Grifball tournament meaning DJBluePDX and Rage More Nerd are back for another drawing and recap before the final event next month.

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Podtacular 784: Infinite Delivers at E3

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Dust Storm

It’s been quite the week for Halo Infinite news and the overwhelming positivity is certainly a nice change a scenery and breath of fresh community hype! For those playing along at home, we got a Infinite Campaign feature lead in by Joe Staten and our first looks at Multiplayer and the widely anticipated Big Team Battle 2.0. Needless to say, the native support for BTB along with the Academy, Customization and crazy game play we saw this past week was enough to get us very excited for the holiday release and flighting later this summer. If you haven’t registered for Halo Insider, now is the time to do it! Joining us again from the 405th is NobleofDeath16 and MightyMarkProps, and we’ve also got some returning guests CIA391, Ducain23 and Writing Spartan, and new to the guest list is Patman Gaming.

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