Podtacular 203: Shishka Interview

Posted on September 15, 2009 by Dust Storm

While at Dallas, we got to play some Firefight and some of the new Halo 3 Mythic Multiplayer maps. The man in charge of the whole thing is Chad “Shishka” Armstrong, Bungie employee who let us get in on a little Firefight action and a chance to play Heretic, the Midship remake from Halo 2. We had the opportunity to sit down with Shishka for 90 minutes and put his mind to our daring questions, one especially from Brent, but I shall digress. We had a few guests come in and out of the show, including Podtacular’s own Redot. Lots of interesting things especially right before the launch. Enjoy

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Podtacular 202: MLG Dallas

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Dust Storm

MLG Dallas was definitely a blast and all the hosts got to meet up with each other for the first time. In this episode, we go back and remember all the cool things we got to do including being on the main stage floor, playing Halo 3 ODST, interviewing with Bungie employee: Shishka, and much more. Enjoy

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MLG Dallas Intermission

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Dust Storm

Back from hiatus, I’m finally getting around to the multitudes of recordings that happened two weeks ago. If you attended the shows live, then you’ll know what happened already, but for those who didn’t, you’re in for a treat. First thing we have here is a recording we did at Brent’s apartment that swerved so much as to make us wonder if it’s worthy to be an episode. In light of what happened, we are just going to release this as an extra recording, not necessarily fitting anywhere. You’ll hear us say that it’s the first MLG Live show, but after what happened and the fact that GLewis and Brent were playing Halo, it’s not the official first episode. You’ll also get to hear Brent’s roommates chime in and out of the conversation. Episode 202 will be out later today and 203 will be out on Tuesday. Enjoy

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1UP Looks at the Music of ODST + A Kongregate Contest

Posted on September 12, 2009 by Dust Storm

1UP interviews Marty O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori (the two composers who have collaborated on most Bungie game music from Myth to Oni to Halo) about the differences between ODSTs themes and past ones, the darker tone, and non-linear gameplay.

Bungie has also put a lot of effort into its interactive music system, which runs invisibly behind the scenes throughout the Halo games. That system determines what music will best match the onscreen events at any given time and seamlessly transitions between pieces as situations shift… “The open hub was a bit different since the encounters weren’t scripted in the same way. I had to adjust to some more programmatic ways of having music played back based on random elements.”

Oh yeah, they also say that Marty is working on music for Halo: Reach right now as well as “something else…”

Also, Kongregate (one of the best Flash game sites around with achievements and everything) has a big ODST giveaway going on now. Four challenges in different games will earn you entries into the sweepstakes. Grand prize is an Xbox 360 Elite and a Mitsubishi 60″ 1080p HDTV plus there are 20 copies of ODST up for grabs.

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Podtacular Rec vs Terrorbites

Posted on September 5, 2009 by Dust Storm
Paranoid Sarge says:
It seemed like Tie-Tacular!
Pretty much the motto of our matches. We lost one, but tied 2. So all in all they won.
It was a good match. I had a lot of fun and I’m sure everyone else did.
Thanks to all who came and played! Be sure to check out the Terrorbites clan on their site.
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Bungie’s official Twitter and a new trailer

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Dust Storm

That’s right, it is finally official, Bungie has a real, live Twitter account. Ignore the fakers or follow the accounts that just repeat RSS feeds, its up to you. But you must follow the real thing!

Also IGN (and no doubt other sites by now) have posted a live-action ODST trailer reminiscent of the ones that came out before Halo 3 talking about the panorama and museum.

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We made MLG, at least a picture.

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Dust Storm

ODST at MLG Dallas For those watching the stream last night, you’ll know that ODST was the big attraction of the night. GLewis, Brent and I got on main stage off to the left of the player booths and got into a few nice pics on MLGPro.com. This one is Brian Jarrard from Bungie who I actually got to talk to during the ODST event. You can find more pictures at MLGPro.com We’re having tons of fun and we’re throwing videos up on livestream as fast as we can. Be sure to keep watching as once there’s enough videos up, those will be the only ones playing and we want to see what you think in the chat.

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