Podtacular 727: Our Favorite Tunes

Posted on April 5, 2020 by Dust Storm

No guests with us this week as we take time to do a little checkup on fan projects in the works within the Halo community. We had a chance to go through most of them and will pick up more on our next episode. We also had a new community poll where we asked you listeners what their favorite Halo soundtrack is. We are looking for suggestions on who you, our listeners would like to see us have as guests on the show, so reach out to us on social media or our Discord and let us know what ideas you have.

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Machinima Monday: The Assumptions

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Writing Spartan

Another Monday, another Machinima. This weeks Machinima Monday highlight goes to Halo Movie, rather than a series. This Halo movie is named ‘The Assumptions.’

‘The Assumptions’ was created by Herogameplayz, Herogameplayz creates short Halo movie Machinima, rather than a lengthy series or two. These short films focus on various different stories and have their own comedy elements thrown in.

The description for ‘The Assumptions’ is as follows:

The story of our lives am I right ? The assumptions that come from our parents whenever we’re out in public with our friends or sitting next to them in class can be a bit extreme, but deep down we know our parents really do care for us. But maybe this time there a tab bit more than meets the eye.

It’s clear from the video content and the description of the video that Herogameplayz is a very light-hearted and fun individual who loves to create Halo content. I’d fully recommend checking out more of their videos, as they’re guaranteed to provide a good watch.

Video Published by: Herogameplayz

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Podtacular 726: Smoke and Shadow

Posted on March 28, 2020 by Dust Storm

This week, Dust Storm and Godzilla T have a bit of alone time after the long string of guests on the show to talk about the latest book in the “Podtacular Book Club”, Halo: Smoke and Shadow. This is probably one of our most favorite books with all the different tie-ins from different parts of the Halo universe. We also have a new community spotlight with our favorites picked and another community poll; this time asking folks about their favorite Halo campaign.

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Machinima Monday: The Rookies

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Writing Spartan

It’s Monday, which can only mean one thing. Machinima Monday is here once more to highlight incredible fan made Halo Machinima. This week, the feature goes to a series called ‘The Rookies’.

‘The Rookies’ was created by RiftEX2Filmz, of whom have created many more incredible Halo Machinima series. ‘The Rookies’ has episodes 1 to 4 on the above mentioned channel.

The description for the first episode is as follows:

Before the Guardian changed everything during the events of the previous series Rookies (2017) Where was Henry before he caught up with Rift and introduced the Rookies?…

As mentioned in the above description, ‘The Rookies’ is actually a prequel to the series similarly named ‘Rookies’. ‘Rookies’ came out 2 years ago and has 5 episodes in total, so watching that series is recommend for those wanting to understand the full story of the latest Machinima ‘The Rookies’.

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Streamer Showcase: Mister Monopoli

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Dust Storm

Welcome back to the weekend and another streamer showcase. This next streamer should be no stranger to the Halo community, especially if you’ve looked into speedrunning.

Mister Monopoli is well known for his Halo 2 speedruns and even has an achievement named after him in Halo: The Master Chief Collection. You’ll regularly see him attempting new speedrunning tricks and occasionally hopping into multiplayer. Monopoli is one of the longest established speedrunners still in the game and is usually very willing to educate his viewers on the tricks he’s attempting. He has also been a Twitch partner since early 2014.

The Mister Monopoly streams on Twitch almost daily but not to a set schedule. You can subscribe to Mister Monopoly on Twitch and follow him on Twitter and YouTube.

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Podtacular 725: So Much Power, So Little Space

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Dust Storm

Another week with another interview, this time with the hosts of Finish the Fight: A Halo Podcast. Jesse and Alex join us to talk about the process behind their research for their shows and what it’s like to search for all the nitty, gritty details they manage to dig up and share with the community. You can listen to their podcast on all major podcast services. Results for the Covenant vehicle poll are in and we have ourselves a new community update to cover. The Xbox Series X gets a bit of a heated debate on the show and as always, some of our own personal community highlights. We have also launched our Patreon, which you can find at https://podtacular.com/patreon.

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Machinima Monday: Matchmaking Series

Posted on March 16, 2020 by Dust Storm

Simpler were the days of some of the most classic machinima creations and the Matchmaking series was no exception (can you tell we’re on a nostalgia trip at the moment?). Out of the seventeen episodes to be produced, the most notable probably has to be “No Scope Was Involved” featuring the No Scope song. If you want to check out the entire playlist of episodes, you can find them here.

Directed by DarkspireFilms and Produced by Machinima.com.

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