Podtacular Show Notes

Podtacular Halo 3 Show Episode 66
for the week of June 5, 2006

(hosts Foo Mo Jive, LoneBananaFone and JVB)

Halo 3 Show (explain)

Bungie Update

Halo 3 ideas and speculation

I think that the gravemind took control of Cortana, Evidence? YES!
1)Cortana’s voice is underlaid with the graveminds voice.
2)At the end of halo 3 the Gravemind is talkig to Cortana!
I also think that MC the Humans and the Elites or the whole of the
Covenant made a truce because MC is just standing normally and doesn’t
have a hint of any militeristic stance when the Covenant fly over!

I HATE one thing on the chiefs helmet. The flashlights on both sides of his
helmets. They are humongus, Bungie really needs to cut them down to size.

I’m thinking that bungie might be shifting towards the plot of the book
series a bit more, because in the book series, it hints a bit about the
covenant getting reach and making a big crater (trailer?) to get some
relic, then it also hints that earth is some important artifact (maybe the
arc, the thing that supposedly activates all halo rings) just being a
theorist here and offering my opinions, and bad spelling

an idea for halo 3 could be that in ctf you can carry your own flag. this
could be useful if the other team takes it, then looses it, you could
bring it back to your base. of coarse, there would have to be limitations
(like the flag cant be moved while it’s at its original spawn point) or
else people would just throw their flag in unreachable places like the
attic in terminal. also…

1. You could jump in the trian on terminal amd ride across the map. that
is if it’s even in halo 3. that would make it easy to score the flag on
ctf, but as a balance if you dont get off in time, you are killed by the
guardians.

2. you can arm the bomb on assault in more than one place. this way you
could arm it on the go, throw it into a room, and get an instant
killomenjaro. of coarse, you would have to wait to arm the bomb at the
actual base.

3. when someone picks up an smg/br and a plasma pistol to make a noob
combo, a loud voice yells to everyone, “[INSERT NAME HERE] HAS A NOOB
COMBO!!!”

4. if someone jumps on your banshee and tries to board it, you can roll
and they will automatically fly off.

5. you could load 5-10 plasma gernades into an smg and shoot them at
someone for a massive sticky kill.

6. when you kill someone, if you walk over their dead body in the within 5
seconds of their death, you can “hold X to t-bag” and your character would
pick up the dead body and t-bag it.

7. instead of assasinating someone, you would snap their neck and kill
them that way. then when the body falls over the neck is bent completely
to the right. (or left, whichever floats your boat)

i think the halo3 trailer was quite good it showed a lot of aspects that
are going to be in the game such as graphics weapons music vehicles

however it does raise some questions such as how cortana is going to make
an appearence and why there is a grunt on a sighn post i hope when the
game is played these answers will be revealed

I know Im not the first person to say this but I think the covenant didn’t
expect the large structure to open. If you watch they are all just
hanging around it and a phantom being escorted by banshees is racing
towards it when all of a sudden it opens. The cruisers fire their engines
and the phantom and banshees break formation scattering in all directions. Doesnt seem very like the covenant to just break formation like that.

As bungie has said, Earth loses the war. The Spartan shown in the trailer is Master Chief otherwise why would Cortana talk to other Spartans? As for the assault rifle, this shows the return of the much loved “Big Sauce” of Halo 1. Hopefully a healthy medium between H1 and H2 weapons is used. I for one want the return of the Pistol because its quick 3 shot kills make the game faster paced, more deadly, and the chance that you might get 3 shoted leads to more strategic gameplay. The grenades should do the same damage as H1 because the nades in H2 are like freakin water ballons.

BTW you know your playing too much Halo 2 when your playing H2 and at all and not Smashbros Melee

Needler owns

Cortana Rampant- I knew before the Halo 3 trailer!

My friend and I were playing co-op Campaign, and saw just before the Master Chief took that gravity-pipe-thing to the Forerunner ship, Cortana said she would detonate the reactors on In Amber Clad, like they did with the first Halo. This is interesting for two reasons:

1) Cortana was slightly crossing her fingers when she said this. Very slightly, but she was, nonetheless, crossing her fingers under her arm. (They are folded across her chest.)

2) Cortana can’t detonate the reactors on In Amber Clad. To do that remotely, she needs to have access to an officer’s neural implant. Remember the mission in Halo 1 where you had to retrieve Jacob Keyes’ neural implant? Also note that Miranda Keyes is still alive. Even if she weren’t lying, this second point is particularly worthy of note.

Also, one of the track names on the Halo 2 Soundtrack, Volume Two is “Finale”. One of the suite names under that track is “Thermopylae Soon”. A quick check on dictionary.com confirms what I learned in high school…

Ther·mop·y·lae (thr-mp-l)
A narrow pass of east-central Greece. It was the site of an unsuccessful Spartan stand against the Persians in 480 B.C.

Interesting, yes? Need confirmation? Follow this link:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=thermopylae

Oh, one last theory – I’ve seen something just like that big glowing thing in the H3 trailer. I hypothesize that the “Ark” is in fact an enormous, plasma-powered pressure cooker! What could the covenant be cooking?!

What’s up Podtacular? After listening to Episode 63 I thought that what
if, instead of making a BRAND NEW game of Halo 3, what if they just took
the stuff from the old one, made it look better, and modded it? So I did
some research and came up with the Halo 2: Combat Evolved mod. This is
what I would like to be in Halo 3. There’s no auto-aim, and there’s the
assualt rifle. Kinda remided me of the trailer and what you said. Also,
did you know that the ‘Ark’, when it fired, made the same sound as when
the scarab did in Halo 2? Also, it opens up a whole INTO the Earth. It
couldn’t lead into the center of the earth, so maybe…the Cheif will
explore the structure itself in Halo 3, or maybe it will lead to
somewhere, possibly it will act as a teleporter?

This is very simple….

USE THE DAMN D-PAD!!!!1

I dont care want its used for but just use it.

(Though i would like squad orders or lean…(But that will be come a
Rainbow Six type game…

Hey guys this is Hurricane12 and I have something that I would really like
to see Bungie put into Halo 3. I was talking to a couple of my friends and
we came up with a huge list of things that should be put into Halo 3. Anyway here are my two favorites. When a bullet hits your shield you
should be able to see the bullets reflect off the player and fall on the
ground. I just think it would be really cool to be shooting at someone
and my SMG and watching the rounds bounce off the player and land on the
ground until his shield is gone. The other really cool thing that I think
they should add is another power up. My idea was something like when you
pick the ability up it goes to your gun and not your armor. I guess what
I am saying is something that will boost your current guns damage so that
instead of 4 BR shots to kill someone its 3…or something like that. I
think that these two things would be amazing.

In Episode 63, I laid down what we know will be in Halo 3 based on the
trailer. But know, people are speculating on what they WANT in Halo 3.
Here is some of my wishful thinking for Halo 3:

1- I want the Master Chief to be able to do the Moonwalk anytime I want
him to. Even during cutscenes.

2- I want a “Hot Coffee” type mod in Halo 3 involivng Cortana and Miranda
Keyes.

3- I want my MTV.

4- I want a Pimp Cane to be a usuable weapon in Halo 3. It will work as
the human version of the energy sword.

5- I want Burt Reynolds to play an important part in the Halo 3
storyline.

6- I want a flashback cutscene to the year 2040 when VoteForJR becomes
president.

Here is a Halo 3 wishlist (the ones I can think of)

-The ability to have a sub-friends list. Im saying that if your in a
party and you make it “Podtacular invite only”, then only podtacular
people on your friends list can join it. Just an example.

-The ability to force team change in the pregame lobby, or at least lock
it. Foo mo should remember the 4 flags on waterworks a few nights back.

-Be able to join a random custom game similar to optimatch. Its a long
shot, but it would be interesting.

-In depth stats on bungie.net and a previous game/stats viewer on the 360.

i have heard that there is a new covenant species thing that is called a
Drinol which is a huge covenant species that is bigger then a Hunter and
has a lot of armor thats hard to crack. Theres also a picture of it on
the Halo 2 Special Edition disk.

You should be able to take off your new gloves when no other gun is
accesible and throw them like a boomerang like in austrailia kill people
with it and it comes right back on your hand. Also when your out of ammo
you should be able to throw your weapon at people.

i think that in halo 3 u should be able to play as the flood in campaign.
and it would be really cool to have three different characters in the
multiplayer mode… spartans,elites,and the flood. the bad part about it
is that u wouldnt be able to customize ur flood character. instead u would
choose if u would want to be an elite flood character or a human flood
character. Also i would like to see a map that has two bases on two
different islands and u would have to fly a vehicle over to the other base
or take a submarine type vehicle to the opposite island.

I think the beginning of Halo 3 will take place in Chicago, then later go
back to New Mombasa. The ship that Master Chief is on will crash land into
there or something along those lines. My evidence to support my argument is
the map Foundation, which you were supposed to get after you beat Campaign.
The description of the map reads,

“Deep in Chicago Industrial Zone 08 lies the decommissioned Tactical
Autonomous Robotic Defense System testing facility.”

Maybe that has something to do with the plot of Halo 3, but to point of
the matter is that Chicago had nothing to do with Halo 2, unlike all of
the other maps before it, where you can tell which levels they come from.

There is even more proof that Chicago will have something to do with Halo

3. On Foundation there are Halo 3 icons hidden by where the rockets
respawn. You can see then by standing where the sword spawns and looking
right above the yellow and black paint in front of the rockets. There is a
link to a picuture of this in the shownotes.
LINK=http://i4.tinypic.com/111l1xs.jgp

Also, in a recent Bungie Update there was a ‘Demo’ of Halo 3 gameplay with
Mister Chief, but in the back it showed a wall with posters on it that are
also on Foundation.

Sorry if this is alittle long but I had to get that out there, and I am
really hoping that Chicago is in Halo 3, as I am a Chicago resident.
Thanks for reading this on the air and if anyone has any other ideas about
this or just wants to play some Halo 2 with me, my new gametag is Merc
Skinhead, and no, I am not a racist.

Hey i think that bungie should put the fuel rod into the multiplayer game. also it would be nice if the flashlight was like it was before i think. It
would also be cool if they went to 4-player co-op campaign mode where you
either have a team of marines or spartans(depends on the story) and you
all work together to beat the game. Yeah i think that would be awesome i
love co-op. Also it would be nice if the banshees could use their bombs
in multiplayer as well as being able to pilot a pelican or a smaller
flight vehicle that bungie can make up. it could be similar to a banshee.
Yeah thanks foo mo!

New Game modes that involve teamwork. Such as a game in which one team
defends an area and another team trys to destroy a depo or someting.
Night vision and some maps in which you can use them

A map that is like the size of New York City but with small towns for
about 32 players.

Custom weapons. When you create your profile you can customize your BR with scopes and Bipods, Silencers and even nade launchers (like in
Americas Army)

infinit nades!

weapons

1-flame thrower. sentenial beam like flame thrower with like more range
but small shotgun effect.

2-golden gun, prox mine, remote mines, time mines like in goldeneye.

3-ronins like in 007 nigthfire.

4-a ps2 gun that can bearlly do damage.

5- a jew claw that can be duel weildable so that i can use the double jews
claw

random stuff

1-when making a custum game, the choice of weapons on map:random set or
:random or no starting weapons.

2- a new way to t-bag, insted a feature that when u kill somone u can
steal there wallets and at the end of the game u get medals 4 how many
wallets u stole

3- more medals like double splater, triple stick, snipetacular, wallet
frenzy, chucktrocity, cartsmangiro

4-co-op on live

5- in campain an halo2 there is a mexican, a girl a thite guy , a black
guy, but no pakies.in halo 3 there should be a teamate thaat hs a turban

vehicles

1- a shopping carts

2- go carts

3-in team games u can get a pony back ride from another player, monkey or
even a hippo.

4- a magic carpet that fly`s and more then 1 personne, but is open so if u
get shot at there is no resictence like with the banshee and sniper to even
it out.

maps

1- a map where there is like 8 banshee pad and only banshees and no
weapons

2- lockout

3- a straight no hills or holes closed map

4-a map creator featur (but i personnaly think it would be trouble on live
like in far cry)

I think something that is on everyone’s mind is a device that will let you record, Like a capture card, that works in game so you can make montages and stuff. Also an option to make one character, “the camera-man” have no HUD so you can take pics or record Machinima. Tell me that wouldn’t be awesome!

Another thing is a skin changer, maybe for games. Like something that will map your face. Just for fun sometimes, like maybe for machinima.

the best thing about halo 3 will be playable grunts in
multiplayer. After you kill someone, it will auto say something like, I
GET HIS HELMET!!!

Heres one thing that i ope they DONT DO in halo 3. Be able to see your
weapons. As everyone knows..they dissolve. I think that having 16 MC’s
with rocket launchers would look pretty bad. Keep them plain and simple.
Its a sci fi game..KEEP IT SCI FI

1) A training mode set aside from Campaign, where you could traverse one of
the human ships like the Pillar of Autumn, which would have shooting ranges
and, without leaving, be able to drive vehicles in special enviroments,
like other planets.
2) Also, I would like to have a kind of mode where, if you beat the game,
you can play as the Flood on any of the Halo 1 or 2 levels that have them.
You start as a infection form and must infect marines and then destroy
every human in sight as a combat form until you die.

Suggestion 1: I think that there should be a plasma grenade launcher (like
the brute shot or similar, but with stickies)
Suggestion 2:I also think that they should add in a new kind of forerunner
technology to the armor, something like a new kind of helmet that would
replace the motion sensor, and instead you would be able to detect
movement on the visor directly

Multiplayer Suggestions: For multiplayer, i think they should add in a new
kind of flying vehicle, maybe human, add in distructible enviroments, a.k.a
when you throw a grenade at the ground it would make a crater when it
explodes, another possibility i think would be to make a 8-16 co-op mode
through xbox live (with the minimum being the expansion of co-op to xbox
live) and finally, i think they should make a big team battle option that
allows for 32 or even 64 people

I know there has been some talk about some type of spectating feature. I
think it would be scrumtrulescent if you could enter a pre-game lobby and
select “spectator” as opposed to picking a team. Then when all the
challenges are put forth friends can watch the game instead of just hear
about it from the players. Sorry if this has been mentioned already. Keep
up the great work.

Maybe we could actually get an ending this time around.
I’d like to see more weapon types. For exaple, the Magnem covers all
handguns. There could be a revolver or someting. There definetly needs to
be more weapons. And no n00b combo!

so here are some ideas
id like to see the troop carrier warthog so you could actually mount an
effective assult on a base
take the damn bugs out of the story they served no purpose
“soft cover” cover that camoflauges you more than protects say like grass
or bushes and stuff
bring night vision back or add a heat vision
more gore
the faster running like in Halo CE
thats all i dont think bungie should listen to any of anones ideas and
make a game that they think will be awsome because its worked for em so
far

hey guys i would like to see in halo 3 is that in the campaign you could
pick up the hunter shield and use it and for multiplayer when you have
camo you WOULD Acctualy be invisible and could see everyone else on the
map who has camo but this would (for obivous reasons) would be very short
to balance the game,also i would like to play just for the fun of it as a
grunt, brute,elite or a marine maybe even cortana.

Hey guys. I would really like it if you could pick up objects like a rock
or a gun and then peg someone with it. It would also be cool if you could
pick up dead bodies and use them as your shield.

hey podtacular i have a few ideas for Halo 3. My first idea is that in Halo
3 when your playing multi player and you get hit in the face with like a BR
it like cracks the MC’s visor or dents it. And with an Elite it could maybe
dent his little face protector things. Another cool thing they should have
is a gametype where you have to run to your base and dismantle a bomb
using teamwork to save your base. To dismantle this bomb you could have to
press a combination of buttons at the same time or something tricky like
that. Then when some shoots you in the leg but you still survive, your guy
kind of limp for a while. Well those are my ideas, hope you guys like them.
Keep up the good work!

Games recommended by Halo freaks

Candyland is the single greatest boardgame in the history of all game
boards it has drama, suspense, and strategy all rolled into one. It is
easily the eppitemy of all board games.

Hey guys is Hurricane12 again. My favorite game to play besides Halo 2
would be either Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis or Call of Duty 2. I
have been playing Table Tennis alot latly and it is amazing. For anyone
with a 360 the game is only $40 and its well worth it. Thanks guys

Hey podtacular this is Pienaim. Other than Halo 2 I play Super Smash Bros
Melee on my gamecube. It just never gets old smashing pokemon and peach
into the abyss below, MWAHAHAHAHAHA. It actually has one of the best
fighting systems that I have seen in a game with combos and such. The
only things that could make it better is if the Master Chief was in it and
it was on the 360. I also play a lot of Super Mario Bros. The original is
the best and jumping on your enemies or setting them ablaze never gets
old!! I only wish that Nintendo WOULD STOP remaking all of there awesome
classics because no matter how you look at it beating a dead horse is
STILL beating a dead horse! Thanks for your time! Keep on fraggin trucks!

This is for all the Neo Geo Retro Gamers like myself out there… It’s just a simple mini review on this amazing game called Samurai
Showdown II. For the Arcade lovers this was one of the best games ever in
the Neo Geo CD and Cartridges series. Made by SNK this amazing game is one
of the best fighint games that created great success in it’s arcade
version. Samurai Showdown was kinda of an okay game but when the second
one came out it became the biggest hit of those years. With characters
such as The american Galford and his wolf, Hanzo, Haohmaru, Genjuro and
Ukyo made this game a great game with killer kool graphics and one fun
game to be played and watched. The amazing sword slashes and special moves
made this one of a kind game. Not too long after the success of SSII the
third on the Series came out with new graphics and shortly a 4th one. But
the main deal deffinately remained on the second and third of this amazing
series. So for all of those that would like to have some kool action
fighting game. So this is my tip for those that like to check out old
games and kool retros… Check our Samurai Showdown II.

Hope this was a little helpful for those that are into the retro gaming.

Hyper Blade: realesed in 1996 for PC by Wiz Bang Software and published by
Activision, it was a hockey game with fighting. There were obstacles and
traps on the course and you could fight and kill youre and other players
with youre stick.You could even cut there head off.It was a very fun fast
paced game.It was supposed to be realesed for PS1 but i dont think it ever
was because it sold well.You can get a demo of it from Gamespot but you
need a 95 or 92 computer.It was awesome.

Another game that I play is Need 4 Speed: Most Wanted for the Xbox 360. A game that some of you should check out is Oblivion and Burnout Revenge. They are both awesome!

a good game other than halo 2 is The Sims 2 ,
Black, UT 2004, and Oblivion.

My first actual game console was the N64, even though I had dabbled in Sega
Genesis a little bit and my dad would sit me on his lap when I was 3 to
watch him play Punch-Out on the Super NES.
My fondest memories of those days came from a game simply named Starfox64.
Starfox 64 was the first game I played from start to finish, including the
secret ending.
To this day, it remains on of my favorite games for it simple controls and
intense boss battles. I can remember staying up all night with my friends
playing multiplayer. The Mulitplayer maps sucked, but it was fun shooting
your buddies Arwing down anyway.

The game I am submitting today is God Of War, this is a gorey ps2 classic
to be. Unleash the power of the Gods and embark on a merciless quest as
Kratos, an ex-Spartan warrior driven to destroy Ares, the God of War.
Armed with lethal double chainblades, Kratos must carve through
mythology’s darkest creatures including Medusa, Cyclops, the Hydra and
more, while solving intricate puzzles in breathtaking environments. Driven
by pure revenge, nothing can stop Kratos from achieving absolution.

The main plot of the game revolves around Kratos carrying out a mission
from the gods of Olympus to stop the renegade god Ares (incidentally, the
titular “god of war”) from destroying the city of Athens. The only way a
mortal like Kratos can kill a god is to acquire the mythical Pandora’s
box, a weapon so powerful that even the gods themselves tremble before its
power. As you follow Kratos’ journey to find Pandora’s box, you learn more
and more about his troubled past, how he was once a conqueror of fearsome
reputation, and how he was eventually led astray by Ares. These bits of
story are told through stylishly directed flashbacks that appear at
specific intervals. The game’s whole method of storytelling takes sort of
a slow-burn approach, giving you almost nothing to work with and no
understanding of Kratos at the beginning. By the time the game is over,
however, you’ll know nearly all there is to know about Kratos, and you
should find yourself sympathetic to this flawed but repentant warrior.
Even though the story is, in itself, a fairly basic tale of revenge, it
isn’t any less impactful because of this when you reach the final
confrontation.

hey pod. aside from halo i play star wars knights of the old republic
religiously. everyone i talk to hates it because they complain that you
dont get to actually swing your lightsaber or shoot your blaster(the
computer does)but then again you cant “actually freeform fight” in any of
these massive MMOs. If you actually sit down and listen to what people say
its an awesome game.

Yeah yeah sure Halo is great and all but c’mon, Alex Kidd is where it’s
really at.
Origionaly built-in to the Sega Master system, you play as Alex, jumping
around various levels…(all 11 of them)...sporting an abnormal giant fist
and a ‘flock of seaguls’ haircut.
As you progress through each location knocking out Sea horses, Monkeys and
creepy looking birds, you collect bags of coins, which can be used to buy
‘pimped out’ items at the store. Like a flying ‘Peticopter’, a Power
bracelet or a motorcycle with no brakes. Now i’m no expert, but should little kids be allowed to fly choppers and
ride crazy fast death bikes?....oohh yeah.

Later in the game, Alex learns that to save his Brother, he must defeat
the Emperor by playing a deadly game of Rock, Paper, Scissors. You play
three rounds and whoever looses, get turned to stone and sent to another
dimention. (Bungie if you’re listening, please let us do that in Halo 3)

Well iv’e kept it short cause…well…it’s a short game.

Me and my online buddies are hardcore Halo 2 players, but lately a ne game
has captured our interest. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat for the 360 (or
Xbox if you haven’t made the next-gen leap) is great. It’s like Halo 2 but
set in a more contemporary and military setting. The crazy high-octane
vehicle action, the huge variety in ways to kill a person, and huge, huge
maps. And did someone say choppers? I know the banshee is fun but think
how much more fun it can be flying to capture a flag in a chopper with 3
of your buddies riding along!

The multiplayer is great, tons of action and being strategic pays off (you
get points for killing people, neutralizing and/or capturing flags,
assisting in capturing a flag, killing baddies trying to steal a flag, and
so on). Any lover of Halo 2 that wants to get some military action on but
doesn’t like the slower-paced and action-sparse Ghost Recon seriers is
sure to enjoy Battlefield 2: Modern Combat.

Even though Halo 2 is a fun game, I have been moving on to other games
aswell. I find Marble Blast Ultra on the X360 Arcade is a fun game (and
you can’t beat the ‘graaaphix’!). There are other 360 games a like to
play, but I don’t want to waste your time.

Thanks, and keep on speakin’ spanish.

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