The Sound of Music

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Dust Storm


The hills are filled with the sound of music as 343i finally reveals their composer behind the Halo 4 music. If you watch the Making Halo 4: Composing Worlds video that 343i posted along with the bulletin, you will see that he has a unique approach to making his music that differs from what we’ve come to love from Marty. However, if you listen to the Halo 4 Soundtrack Samples (also available for download), you’ll hear that it still has that mysterious Halo sound.

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Podtacular Special: Waypoint Community Modcast – PAX East 2012

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Dust Storm

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We haven’t had a special in a while, but this one deserves it. I was invited to be on the PAX East 2012 special for the Waypoint Community Modcast (link). We had 8 people on the show stuffed into one hotel room filled with German candies. Enjoy

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Populate Halo 3 Today

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Dust Storm

There has been a movement to get everyone to play Halo 3 for nostalgia’s sake. Well, today is that day! While I’m having fun at PAX East, I won’t be able to join in the festivities, but you should hop on and get some games in with some other Halo fans that have helped promote the movement. If you get lucky and run into Greenskull, you might even get an avatar code. Details can be found on his YouTube channel.

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Podtacular 279: Non-information

Posted on March 24, 2012 by Dust Storm

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While we wait for more Halo 4 information to come down the pipe, we take some time to talk about some things going on in the community. The two big talking points discussed on the show are the non-informative responses we received form 343i and the end of the Reach API and online file share. Not that we’re trying to complain, but with 343i taking the reins of Halo, they are legitimate concerns that we have. Enjoy

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New Voicemail Number

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Dust Storm

As pointed out my one of our community members, our old voice-mail number is no longer valid.  Turns out that the number got terminated because of inactivity.  Now we have a new number you can call into at any time any leave any kind of Halo related message, whether it would be a lovely tale from the foxhole, custom creations, or anything else.  The number is (206) 339-6937 (sorry, no fancy acronym).  So what are you waiting for, get to calling and get your voice heard on the show.

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Podtacular 278: Mailbag Show

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Dust Storm

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On today’s show, we pull out the dusty mailbag and read your comments on the show’s we’ve had over the past couple of weeks. Needless to day, there are lots of opinions and questions out there about the Halo universe and Halo 4. We also have special guest Rob Imbs (Just Rob) who is making a film, Game Changers , based on two professional Halo players who are best friends pursuing different lives around gaming. It is an independent film driven by Indiegogo, similar to Kickstarter. If you like what you hear about the film in the podcast, be sure to head over to their project page and donate to the film. It would be cool if we had a lot of people listening contribute to the project. If you do go over there and donate, be sure to put “Heard on Podtacular” in the comments. Enjoy Read More...

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Return of the Four Shot

Posted on March 18, 2012 by DaftLink

This Bulletin brings answers to community questions about the Halo 4 Battle Rifle and information on updates to Halo Waypoint, including the forums and ATLAS. There was also a community playdate with 343i on Thursday, March 15 and there will be one every third or fourth Thursday of the month where you can potentially play with 343i employees such as bs angel. Last but not least, we get a few Halo 4 wallpapers.

Discuss in the forums.

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