Author Archives: Dust Storm

Website Downtime

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Dust Storm

Some of you may have noticed what Podtacular has been down for two days. Please note that it was not something we did. DreamHost, our hosting provider for the site experienced a Denial of Service attack to their DNS which affected the databases that most of the sites hosted my them run off of. If you want more information behind the occurrence, please check http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/. Due to the downtime, we will not have a podcast this week, and will pick it up next week for Customs and Creations. Continue reading →

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Podtacular 181: Multiplayer Tips and Map of the Month: Ghost Town

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Dust Storm

Shownotes This week we take a look at the last legendary map: Ghost Town. It’s a good medium-sized map that goes well with most gametypes. GLewis is missed again, but is substituted by our very special guest: Zoom from the … Continue reading →

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AoR Invites Podtacular To March Madness

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Dust Storm

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Guess what Podtacular? Our friends over at AoR have invited us to March Madness, a series of tournaments in Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, and Gears of War 2.
For more information on the tournaments, and information on how to sign up see [url=https://podtacular.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=25209]THE FOLLOWING THREAD[/url].

There’s some insane prizes up for grabs. Good luck to those who participate! Continue reading →

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Podtacular 180: Halo Wars Demo-lition

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Dust Storm

Shownotes This week, we have a special episode of Podtacular. All the way from Ensemble Studios, we put the crackdown on the newly anticipated Halo title: Halo Wars. We scrutinize the game in every way, shape and form. Joining me … Continue reading →

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Podtacular 179: Around The Ring – DRM Debate

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Dust Storm

Shownotes Hello Podtacular! This is the first of the debate/discussion series that I hope to be able to continue once every few months or so. This one focuses on DRM, or Digital Rights Management. It’s a global issue. It affects … Continue reading →

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Podtacular 178: Callins and Tales from the Foxhole

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Dust Storm

Shownotes This week we open up our voicemails with CapnKrunk. Paranoid Sarge joins us this week to read the Tales from the Foxhole. It’s a long one this week from all the submissions we got. Keep it Up. Enjoy. http://www.podtacular.net/podcast/podtacular178.mp3Podcast: … Continue reading →

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Podtacular 177: Customs and Creations

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Dust Storm

Shownotes Hype (aka Kiaffex) joins us this week as he talks about his custom map he just finished: R7. We get to hear about all the great maps and gametypes that you sent in this week. Somehow, we managed to … Continue reading →

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