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The Unofficial Halo Universe Podcast

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Podtacular 731: The Holey Rings

April 26, 2020 18:52 - 73.1 MB

We have a double feature this week as we just released our interview with Installation 00 yesterday, which was pre-recorded before this episode. Both together would have resulted in over three hours of content, so we decided to keep them … Continue reading →

Podtacular 730: Interview with Installation 00

April 26, 2020 00:16 - 63.8 MB

We had a strong start this year with guests on the podcast and we’re happy to bring on more guests. On this episode, we have our interview with Installation 00, a YouTuber who has been making waves in the lore … Continue reading →

Podtacular 729: Renegades

April 18, 2020 22:23 - 93.7 MB

Last month, we had our discussion on Halo: Smoke and Shadow and we’re discussing the sequel, Halo: Renegades in this episode. We’ve also got the latest news around Halo 2 Anniversary flighting on PC to discuss, last week’s community spotlight … Continue reading →

Podtacular 728: Mod Me A Game

April 12, 2020 19:03 - 57.8 MB

Dust Storm and Godzilla T here again with just ourselves for another couple of week’s wrapping up the community projects we didn’t cover last week and our latest community poll. We’re currently looking at who our next guests should be … Continue reading →

Podtacular 727: Our Favorite Tunes

April 06, 2020 00:47 - 69.9 MB

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 … Continue reading →

Podtacular 726: Smoke and Shadow

March 28, 2020 18:39 - 75.3 MB

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 … Continue reading →

Podtacular 725: So Much Power, So Little Space

March 21, 2020 19:45

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 … Continue reading →

Podtacular 724: Autumn Breaks in Shadows

March 15, 2020 02:05

Welcome back to another week of Halo news and yet another interview. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a Community Spotlight and even longer for the last Canon Fodder, but both bring another wonderful curation of creative genius our … Continue reading →

Podtacular 723: Giving Old Friends Warm Welcomes

March 05, 2020 19:00

A surprise release means an impromptu surprise episode. We weren’t planning on doing a podcast this week, but with Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary landing on PC, we’d figure we’d kill two moas with one hammer swing and talk about the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 722: Dual Weaponizing

February 29, 2020 17:53

Welcome back to another “regular” episode as we don’t have any outside guests on the show, but we do have our most recent addition to the Podtacular staff, Writing Spartan on as a guest and discuss what his role is … Continue reading →

Podtacular 721: Poncho Dirt

February 22, 2020 21:02

This week it’s just Dust Storm and Godzilla T behind the microphones as we not cover Halo: Retribution, not cover Halo: Shadow of Intent, but Dirt from Halo: Evolutions. Needless to day, we found after the fact that we had … Continue reading →

Podtacular 720: Rebirth

February 18, 2020 02:34

Another week and yet another interview here on the podcast mixed in with our regular show. Unfortunately the community spotlight was delayed, but there’s plenty more community content and events happening that were worthy of note. We’re please to have … Continue reading →

Podtacular 719: Interview with RealLifeSpartan

February 11, 2020 18:05

This year, we started our Streamer Showcase Saturday and we had the pleasure of highlighting RealLifeSpartan. We’ve been entertained by his personality and presentation we couldn’t not try to have him on the podcast, and he agreed! This special episode … Continue reading →

Podtacular 718: Community Catch-up

February 09, 2020 20:34

There’s no topic of the week for this week’s show as we were catching up on the numerous edits and fan project updates we didn’t get to last week. Fret not, there’s still a lot of good discussion from the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 717: Halo Respawn

February 07, 2020 17:22

Welcome to our first guest appearance of 2020 and it’s fitting that we have the folks on from Halo Respawn on. Halo Respawn is a new community founded by Vetteking95 in an effort to help reunite and showcase the many … Continue reading →

Podtacular 716: Unlocking Customization

February 01, 2020 17:58

This week we asked the community how they would like to unlock items in Halo Infinite given the past examples we’ve seen in Halo and in the industry. With the latest progression-style system in MCC drumming up community discussion, there’s … Continue reading →

Podtacular 715: Campaign Experience

January 25, 2020 16:26

We’re still playing catch-up on community happenings over the past month, but we’re nicking away at it until we’re all caught up. This week includes last week’s Community Spotlight and this week’s Community Update, first of each for 2020. Responding … Continue reading →

Podtacular 714: Machinima in Halo

January 24, 2020 00:04

At Halo: Outpost Discovery, we had the opportunity to host several panels with Halo machinimators. The Halo universe has exceptional lore for people to build on and the tools to craft inspirational stories. In coordination with The Hub, we’re happy … Continue reading →

Podtacular 713: The Year of Infinite

January 20, 2020 17:54

We kick off 2020, the year of Halo Infinite catching up on the community news and Halo updates. As we march closer to Holiday 2020, we’re continuing to revamp our podcast outline to showcase more of the news and discussions … Continue reading →

Podtacular 712: Broken Circle: Part Two

December 27, 2019 05:11

Our final episode of the year wraps up the second part of Halo: Broken Circle, which we started last week. The final Community Spotlight and Community Update are also available for discussion as we round out the decade with this … Continue reading →

Podtacular 711: Broken Circle: Part One

December 14, 2019 19:28

Wrapping up our final book of the year, we take a look at the first part of Halo: Broken Circle. Taking place over 3000 years ago in the current Halo timeline, this book takes a look at the earliest days … Continue reading →

Podtacular 710: Welcome Back to Reach

December 08, 2019 17:31

Halo: Reach on Halo: The Master Chief Collection is finally here and as Tartarus said, “[It’s] drawn quite a crowd.” Being one of the most successful Steam launches, Halo fans have flocked to its release. In this episode, we go … Continue reading →

Podtacular 709: Thankful of Halo

December 03, 2019 04:01

Although we recorded this podcast in anticipation of it coming out before Thanksgiving, due to the delay of the previous episode, this one got delayed as well. In addition, Dust Storm’s audio wasn’t set up correctly to record, so we’re … Continue reading →

Podtacular 708: Final Outpost Log

November 30, 2019 14:30

Apologies for this episode taking so long to release. Various issues arose gathering recordings and finding time to edit this show. We’re going to change the way we do big round-table discussions going forward so we try to avoid these … Continue reading →

Podtacular 707: Marketing Tactics

November 12, 2019 16:25

Halo has had quite a few innovative and impactful marketing campaigns for game launches, some of the more memorable being Hunt the Truth, ilovebees, Iris and Believe. With Halo Infinite launching in just about a year, we asked you, our … Continue reading →

Podtacular 706: Haloween Flights

November 04, 2019 12:34

It’s Haloween night and the latest Community Spotlight is filled with plenty of Halo-themed pumpkin carvings, ink-tober drawings, and ghoulishly inspired artwork. The latest Reach flight, and possibly last is also out on PC including Campaign, Firefight and PvP Multiplayer! … Continue reading →

Podtacular 705: Halo Outpost-mortem

October 30, 2019 02:37

Even though Halo: Outpost Discovery ended nearly two months ago, we can’t stop talking about it and the memories it gave us over the summer. Earlier this year, we invited DJBlue and John Friend on the show to tell us … Continue reading →

Podtacular 704: Pizza Gate

October 20, 2019 21:53

This week we’re swapping in our regular end-of-the-month community update to cover the last three months of updates from other Halo communities, podcasts and projects. In addition to the Community Spotlight from this week, we have updates from most all … Continue reading →

Podtacular 703: Reaching for Impressions

October 13, 2019 02:45

The latest Reach flight for MCC came to Xbox this past week with a lot of Halo Insiders on to play a full week of competitive game modes. We asked the community for their input, but we guess everyone just … Continue reading →

Podtacular 702: Infinite Game Mode Wishes

October 10, 2019 22:15

We’re bringing back weekly discussion topics starting off with hearing what our community wants to see come back as game modes in Halo: Infinite. With the light launch in Halo 5: Guardians, there’s plenty that the community would like to … Continue reading →

Podtacular 701: Halo Birthday Bonanza

September 29, 2019 22:10

Halo birthdays are plenty over these past two weeks with Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST and Halo: Reach. There is a lot happening in celebration, including Halo 3 playlist updates in MCC, the ODST slayer playlist on Halo 5: Guardians … Continue reading →