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Your source for everything happening in the Halo Universe - covering campaign storyline, book narrative, external fiction, multiplayer, competitive, forge, custom maps/gametypes, machinimas, communities, leagues, clans and more!

Dust Storm

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The Podtacular podcast has been a mainstay in the Halo community since 2005, providing fans with entertaining and informative discussions about all things Halo. As a long-time listener, I can confidently say that this podcast is worth every minute of your time. The hosts, Dust Storm and GodzillaT, have an incredible rapport that never fails to engage listeners. Whether they're discussing the latest updates in the Halo franchise or diving into the expanded universe, their knowledge and passion for all things Halo shines through.

One of the best aspects of this podcast is its comprehensive coverage of everything Halo-related. From news updates to community projects to Forge updates, Podtacular covers it all. They provide a more distilled and less self-congratulatory perspective compared to official sources like the 343 Community Updates. Additionally, their novel discussion episodes are a treat for fans of the Halo canon and expanded universe, offering in-depth analysis and thoughtful insights.

On the flip side, one criticism I have is that sometimes episodes can be quite long. While I appreciate their dedication to covering all aspects of Halo, some episodes can extend beyond three hours. This may be overwhelming for listeners who prefer shorter podcasts or have limited time to dedicate to listening.

In conclusion, The Podtacular podcast is a must-listen for any fan of the Halo universe. With knowledgeable and entertaining hosts who cover everything from news updates to community projects, this podcast provides a unique and enjoyable perspective on the world of Halo. Despite occasional lengthy episodes, the content is consistently engaging and informative. If you love Halo, this podcast should be at the top of your list.



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Podtacular 889: Halo Man Station

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2024 113:16


We're back off the heels of an exciting Halo World Championship seeing a new Champion rise: Space Station Gaming, along with a very exciting first-ever international champion! Among the competitive festivities were of course the Community Stage and booths, but … Continue reading →

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Podtacular Special: HaloWC 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2024 86:34


It's our open-mic special from this year's Halo World Championships talking about this year's tournament, panels and experiences. We had the pleasure of having JumperScape, OmnicientWolf, Bobby on this year's live stream with a surprise, hour-long drop from the GOAT, … Continue reading →

Podtacular 888: Space Needle Gaming

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2024 38:44


The Halo World Championship is only two weeks away, bringing the best Halo talent together from around the world and entertaining fans. Along with Halo Infinite tournaments, there's Halo 2, Halo 3, and Halo 5: Guardians tournaments happening as well, … Continue reading →

Podtacular 887: Interview with CardinalRedbird

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 51:58


Community tournaments are a dime a dozen these days in the Halo community, giving players the chance to compete outside the official HCS events, but for those of us, more seasoned players, our skills aren't as sharp, which is where … Continue reading →

Podtacular 886: Reaching for Champion

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2024 69:31


Making our way to the Halo World Championship, the latest Operation for Halo Infinite has dropped bringing refreshes to matchmaking including Firefight update featuring some Reach Forged maps and, of course, sandbox tunings and updates to Forge. After we're done … Continue reading →

Podtacular 885: VIP Tuning

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2024 54:55


Thanks to 343 dropping a decent chunk of news regarding the upcoming operation, we're changing direction of our originally planned book podcast to discuss what we can expect dropping into Infinite next week. VIP makes its return to the mainline … Continue reading →

Podtacular 884: Quiet On Set

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 102:30


This past week was a rather somber week for Halo fans. The Halo TV Show has been cancelled on Paramount+, causing 343 Industries and Xbox to try to find a new home for future seasons. It's no surprise as it … Continue reading →

Podtacular 883: A Chip Off the Old Anvil

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2024 47:05


Seems to be the same song and dance with both Dust Storm and Godzilla T, life events keep cropping up and time between recording sessions grows. Life just deals the cards like that, but hey, there's a bit of Halo … Continue reading →

Podtacular 882: Unreal News

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 52:49


Our apologies for not having the podcast for a month. We've had a series of live events come up and get in the way of more recent recording opportunities and we took one of the weeks to play the Survive … Continue reading →

Podtacular 881: Banished Lights

Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2024 64:54


Halo Infinite lands CU32, erm… Banished Honor brining more game balances and fixes but introduces the new Spartan Points system integrated with the newest Operation. The Plasma Pistol gets its classic zap effect back and the latest Forge additions are … Continue reading →

Podtacular 880: The Silver Halo

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2024 70:09


Season 2 of the Halo TV show has concluded and, while it took a couple of delays to get here, we give our rundown of the season: thoughts on the story, production, action, ties to the main universe, and of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 879: When Reach Fell

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2024 55:06


This week we play a little catch up after being off for a couple of weeks. While the Halo TV show has concluded, we're taking this episode to discuss up through episode four. A bit of a shorter one, but … Continue reading →

Podtacular 878: Silver Sanctioned

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 39:19


Better late than never as we delve into Season 2 of the Halo TV show taking a look at the first episode. Making the initial connections to the game lore, we start to see the development of the events of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 877: Games Leapt Over

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2024 60:36


While we missed last week due to Dust Storm being sick, an interesting topic came up in the Halo Community. A former 343 Industries developer shared on Twitter that 20 to 30 ideas for Halo games were pitched and turned … Continue reading →

Podtacular 876: Silver Plated Narrative

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2024 24:52


It's a lore-filled week as the Halo TV Show's Season 2 has kicked off on Paramount+, we have another Halo Chronicle and Halo: Epitaph releasing in a couple weeks. Dust Storm is solo this week covering the rest of the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 875: Operation Content

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2024 53:11


To kick off the new year, 343 Industries hosted their first Spartan Chatter of 2024 updating u s on what's coming in the next content update. Moving away from the season cadence, Halo Infinite will now have 4 to 6-week … Continue reading →

Podtacular 874: Holiday Catch Up

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 87:57


Welcome to a new year, Spartans! This year is shaping up to be quite a year, leading off on a great streak of content on Halo Infinite, the next season of Halo Infinite competition and the Halo TV Series, and … Continue reading →

Podtacular 873: Refueled and Refreshed

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2023 40:27


Halo Infinite's Season 5 is here and with it, new maps and modes and already into the mid-season update with the return of Firefight! After an extended break and Thanksgiving holiday in the states, we couldn't be more excited with … Continue reading →

Podtacular 872: Sharp and Lightish Red

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023 51:35


This week, we talk a bit more in depth on the Extraction game mode and the new maps, Prism and Forbidden introduced in Season 5 of Halo Infinite multiplayer. We've had some time to get plenty of games and share … Continue reading →

Podtacular 871: A Dusty Delivery

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2023 44:18


After two months and a delivery later, Dust Storm returns to the microphone with Godzilla T to take a speedy look at the jam packed conclusion to Halo Infinite Season 4 and HCS Season 2. As we move into Season … Continue reading →

Podtacular 870: August Reckoning

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2023 28:45


Another month of incredible Halo drops and an uptick in population spells some good news for Halo as content, playlists, improvements and more are in full swing. Forge has never give us such quality and diverse maps, the community art … Continue reading →

Podtacular 869: Scraping Out Dredge for Gold

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2023 51:46


The mid-season update for Halo Infinite Season 4 brings along with it several new things including a reimaging of Countdown from Halo: Reach called Dredge. Forge water gets an upgrade with reactive surfaces and several bug and quality of life … Continue reading →

Podtacular 868: Cursed Update

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2023 36:58


It's been a few weeks since our last show while Dust Storm was redoing his streaming set up, so there's a lot of news to catch up on. The latest Community Spotlight, Forge Features, HCS Event and book (yes, this … Continue reading →

Podtacular 867: Digsite Squad

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2023 56:56


In a double surprise this week, we got a new Halo Infinite playlist drop and a season's worth of content in MCC. Squad Battles brings Three of the best Halo 3 Forged maps to Halo Infinite in classic 8v8, which … Continue reading →

Podtacular 866: Mighty Morphin' Mini Spartans

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2023 45:39


After a week into Season 4 of Halo Infinite's multiplayer, we're already getting new content with a new Forge map Solitude and a surprise delivery of Mini Slayer! With the amount of content that's been delivered and the great reception … Continue reading →

Podtacular 865: Interview with November Black Productions

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2023 82:42


On this special episode, we dive into Halo Fan production November Black. Taking inspiration from Halo lore, November Black is a short film set to follow ODSTs fighting of Insurrectionists before the events of Halo. We're pleased to welcome Vulture … Continue reading →

Podtacular 864: Infection

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2023 57:45


The run up to Halo Infinite's Season 4 is just around the corner. We have the details laid out all on Halo Waypoint where we have lined up next week Infection making it's return with a thematic reintroduction. Along with … Continue reading →

Podtacular 863: Honorable Deaths

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2023 80:32


It's about time we wrapped up our Halo Infinite campaign discussion as we cover the final two missions: House of Reckoning and Silent Auditorium. While the lore into Zeta Halo's past was not touched on as much as lore fans … Continue reading →

Podtacular 862: Iratus Infection

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2023 42:02


The second installment of Spartan Chatter bring us one step closer to Season 4 content in Halo Infinite! Career Ranks, Plaza Remake, Infection and Cross Core are all coming June 20th as the summer kicks off, and yes, their painfully … Continue reading →

Podtacular 861: Out of Game Shortcomings

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2023 86:37


Halo Infinite just received a May update bringing Super Fiesta along with balance changes to multiplayer. While these updates aren't thematically set to any Season 3 content, the update is a welcomed update in the ongoing quicker roll-out of content … Continue reading →

Podtacular 860: Beginnings With Chief

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2023 97:37


On this episode, we have the incredible honor of interviewing Brad from Impact Props, who recently reached 1 million subscribers on YouTube! While Dust and Brad have been friends for a long time, we've never had them on to talk … Continue reading →

Podtacular 859: Realization Repository

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2023 54:54


Dust Storm and Godzilla T are back with a new Community Spotlight to cover from Halo Waypoint and a new Modtacular series featuring some of the best community mods for MCC. It's nice to finally see some mods getting the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 858: Quite Frank

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2023 25:04


Godzilla T is back with a few new community articles from Halo Waypoint with a new Forge Spotlight with a lot of remakes and another Canon Fodder. Big thanks to those who sent their well wishes to GT for the … Continue reading →

Podtacular 857: Shoot for the Moon

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2023 66:41


Week Two of Fracture: Firewall is here in Halo Infinite and with it more story shards with our old pal Governor Sloan, but amidst the musings of Halo, we are honored to have our first guest of the year, MagickMoonshot. … Continue reading →

Podtacular 856: Echo Sequence

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2023 60:08


Inadvertently off for two weeks, we're through our first Season 3 Fracture event, but plenty of other things are coming around the corner Halo Infinite as more stories unfold. Talking of stories, we enter our campaign discussions again with The … Continue reading →

Podtacular 855: Escalating Season

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2023 32:11


Season 3 had a great opening with Chasm and Cliffhanger in Arena's Featured playlist, but now it's Big Team Battle's turn, and Oasis has proven to be quite the fan favorite as we've gotten a few take on Fiesta with … Continue reading →

Podtacular 854: Seasons Threetings

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023 60:26


Season 3 is here and boy have we missed new content. Aside from a bit of a rocky start on the game server side, it seems like everyone has enjoyed the latest maps, modes and equipment, hopefully a sign of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 853: Boarding Action Evolved

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2023 48:55


Season 3 brings along three new multiplayer maps, weapons, equipment, matchmaking improvements and story lines that has piqued the community's interest and hopefully is the start of renewed interest in Halo Infinite. The shakeup at the studio hasn't seemed to … Continue reading →

Podtacular 852: Countdown to Season 3

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 22:14


The largest content update is about to hit Halo Infinite since launch, and a lot of folks are happy with what's coming. A new BTB map, two Arena maps, Escalation Slayer, Shroud Screen, Bandit, Armor, Narrative and more are on … Continue reading →

Podtacular 851: Pay to Guest

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2023 77:30


Dust Storm and Godzilla T are joined by two of Podtacular's Patreon supporters: PensHalo and Confal. As long time members of the Podtacular community, they share a lot of the same Halo interests as our hosts. With the recent changes … Continue reading →

Podtacular 850: Community Surprises

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 44:05


In a last minute surprise before season 3 comes to Halo Infinite next month, 343 has introduced the Community Collection playlist, bringing community Forged content to Matchmaking in an evergreen playlist that will be continuously updated. After a lot of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 849: All But Starting From Scratch

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2023 80:31


According to a recent Bloomberg report, 343 Industries is “all but starting from scratch” when it comes to the future of the Halo franchise, with now over more than 90 confirmed departures from 343 along with additional contractors, it seems … Continue reading →

Podtacular 848: The Road Ahead

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2023 38:51


Halo is staying in house with 343 industries as Pierre Hintze announced last week after more than 60 full-time employees were let go, but with that many people gone, there's sure to be some slowdown of certain development and support … Continue reading →

Podtacular 847: Hard Hitting Layoffs

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2023 65:58


Hard news hits this week as a result of Microsoft letting go 10,000 employees over the next six months, starting this week where over 60 343 employees, mostly from the campaign team, were let go. This sudden announcement has a … Continue reading →

Podtacular 846: Terminal Velocity Chief

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2023 68:02


The Halo Championship Series for Season 2 is kicking off in Charlotte, NC in February as balance changes and new maps enter in for the latest competitive Halo experience. We also take a look at the next two missions in … Continue reading →

Podtacular 845: Infinite Year One

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2023 84:16


It's been a quiet few weeks as 343 is finally starting to come back from the holidays. This gives us a chance to take some time to reflect on the first year of Halo Infinite and the roadmap that we … Continue reading →

Podtacular 844: Winter Wrap-up

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2022 32:25


We draw upon the close of 2022 and a year of Halo Infinite. After a tumultuous launch for Halo Infinite, we have Campaign Co-op, Forge, Custom Games Browser and a whole lot of quality of life improvements that we've received. … Continue reading →

Podtacular 843: Holiday Cheer

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022 55:55


Halo Infinite has now been out for a year and through the ups and downs, it's safe to say we're finally at a point where we'd consider it a full game with Forge, Campaign Co-op and the surprise drop of … Continue reading →

Podtacular 842: Forging A New Infinite

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2022 50:40


Forge has been out for just a little over a week and the amount of content the community has come out with in such a short time has been incredible! From remakes to mini-games to prefabs to new maps, forgers, … Continue reading →

Podtacular 841: Winter Has Come

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2022 48:03


The biggest update to Halo Infinite is finally here and it's bringing a fresh wave of players back as campaign co-op and Forge are primed and ready to run! So many great customs are already made and a tons more … Continue reading →

Podtacular 840: Rekindling with ForgeHub

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2022 122:44


Halo Infinite has finally received the Winter Update introducing the Forge Beta and ForgeHub has some exciting new developments with their community, website, Discord and announcing their biggest prize pots for their first upcoming Forge contests. We're pleased to have … Continue reading →

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