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Gamespot Plays Reach
Gamespot has a Reach playthrough - it has a playthrough the first two level of the campaign (on Normal), including all cutscenes, and then has some multiplayer (SWAT and Elite Slayer). Video quality is quite good... gameplay skill, not so much. Thanks, DancingJesus.
(Louis Wu 20:55:52 UTC) (permalink)
USA Today talks to Marcus, Frankie
USA Today has a Q&A with Bungie's Marcus Lehto and 343's Frank O'Connor - not a bad read! (Louis Wu 20:25:06 UTC) (permalink)
Molding gamers with art
Gamasutra has a really interesting article on how artistic principles are incorporated in modern video games - I had a few of those 'aha!' moments reading it. (Haven't had a lot of art training...) It'll make you think - and that's not a bad thing. Thanks, Anton P. Nym. (Louis Wu 19:17:15 UTC) (permalink)
Prepare for launch
Marcus is looking forward to you getting your hands on his baby - well, on Reach. Go read about it on the Bungie Reach Developer Blog. (Thanks, GrimBrother IV.) (Louis Wu 19:15:58 UTC) (permalink)
Gamer Blahhhg: Halo Reach (Blind) Review
Brad Grenz posted a Blind Review of Halo Reach - while there are serious spoilers, they are not spoiling any game YOU'LL ever play. (That is: the Reach he wrote about exists only in his own mind.) I smiled.
(Louis Wu 19:14:41 UTC) (permalink)
Shades of IRIS
Wow, bizarre - Eternity 117 was watching a video found on Gizmodo - it shows a jet landing in Honduras. It's pretty mundane... until you get to about 1:09 in. At that point, check out the ground in the bottom left corner of the screen... (for folks not interested in looking for themselves, here's a screenshot from the area in question.) Cue Twilight Zone music...
(Louis Wu 19:13:10 UTC) (permalink)
Buy Hard - Yippie-Kai-Yay!
Somehow, I managed to neglect to mention the five-part web series spun off from the Chuck TV show - "Buy Hard: The Jeff and Lester Story". (I actually wrote up a newspost; I can remember the wording of part of it.) It tells the story of Chuck and Lester, who are on the lam after burning down the Burbank Buy More - but are willing to risk incarceration for Halo Reach. The first four episodes are already online at TheWB (Ep 1 | Ep 2 | Ep 3 | Ep 4), with the fifth due out sometime today. Check it out!
(Louis Wu 19:11:40 UTC) (permalink)
Halo 3: ODST Mythic Guide: Coastal Highway
Didn't quite make it for yesterday's Weekly Update, but Daniel 'Tyrant' Morris has finished up the final segment of Halo 3: ODST's Mythic Difficulty Guide, getting you through what is easily the most difficult level, Coastal Highway. HUGE amounts of video footage will show you techniques that work consistently - maybe not every run, but more often than not. Having just recently completed a Legendary run with skulls OFF, I can say that I wish I'd known of some of these tricks - he's way, way, WAY more successful at keeping the package alive than I was. Lots of good info, and a fun read to boot - go check it out! (Louis Wu 16:06:57 UTC) (permalink)
This Spartan Life: Todd McFarlane
GLYPH let us know that he's put the most recent This Spartan Life interview, where Damian talks to Todd McFarlane, is up on YouTube (they're still working a few small glitches with the new Waypoint delivery system, and didn't want us to have to wait). Great conversation about action figures, fan creativity, and Spartan infidelity! Go listen.
(Louis Wu 16:06:08 UTC) (permalink)
Wilhelm Scream in Reach
c0ld vengeance noticed a famous sound in a recent trailer (it's a campaign walkthrough by Marty and Jay, so don't follow his first link if you're avoiding any spoilers at all - though he DOES link directly to the moment in question, so you can see what he's talking about and then close the window) - nice touch, Bungie! (Louis Wu 16:05:33 UTC) (permalink)
Reach Launch in Canada
The BS Police has rounded up some links that will help you find the best place to go enjoy Reach's launch, if you're in Canada. (Shade your eyes when viewing that first page.) (Louis Wu 16:04:50 UTC) (permalink)
Japanese Halo Fan Art, Round 3
AssaultGodzilla is back with another round of Japanese fanart, culled from forums that are very difficult to navigate for folks without the right language skills. As before, he's not claiming any of this art as his own - it's just cool stuff he found. (In fact, at least two of the pictures were done by Bungie artists...) As we've done for previous rounds (Round 1 | Round 2), we've put up a local mirror of the collection, for posterity.
(Louis Wu 16:03:41 UTC) (permalink)
OWAW - Firefight Demo
TriBlox has posted a Firefight demo of Out With A Whimper, their 2-D sidescrolling Halo game - I can't test it right now (no access to a PC), but you can grab the 17.5 mb file and try it out yourself! Thanks, Karl-591. (Louis Wu 16:02:49 UTC) (permalink)
High Speed Halo's 7 Days of Reach, Day 5
NOKYARD let us know that Day 5 of the "7 Days of Reach" on HSH involves both ODST and Halo 3. Go watch.
(Louis Wu 16:02:21 UTC) (permalink)
The Charge Redux (Revisited)
Gah. Looks like I put down some notes about a pretty amazing piece of fan art found at DeviantART by onebitrocket a couple of days ago - but forgot to post it. Ah, well, better late than never. Swing by and check out Phoenix-06's 'The Charge Redux'. I loved it.
(Louis Wu 16:01:38 UTC) (permalink)
Three Sleeps
The Bungie Weekly Update has videos, PAX memories, and Bieberosity - what more do you need? Go read for great justice. (It's in our Weekly Update Archive, too, of course.) (Louis Wu 00:31:14 UTC) (permalink)
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