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A Night of Debauchery (or at least fun)
While at the NYC Reach Launch Event, Mig stole my camera and took a bunch of pictures. (You should be happy he did - if he hadn't, there wouldn't be ANY pictures, because I'm not smart enough to take it out of my pocket.) Captions assume you're going through in order, so if you jump around, you might be confused by some of them. (Don't take any of them really seriously - I've been drinking.) (Louis Wu 23:59:14 UTC) (permalink)
Geek Speak Radio Show, Halo Reach Edition
So the folks at the Geek Speak Radio Show asked me if I'd participate on the show; I'm not sure I didn't chase all their listeners away, but if you want to hear me doing my best to make Halo accessible to non-Halo players, go listen! (Elites have "horse-legs"? smh) (Louis Wu 22:44:29 UTC) (permalink)
TSL Blog Interview: pete_the_duck
pete_the_duck let us know that Damian Lacedamian posted a 4-minute interview with him on This Spartan Life's blog - it's talking about the map he made for the Waypoint interview TSL did with the band OK Go. Pretty fun interview! Watch it to see how pete_the_duck built that great Rube Goldberg map! (Louis Wu 20:48:01 UTC) (permalink)
You can't Reach me, Dogg!
A must-see vid is up on Bungie.net's Comm Chatter today. Snoop Dogg plays Reach with LL Cool J - and the techniques for psyching out their opponents go way, way beyond standard smack-talk. Watch it at B.net, or just swing by Funny Or Die (so you can vote).
(Louis Wu 20:43:17 UTC) (permalink)
Driving the industry
GamesRadar has put together a list of the Top 7 ways that Halo has influenced the games industry. Not sure I agree with all of them (many of these things were around LONG before Halo), but it's an interesting read! (Louis Wu 20:40:43 UTC) (permalink)
Reach is a living entity
Popular Mechanics has an in-depth look at the making of Reach, with insight from Joe Tung, Marcus Lehto, and Sage Merrill - go give it a read, you'll learn something!
(Louis Wu 20:39:54 UTC) (permalink)
USA Today's Reach Guide
USA Today's Game Hunters has a basic 'helping hand' guide for Reach, if you're a total beginner - check it out for tips!
(Louis Wu 20:39:16 UTC) (permalink)
Kickin' Halo 3's butt
Wondering how well Reach is doing? Around noon PST yesterday, Bungie tweeted this - as of that point, Reach had already surpassed the all-time highest record for Halo 3 concurrent unique users on LIVE. Wonga! (Louis Wu 20:33:30 UTC) (permalink)
NGL Atlanta Reach Tourney
Lance Alexander sent word that the National Gaming League is hosting a live Halo Reach Tournament in in Atlanta, GA on October 9th. You can find full info (gametypes, rules, settings) on this page. They're going to be kicking off a new ranking system to give participants a full look at their stats for the tourney - you can see a preview here. They're planning to visit 8 cities over the course of the next year or so. Get involved!
(Louis Wu 20:28:35 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Timeline at the Escapist
The Escapist has put up a Halo timeline - it's not a timeline of events IN the Halo universe, it's a timeline of how the Halo universe has grown. Pretty interesting piece of work! Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing. (Louis Wu 15:20:13 UTC) (permalink)
Jengajam Goes Reach
Josh Ruble let us know that last night's Late Nite JengaJam (a podcast run by RvB's Jengaship took place in Halo Reach - they tried to review it while playing. Go watch to see how they did! (Louis Wu 15:16:45 UTC) (permalink)
And... they've started.
Over at High Impact Halo, you'll find a launchoff a Banshee onto a much, much bigger vessel. Minor spoilers if you haven't played Tip of the Spear yet. I love you guys, HIH. Thanks, Ducain. (Louis Wu 14:45:24 UTC) (permalink)
A Monument to All Your Sins
kornman00 found a really amazing easter egg (set of eggs?) near the end of the game - he's done a pretty nice job of documenting it. SERIOUS spoilers, obviously. Also serious coolness. Much <3, Bungie.
(Louis Wu 13:06:22 UTC) (permalink)
Unique Halo 3 shirt
I've never heard the term 'upcycled' before - but there's a pretty interesting women's top on Etsy right now, and it started with a Halo 3 shirt. If you like it, hurry - there's only one.
(Louis Wu 13:05:43 UTC) (permalink)
The Covenant are pests
ZZoMBiE13 whipped up a pretty entertaining wallpaper, and sent it to Hawty McBloggy - I love the credits at the bottom.
(Louis Wu 13:02:40 UTC) (permalink)
Dotage
Penny Arcade has another Reach-related comic today; no newspost (yet), but I'd guess there'll be followup when it's posted. Thanks, hnc.
(Louis Wu 13:01:28 UTC) (permalink)
Celebrating the Launch with Sigs
Thanks to a kind friend and some very accomodating Bungie employees, PFG has nearly completed his signed Bungie Halo poster collection (one for each release, except the Map Pack). Take a look at the pics! (Louis Wu 13:00:20 UTC) (permalink)
How did YOU spend Monday night?
HaLo2FrEeEk went to a Gamestop midnight opening to buy Reach... and got teabagged by a Spartan. (Sounds like he enjoyed it, too.) Go check out the film! (Louis Wu 12:59:10 UTC) (permalink)
Reach Printable Gifts
dogcom got more mail from Microsoft, offering print-ready Reach artwork and assets for download - some pretty cool stuff in there! Go grab your own. (Louis Wu 12:58:28 UTC) (permalink)
Talkin' about Campaign
We're asking that folks be polite in our forum - if you're going to post Campaign spoilers, that you flag your posts with an *SP* tag in the subject line, and that if you're posting inside of a thread that isn't COMPLETELY devoted to spoilers, that you actually spoiler-tag your content. (Basic instructions on how to do that can be found here.) However, if you'd like to simply chat with others about the game, and you find this all too restricting, Hawaiian Pig has pointed out that the #hbo channel on the Adelais IRC server is full of folks who'd love to help you out. Go join 'em! (Louis Wu 12:56:14 UTC) (permalink)
Smoothing out the bumps
When you launch a new title, and a few million people all start accessing things at once, I suppose you can expect issues. Yesterday, Bungie posted a bunch of things that might help you if you're having trouble:
- Folks having trouble redeeming codes that come with the Limited or Legendary editions, read this
- Folks having trouble with networking, read this
- Folks wondering about Campaign Matchmaking, read this
- Folks wondering what happened to their favorite Bungie.net feature that was JUST THERE, read this
Keep an open mind, and if you run into a problem, don't panic - it's early days, yet. (Louis Wu 12:39:19 UTC) (permalink)
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