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On the Road Again
If you're up for some end-of-game spoilers, there's a pretty funny video on YouTube - thank you, ElzarTheBam. (And that's 7 more - we're up to this morning at 10:30!) (Louis Wu 22:24:39 UTC) (permalink)
Which is the Best Halo Campaign Ever?
IGN ranks the five Bungie-created Halo games in terms of the quality of their single-player Campaigns. Our forum finds this to be a contentious issue. There's no 'right' answer - but where do you fall? Thanks, Avateur, for stirring the pot. (Louis Wu 22:24:07 UTC) (permalink)
Extra Credits: Videogame Music
BuzzJuice pointed out a video feature on The Escapist called Extra Credits - a recent episode covered Music in Video Games, and Halo's original theme got some serious love. The piece is pretty interesting outside of the Halo mention, too - go watch! (Louis Wu 22:23:30 UTC) (permalink)
Do NOT try this on the road.
Tex has found ways of entertaining herself with Halo, even when the Xbox is off. Tex seems... disturbed. (Louis Wu 22:23:09 UTC) (permalink)
Happy Birthday, Halo 3!
XerxdeeJ stopped by to wish Halo 3 a Happy 3rd Birthday - and to raise a glass to the good times. I guess it's Birthday Day! (Louis Wu 22:22:20 UTC) (permalink)
Yahoo's Reach Edge
Apparently, Yahoo has put up some Reach tips (five separate videos). Just as apparently, they're pretty basic. Thanks, Mid7night. (Louis Wu 22:21:56 UTC) (permalink)
Fire Team Zulu - Wayward Son
FyreWulff is back with another Fire Team Zulu challenge - and a preview of a new site design. Go explore! (Louis Wu 22:21:37 UTC) (permalink)
Reach OST achieving new heights
Kotaku pointed out that the Halo Reach Official Soundtrack cracked Billboard's Top 200 highest-selling albums this past week - it was at #157. (This is the highest spot a Halo OST has ever reached - no pun intended.) It's also in the Top 10 of Billboard's Soundtrack rankings, debuting at number 8. Nice going, Marty and friends! (Remember, all of this is digital-only sales; the actual CD doesn't get released for another 3 days.) Thanks, Avateur. (And... another 7 down. We're up to Friday morning, 1:30 am. Gettin' there!) (Louis Wu 20:49:40 UTC) (permalink)
Honor the Code
ManKitten pointed out the Honor the Code commercial from Mountain Dew - how much are YOU drinking? (Louis Wu 20:49:22 UTC) (permalink)
Invasion: Hallowed Valley
DHalo pointed out a new Invasion map he created, along with Ibeechu and Manelven - it's called 'Hallowed Valley' and it uses most of Forge World. Go look at the pictures, and grab yourself a copy! (Louis Wu 20:48:55 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Reach: Bricking It
We got mail on Thursday morning from Pete Curran, Director of Firefly Productions UK, about a short video they created called 'Bricking It' - real-life armor abilities. (As Pete says, "it's only a minute long. We'd have made it longer, but, you know, Reach.") Great production values, and it made me laugh. Had we been on top of things, this would have been on our front page for hours before GrimBrother IV found a writeup about it on Kotaku... but hey, sometimes real life gets in the way. (Maybe if we'd had Sprint...) (Louis Wu 20:48:11 UTC) (permalink)
HBO Humpday Challenge, Bungie Version
Bungie contributed their own writeup of the Humpday Challenge that took place this last Wednesday night - and for what might be the first time in history, their version of events matches ours! (All in all, it was a pretty fun night, and if Sketch hadn't been playing so far out of his normal range, more people would have noticed how badly I did. The sad thing is, this play quality was unusual for Sketch - but it's business as usual for me.) Much love to Bungie for getting us into the rotation so early, and for being so gracious about it. I apologize for the half-robot youngsters. There's a sizeable thread about this on our forum - which is why this is appearing HERE, and not in the normal flow of our Bungie.net coverage (which will come after I finish clearing out the forum). Join in and add your two cents! (Be polite, though.) (Louis Wu 20:46:58 UTC) (permalink)
September 22, 2010 - one year on
wes was unhappy that nobody remembered to wish ODST a Happy Birthday on Wednesday... so here you go, ODST: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You're a small but scrappy member of the Halo family, and we love you a lot! (Louis Wu 20:46:36 UTC) (permalink)
Sure to be Ban'd: Reach Editions
Trunks continues to honor Reach in his Sure to be Ban'd comic - he points out Episode 43, but Reach also figures in Episode 42. (Louis Wu 20:45:54 UTC) (permalink)
Terminator: Salvation Trailer
JIMBOTHY decided to try and reproduce the Terminator Salvation theatrical trailer (the third one, to be precise) in the Reach engine. He did a pretty impressive job! (If you want to see them side-by-side, try this link; the synch is a touch off, but you can get a pretty good sense of what he was doing.) (Louis Wu 19:30:57 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie.net Playlists Page Update
Joe Duplessie noticed that Bungie's Playlists page has been updated - there's a date for Team SWAT (October 7), and a date for Coop Campaign (October 15). Read the whole page - there might be MORE you missed. (Louis Wu 19:30:36 UTC) (permalink)
Smells like Beam Rifle
Nirvana, twisted to diabolical ends. Wait... is that possible? (Thanks to Anton P. Nym for finding this. It made me grin.) (Louis Wu 19:30:15 UTC) (permalink)
Reach could use some extra features
Cracked.com has some features they wish were in Reach. I could get behind some of those... thanks, Penguin Ninjoid. (Louis Wu 19:29:55 UTC) (permalink)
More Reach Comics
Toxic Mayhem found a couple of Reach-themed episodes of webcomics he reads - go check 'em out! (Louis Wu 19:29:36 UTC) (permalink)
Prisoner Remake
Andz whipped up a nice remake of Prisoner - check his post for screenies, and a download link. Mmmm... rockets... (Louis Wu 19:29:20 UTC) (permalink)
GameOverCast Talks Reach
Catching up - going back over our forum, picking out the gems you might have missed. (Certainly ones WE missed.) The only order here is chronological. I've got 7 so far, starting on Thursday morning, running through Thursday midday. After I post these, I'll go back and pick up another 7, and continue until I'm current. (There's also a ton of email to get to.) First up: GameOverCast has posted Episode 16 of their podcast, and it's devoted to Reach. You can read a summary in radarhead's forum post. (They're already up to Episode 17, so scroll down to 16.) (Louis Wu 19:28:50 UTC) (permalink)
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