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Tag and Release: Grunt
It's Monday, so it's time for another Tag and Release feature from Bungie.net - word of the day is 'Grunt', and I'm seriously loving the images that tag turns up. Go see! (Louis Wu 18:35:18 UTC) (permalink)
Reach Review/Giveway from Marissa's Bunny
We're not generally posting individual Reach reviews, but sometimes we make an exception. Here's one. Marissa's Dad (you might remember Marissa's Bunny, sent around the world to raise awareness for Infantile Spasms) looked at Reach from the standpoint of an older gamer, one who's been a fan of Bungie games since Pathways into Darkness. Why him? Well, because the review is also an excuse to give away a copy of the game, and this is your heads-up to go enter. (While you're there, you might want to check out this much more serious page - Marissa's going in for some pretty expensive surgery soon, and while insurance will cover a huge percentage of it, they're still on the hook for nearly $30,000... anything you could spare would be helpful.) (Louis Wu 18:17:34 UTC) (permalink)
Teleporter Issue (and Fix)
FyreWulff discovered a small oddity with teleporters in Forge that's worth passing on to anyone building maps for general use. Take a look, and you'll avoid the problem of having your map be unusable by Elites!
(Louis Wu 17:35:10 UTC) (permalink)
Master Chief goes to the Mall
xXMcVayXx put together some Spartan Armor - and wore it to his local mall for Reach's Launch Night. The film is pretty fun to watch! Thanks, Washaa.
(Louis Wu 17:15:34 UTC) (permalink)
A New Era
MacPhee put together a community montage by grabbing fileshared clips - lots of Sniper bits. I found this on Bungie's Comm Chatter. (Louis Wu 17:14:49 UTC) (permalink)
Clantac Tourneys
Clantacular a couple of tournaments running right now - one is forum-based, for their members, and the other is a Halo Reach Doubles Tourney. You can read about both either on their website, or in this Bungie.net newspost. (I couldn't find info about the Doubles timing, or anything at all about the Fallen Heroes tournament; maybe if you sign up there's more info.) (Louis Wu 17:14:19 UTC) (permalink)
Reach Remakes, Compiled
Halotracker has taken the time to compile a list of fan-created remakes built in Reach's Forge - check 'em out if you're looking for that lovin' feeling! (Thanks, urk.)
(Louis Wu 17:13:40 UTC) (permalink)
Hello My Name Is
DeepCee loves the big guy. I'm with him. (Louis Wu 15:35:36 UTC) (permalink)
Fall Of Duty.
I can't tell you how long it's going to last, but Stuntmutt's turned in a few new One One Se7en strips... I'd advise closing your eyes now. (Louis Wu 12:54:58 UTC) (permalink)
Divine Wind
AriseChicken117 decided to pay tribute to the Halo franchise with a pretty cool piece of artwork - check it out! (Louis Wu 12:42:23 UTC) (permalink)
What defines 'cutting-edge'?
IGN Australia has posted an editorial entitled "Is Halo Behind the Curve?" Our forum wasn't very impressed with their reasoning. Go decide for yourself! Thanks, Avateur. (Louis Wu 12:41:05 UTC) (permalink)
Halo Reach Mythbusters: Episode 2
Defendthehouse has released Episode 2 of their Reach Mythbusters series - some very, very cool stuff in there. Go watch! (I gotta try that AA swap trick...) (Louis Wu 01:08:48 UTC) (permalink)
Reach OST Review at G4TV
Unsure about buying the Halo: Reach Official Soundtrack? Go check out the review at G4TV - they loved it. There are three pieces included in the article, so you can listen for yourself before committing. G4 calls it "the one video game music album you need this year". Very nice! Thanks, Greg O'Connor-Read. (Louis Wu 00:59:20 UTC) (permalink)
BWU - on time, even if we don't say so
Bungie's Weekly Update went live on Friday, as expected (and in fact even made it into our Weekly Update Archive on Friday) - but the newspost has been a bit delayed. If you haven't read it yet, go do so - there's info about upcoming matchmaking changes, corrections of bad intel released last week, advice to install your copy of Reach to the hard drive (and some teases at DLC that might be coming soon hidden in the screenshots for that section), advice on voice tweaks, discussion of credit limits and similar topics, melee info, cool vids, cool screenshots, and more. It's chock-full of nutritious goodness! (Not too many calories, though.) (Louis Wu 00:55:25 UTC) (permalink)
Fri - er, Sunday's Fan Fiction
We also missed the Fan Fiction update this week - swing by the page for four new pieces, updated Sunday evening. (Louis Wu 00:55:04 UTC) (permalink)
Cleaning up the old vids
We missed a bunch of videos last week on Bungie.net... let's see if I can summarize them here:
- JBSpudster created the Accelatron VFW - and you can fly in a Hog now.
- Mr Fizzl noticed a Moa saving Noble Six from a sticky blue death.
- A bunch of Elites show their ADD on Spire.
- CruelLEGACEY put together The Fails of Reach Episode 1, and I'm pretty sure I'm in it somewhere.
Actually, that wasn't as bad as I thought it would be... (Louis Wu 00:54:39 UTC) (permalink)
Adieu
Taco Power stopped in with word of 'Adieu', a montage celebrating Clan AB's love of Halo 3, and a farewell of sorts. Go watch. (Louis Wu 00:54:16 UTC) (permalink)
AotCR - now with more Invasion
Ghost Faction recreated Assault on the Control Room, set up for Invasion - go look at the pics, then download the map! (Louis Wu 00:53:52 UTC) (permalink)
An unusual model
Devin Olsen pointed out an odd occurance that appears near the very end of Reach's campaign - forum consensus is that it's just there for scale comparison, but who knows? (As should be obvious, watching this will spoil the end of the game if you haven't played it.) (Louis Wu 00:52:51 UTC) (permalink)
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