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Thursday, December 2, 2010 |  |
An Epic Waiting to Happen
Richard Ross sent word of a couple of academic articles about Reach - as odd as that sounds. That is - these are articles written about the Reach storyline, but from a scholarly viewpoint. Halo: Reach as epic draws parallels between Reach and the Greek 'epic circle' style of storytelling. (It's marred by a confusion between the character of Catherine Halsey and that of Cortana, the AI based on Halsey's mind - but otherwise is a pretty interesting read.) Halo: Reach as practomime looks at how the gameplay itself tells its own aspect of the Reach story. Both were written by Roger Travis, for the blog 'Play the Past'. Both take a decidedly thoughtful approach to the fun-oriented video game. Give 'em a read!
(Louis Wu 22:58:35 UTC) (permalink)
Reach Matchmaking Update Changelist - November 30
Bungie's Playlist Fungineer, Jeremiah, posted a changelist for the Reach Matchmaking playlists over at Bungie.net - check it out to see what's been updated! (Louis Wu 22:56:02 UTC) (permalink)
Bungie Podcast: 12/02/10
Only 5 months late, Bungie's 6th podcast of 2010 has finally hit the interwebs - go listen as Derek Carroll, Sam Jones, and Jason Sussman talk about the Noble Map Pack and the meaning of life. (Well, the map pack, at least.) (Louis Wu 22:39:53 UTC) (permalink)
They do stats. Not shots.
This week's Halo Humpday Challenge was against the HaloCharts crew - and the fact that the writeup is not a Top Story on Bungie.net should tell you who won. (But it doesn't, actually.) Go read it - It's a decent writeup, and it sounds like there was a lot of fun being had. Better luck next time, HC crew! (Louis Wu 22:32:10 UTC) (permalink)
You can't run! You can't run!
JDQuackers tipped us off to a new live action/machinima mashup from Chalan Marsalus (I had better luck watching it directly on Vimeo). Can our heroes protect their precious cargo? Watch and find out! (Louis Wu 22:08:40 UTC) (permalink)
Movies, Maps Chattered About
Bungie's Comm Chatter has a couple of community map-making stories:
- Forever Forgers has a listing of some favorite maps, along with descriptions and links.
- a rascal cat has Week 6 of his Map Spotlight series - focusing on Troubled Waters, by Odin12345. Go read the interview, then check out the assets (a screenshot, a flythrough, a download link).
It also has a couple of movies:
- CruelLEGACEY's Fails of Reach, Campaign/Firefight Edition has a whole bunch of giggle moments - worth watching.
- Stewie2552's Funny Halo Reach Fails and Laughs 5 is full of wtf moments in both Campaign and Multiplayer. The Armor-locking Triple Vehicle Kill was my favorite, though the banshee betrayal after the awesome assassination was a close second.
Go check it all out! (Louis Wu 20:36:27 UTC) (permalink)
That Pipe is Pro!
snakegriffin pointed out a pretty cool thread at Bungie.net - I learned all sorts of things about the Grenade Launcher by reading it. Take a look! (Louis Wu 20:06:34 UTC) (permalink)
Behind every great man...
Cracked has a collection of 6 Video Game Heroes Made Useless By Supporting Characters - and Halo's Master Chief is #1 on the list. You may or may not agree with their logic, but it's a fun read. Thanks, Sl'askia. (Louis Wu 17:25:39 UTC) (permalink)
Achievements and Challenges, Oh My!
FoxmanFX stopped in with word of a new Noble Map Pack Achievement Guide at Halo Reach Daily - as well as the HBO edition of HRD's daily Challenge guide. Check it! (Louis Wu 17:01:57 UTC) (permalink)
Halo: Reach E.O.A. Episode 4
MelkorTheGreat is back with the latest from DWT Productions - Halo: Reach E.O.A. Episode 4 is full of new glitches and tricks. Once again, some amazing stuff! (Louis Wu 17:01:32 UTC) (permalink)
Forger - A Machinima Series
DeathMcGunz has been making a machinima series for about a month now - there are 8 episodes so far. Kevin and Roger are a pair of players in Reach that Forge stuff. Understated humor - I liked 'em!
(Louis Wu 17:00:54 UTC) (permalink)
G4's Reach Coverage
Morpheus brought us a bunch of G4 links that reference Reach in various ways - always nice to have summaries!
(Louis Wu 17:00:28 UTC) (permalink)
Firefight Versus - a clarification
Lars Bakken had a message about the Firefight Versus playlist, for folks who might not grok the whole idea - thanks to MoltenSlowa for bringing it over to our forum. (Louis Wu 16:59:29 UTC) (permalink)
Answers for your NMP Questions
Bungie's written up a Noble Map Pack FAQ explaining some of the nuances of how the DLC works, in terms of when you'll see the maps in Matchmaking, what happens if you're trying to play with people that don't have them, and so on. Give it a read!
(Louis Wu 16:58:31 UTC) (permalink)
Wednesday's news in brief:
Tuesday's news in brief:
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New Playlists Up 360 Junkies Noble Map Pack Review Devin-Sent - Noble Version HaloCharts Player Analyzer Remaking Halo? Free Noble, Reach from IGN Noble Flythroughs from Waypoint Tempest Tour |
