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Tuesday, February 8, 2011 |  |
Quite An Achievement (List)
Whether you love them or hate them, the Achievement system and phenomenon has become an important part of modern gaming. Xbox360Achievements.org recently held their 2010 Achievement Awards, and Halo: Reach came home with "Best Achievement List". X360A loved the balance between Achievements spread out through the different modes, solid mission-specific Achievements, and proper balance bewteen skill vs. time investment to complete them all. Reach's "If They Came To Hear Me Beg" Achievement was also nominated for "Hardest Individual Achievement". Great job to Bungie for continually coming up with rewarding challenges that help extend the life of an already stellar title. (GrimBrother One 21:39:29 UTC) (permalink)
Where's My Classic Grifball Arcade Limited Pro Playlist?
In case you hadn't noticed, the new Matchmaking updates that Bungie detailed last week are up. Go and grab yourself some awesome Firefight Arcade and Grifball goodness, among other nice changes! (GrimBrother One 21:06:18 UTC) (permalink)
Passing the Torch
Botolf wrote up a comprehensive review of the Halo: Reach Campaign - meticulously researched, chock-full of pretty pictures and well-written text, this is worth reading. Check it out. (The only thing it's really missing is a navigation system; if you stop reading in the middle somewhere, finding your place, if you didn't bookmark it, is non-trivial.) And with that, I'm going to let Grim handle anything else that comes along today. (Louis Wu 12:34:26 UTC) (permalink)
Monday Comm Chatter Goodness
urk's had no trouble finding cool Halo content for Bungie's Comm Chatter - here's a roundup from yesterday:
- tranQ and Friends posted their second community montage.
- MLG spotlighted a few user-created maps.
- GodlyPerfection posted Lesson 44 of his Forge Tutorials - Aesthetic Noise.
- Bungie posted guidelines for Week 5 of their All Stars Contest series.
- xSoGx Grim built Jorge in Forge. No socks, though.
Go catch up! (Louis Wu 12:29:21 UTC) (permalink)
Arby 'n' the Chief: Low on Hearts
The latest episode of this long-running series went live a couple of days ago - Arby meets up with Claire again, and Chief indulges his less mature side.
(Louis Wu 12:28:30 UTC) (permalink)
BELIEVER: Episode One
A couple of days ago, IESUproductions released a project he's been working on for a LONG time - but the video had some issues. He's fixed them, and re-released it; it's worth your while to swing by YouTube and watch. A pretty nice story, told in the Halo 3 engine!
(Louis Wu 12:27:56 UTC) (permalink)
Two Vids Worth Watching
bs angel sent along a couple of great vids you might want to watch - the latest episode of Halo: Reach Mythbusters is up, from defendthehouse... and Singularity, first part of a planned four-part machinima, is up from EvilChickenLord. Mythbusters is, as always, chock-full of useful and fun bits of Reach trivia. Singularity is really well-filmed, and dialogue-free. (Action is at a minimum - this one has atmosphere, not explosions.) Go watch 'em both! (If you have trouble with Silverlight, as many of us do, the actual YouTube urls are here and here, respectively.)
(Louis Wu 12:26:41 UTC) (permalink)
Final Nominees Announced for G.A.N.G. Awards
We got a press release from G.A.N.G. (the Game Audio Network Guild) about the finalists for their upcoming 9th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards - but we also heard about them from Narcogen, over at Rampancy.net. (It's great to see R.net alive!) As Narc noted, Reach is up for 4 awards this time around - Best Soundtrack, Best Interactive Score, Best Vocal - Choral, and Best Use of Multi-Channel Surround. Good luck, guys! (Louis Wu 12:25:26 UTC) (permalink)
Take a survey, win toys
Mega Bloks is giving away 25 copies of their ODST Covenant Invasion set - for a chance to win, all you've got to do is take this survey. (I'm sure it puts you on their email list, too...)
Update: looks like TCKaos found ANOTHER giveaway - a sweepstakes this time. Enter UPC codes from Mega Bloks Halo packages, win a chance at more Mega Bloks Halo stuff. Go read about it. (Louis Wu 12:24:43 UTC) (permalink)
Best
lostguru stumbled across a Halo-related episode of Nerf NOW! - a gaming-themed webcomic. Good stuff to remember! (Louis Wu 12:16:34 UTC) (permalink)
UNSC Tattoo
I'm still buried neck-deep in reconstruction work (and will be for a couple of weeks, it looks like) - but I'm going to take a few minutes to clear out some of the tidbits that have run across my desk recently. Braxton Colongione (you might remember his plasma pistol) sent along a photo of his UNSC Tattoo - 12 years ago he moved to a new state, and knew nobody... Halo (the original) got him through the early times, and he's remained loyal to the franchise ever since. Great way to show the fan love!
(Louis Wu 12:13:38 UTC) (permalink)
Monday's news in brief:
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Waypoint Weekly Wrapup Hologram Crackers What A Concept Reclaimer Monday 2.7.11 Assault on the Stars 2 The Scarab is Still Lonely Hannaford Is My Hero Halo Action Figure Theatre |
Sunday's news in brief:
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