Year: 2010

Back in July, we mentioned ‘Orbidome’, a gameshow set in the Halo gamespace – get questions wrong, you get killed. itsmyyard is back with word that the show is now exclusive to Machinima.com, and rebranded ‘Last Man Standing’. First show is on YouTube …

DHalo’s dad made him an animated Halo card for his birthday – pretty nice! (Louis Wu 15:00:26 UTC)

KP was the first to point out a screenshot-based History of Halo at Time Magazine. The piece itself is nothing special – but the fact that it’s 15 pictures long in a huge national magazine is pretty impressive! (Louis Wu 14:59:28 UTC)

Hawty McBloggy pointed out a pretty intricate leg tattoo someone got – it’s apparently still a work in progress, though it’s looking pretty amazing so far! (Louis Wu 14:57:08 UTC)

The New York Times has a lengthy article discussing a school in New York that focuses on teaching middle-schoolers with video games. Pretty interesting read! Halo gets quite a number of mentions (though it’s not actually used in the classroom, as far …

epicgamer7 created a short film to express his excitement for Reach – nicely done!(Louis Wu 14:56:10 UTC)

psh ikari sent a link to a video made in a mall while waiting for the midnight launch of Reach – Spartan armor + boredom leads to some odd filming options… (Louis Wu 14:55:55 UTC)

PlatformNation has a two-part look back at the Halo games leading up to Reach – while the series is called ‘Games That Nobody Plays Anymore’, it’s more just about looking back a bit. Part One covers Halo and Halo 2, Part Two covers Halo 3 and ODST.(Lo…

MelkorTheGreat let us know he’d created Halo: Reach Tricks/Glitches – E.O.A. Episode 1 for DWT Productions – there’s more coming. (Louis Wu 14:53:51 UTC)

The DefendTheHouse crew has released Reach Mythbusters Episode 1 – and as they did for Halo 3, they present a number of interesting tidbits about the game in ‘myth’ format, and either confirm or bust these. Great stuff! Thanks, Minime637.(Louis Wu 14:…

Free Weights pointed out a couple of recent Halo-themed strips from Optical Overload – pretty funny! If you go back through the strip’s several-month history, you’ll find a number of Halo-related strips. (The archive listing helpfully tells you what g…

We ALMOST made it through Talk Like a Pirate Day with no pirate references… thanks a LOT, c0ld. 🙁 Swing by our forum for pics of his Pirate Day CTF map – along with download links for the map and gametype. I can’t stay mad at him, because the map i…

I recently got my thumbs on a pair of FPS Freek Legendarys – they’re tiny add-ons you snap on to your controller’s thumbsticks. Swing by my mini-review to see pics and find out what I thought of ’em. (Louis Wu 15:51:09 UTC)

Stuntmutt’s back – Reach inspired him with the idea for a new One One Se7en. A good idea? Well, that’s up to you. He’s got a reputation to uphold, after all… (Louis Wu 15:45:25 UTC)

Ducain pointed out an awesome summary of cool goings-on over at High Impact Halo – content ranges from silly to hilarious to downright amazing. Folks who were worried that there’d be nothing to find in Reach after they’d finished playing will see that…

Dojorkan found a way to glitch some funky armor permutations out of Reach; you can’t use ’em in the regular game, but you can certainly grab some cool screens. Give his post a read! (Louis Wu 15:43:58 UTC)

The first Reach minitage has hit Halo3Forum – FraGTaLiTy posted Inflict, a just-over-a-minute romp through Reach’s multiplayer. Ooh, dat sniper…(Louis Wu 15:43:26 UTC)

adamdorsey found the music displayed while browsing the Armory to be a little… over the top. So he made a video to express his opinion. Made me smile. (Louis Wu 15:42:20 UTC)

ZZoMBiE13 pined for Frankie’s Mister Chief stylings – so he created his own Reach version. He calls this guy Noble 7. Click for full-size.(Louis Wu 21:58:20 UTC)

Hey guys, today has been a pretty great day in the world of Achievement Hunter. Below is a video showing off a ton of F-Bombs in Mafia II. 200, to be exact. What’s cool about that is the fact that the current world record for F-bombs in a video game…