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The Reach Bump
I noticed that Halo 3: ODST was NOT in the Top 5 Xbox 360 games sold for the week of May 13 (according to Gamasutra), so I went back a bit. Last week, ODST was #5, and the week before that it was #3. (There is no ‘Saling The World’ article for the week of April 23, and ODST is not on the April 16 list.) Not bad – at least two extra weeks in the Top 5 games sold in North America because of a free Beta test!(Louis Wu 15:19:25 UTC)
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AR Wallpaper
Hedgemony is getting into the Wallpaper game – cehck out his ode to the Assault Rifle. Love or hate the weapon, it’s hard to deny that the wallpaper rocks.(Louis Wu 15:04:55 UTC)
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Epsilon Afterglow
RVideo whipped up a really cool panorama from Boneyard – take a look! (He’s also posted a single-shot overhead view of the entire Boneyard gamespace – awesome for planning routes!)(Louis Wu 15:04:38 UTC)
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Gentlemen (and Ladies), Start Your Engines!
Eep – we almost forgot! Yesterday was Thursday, so the Halo 3 Double XP Weekend Playlist went live… this week, it’s Rocket Race. Missing that glorious drive-and-shoot gametype? Take a break from the Reach Beta and go play! (Don’t forget to save any films you might want clips of before you do, though; each time you switch games, you clear that temp cache, and wipe out your ‘Recent History’.) (Louis Wu 15:02:05 UTC)
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Firefight Friday: Beta Zone
FyreWulff is back with another Firefight Friday challenge – this one’s called ‘Beta Zone’, and it takes place on Alpha Site. You’ve got two difficulty variants: Heroic… or Heroic with the Blind Skull. This is the last ‘Firefight Friday’ – he’s back next week, but it’ll be a Campaign challenge. Go play!(Louis Wu 14:59:08 UTC)
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Wanna Beta Keepsake?
Hedgemony is offering to colorize your favorite Reach Beta screenshot, turning it into an interesting keepsake. Go check out his example (and the first request), and then drop your own screen in the queue!(Louis Wu 14:58:29 UTC)
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COMMAND, Episode 1
AsiansOnFire started up a machinima series last year, for a senior project – didn’t get enough support from the community, so he only made the first episode. Go watch it – then decide if you want to help with a reboot effort! (Louis Wu 14:57:18 UTC)
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Friday’s Fan Fiction
Eight new pieces are up this week in the Fan Fiction section – go read!(Louis Wu 14:56:10 UTC)
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Overkill
Urban Reflex posted a short (2:39) tribute to Halo 2… light-hearted, yet poignant. Go watch action from his last night! (Louis Wu 14:54:48 UTC)
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G4 Halo Coverage
Morpheus stopped by with a bunch of vids from G4TV – a 50-minute Feedback episode focused on Reach, an ‘All Access’ preview of the Beta (this was clearly posted last month), and an ODST cameo in a small X-Play feature. Go watch!(Louis Wu 14:48:29 UTC)
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AH: Brought to you by Coach Frank
**Read the following in the “Coach Frank” voice.**
Well hey there buddy! Looks like you’ve come back for more Skate 3 vidjas!
Gosh, up first we got Objectifier up first, you know, the one where you gotta use three dropped item-whatzits and then we got my achievement, In Stereo, where you train with me, Coach Frank! Get on now, git git yeah!!
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AH: Red Dead Redemption Achievement Race
Sup guys, guess what time it is? Time for another another community achievement race. Race for the West!
The game of choice is Red Dead Redemption, and will be a race to 980. Yes, that’s right, 980 and not 1,000. Only because of the How the West Was Won achievement. That would take too much time.
If you would like to participate, leave your Gamertag in the race comments. Sign-ups will be open until the game is released on May 18th. That is also when the race will start.
Keep an eye out for future community races, and good luck!
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AH: Brought to you by Coach Frank
**Read the following in the “Coach Frank” voice.**
Well hey there buddy! Looks like you’ve come back for more Skate 3 vidjas!
Gosh, up first we got Objectifier up first, you know, the one where you gotta use three dropped item-whatzits and then we got my achievement, In Stereo, where you train with me, Coach Frank! Get on now, git git yeah!!
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RT: Adventures in Filming
I don’t know why Matt and Burnie are surprised in today’s comic, this is pretty much exactly what happens every time Gus goes to his mailbox.
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Crazy Kills and Spills
Some fun vid action on Bungie’s Comm Chatter today- How to Avoid Being Assasinated [sic] is really just a bunch of assassination clips. (I suppose if you don’t do what the dead guys in the vid did, you’ll have a better chance of not being assassinated.)
- Skylarking is a Halo CE Trick Jumping vid (just 3 minutes) – old school fun!
- Anoj has posted his Top 10 Halo Reach Beta Amazing Kills, Episode 1 – quality’s a bit low, but the clips are pretty nice.
- Ghosts of the Beta, Carnage and Beauty is a montage from Stalid Autumn – the first half is a video showing off the gorgeous scenery of the Reach maps we have now, while the second half is gameplay.
Go take a few minutes this afternoon!(Louis Wu 17:45:51 UTC)
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