Stuff we missed at Hawty McBloggy’s this weekend (shame on us!):

• Halcylon has already whipped up a Halo Reach montage – he calls it ‘Betage’.
• B Mc Gann has his Top 10 Halo Reach Plays live.
• Luke has posted Grin + Bear It: Five Minute Death Punch – showing off the risks of the new Assassination animations.

Go read it all!(Louis Wu 15:47:07 UTC)

XerxdeeJ dropped in to welcome the masses to the Reach Beta – tips, notes from gunslingers, and more! Go read.(Louis Wu 15:43:41 UTC)

BuzzJuice noticed an ‘Ultimate Halo Quiz‘ on Gamespy – 100 questions probing your knowledge of the Halo universe. (Two questions per page? Seriously? I understand wanting ad revenue, Gamespy… but c’mon. Don’t be dicks about it.) (Louis Wu 15:42:34 UTC)

We heard about a teaser for Project Lumoria – new campaign gameplay for Halo CE! Check it! (Louis Wu 15:35:36 UTC)

SK1LL4XED let us know about a new podcast from Postgame Carnage Report – primarily Halo content. NSFW. Check out Episode 35! (Louis Wu 15:33:46 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue let us know that Reclaimer 251 is now live – more Reach screenies.(Louis Wu 15:33:17 UTC)

finalcuthalo sent word that HollywoodHalo is back, with a new video showing off some of the new stuff in Reach. Lots of silliness, but also some interesting info…(Louis Wu 15:32:07 UTC)

Rod pointed out an article at Kotaku, highlighting the last few holdouts still playing Halo 2. if you swing by Bungie.net, you can follow a thread started by one of the last six. (Louis Wu 15:31:31 UTC)

Dave Kramer sent word that BusyGamerNews.com wants you to have parts of the Halo series’ heritage – Halo 2 with the Multiplayer Map Pack, along with the original Halo Game Guide. Several ways to win. These include reviewing their newest podcast. Check it out.(Louis Wu 20:08:10 UTC)

Cody Miller wrote up some tips for Reach multiplayer; if you LIKE the Assault Rifle, and you’re not interested in improving your headshot percentage, these won’t be for you, but otherwise, you’ll find some handy pointers to keep you from getting destroyed in the Beta! There’s a video, too, showing off some examples.(Louis Wu 18:06:05 UTC)

A couple of Reach panoramas have already shown up – Crab posted one on Friday, and RVideo posted one yesterday. I’m sure we’ll be seeing many more.(Louis Wu 18:05:21 UTC)

Riceatron took a bunch of high-res screenshots of an Elite in both Halo 3 and Halo: Reach, and stuck them all together in a monster image, so that you can get a feel for how the Elite model has been upgraded. And wow… it’s been upgraded. I mean, that’s been clear for a while, but this image shows you EXACTLY how impressive the changes are.(Louis Wu 18:04:56 UTC)

Oozer3993 whipped up a tiny Java app (4kb) you can use to calculate your ‘Arena Rating’ based on stats from a slayer game you were in. It’s based on (I’d assume) the math included in the most recent Weekly Update. Give it a try – see where you stand! Arena goes live tomorrow. (Louis Wu 18:04:30 UTC)

EazyB found a pretty sneaky way to abuse the Armor Lock ability – check it out. (Enjoy it while you can; I’d really doubt this will work in the shipping game.) (Louis Wu 18:04:06 UTC)

Dan ‘Blood’ DaRocha uploaded a really, really old clip he recorded before Halo 3 was released – Jen Taylor, doing a live rendition of her ‘Betcha Can’t Stick It’ line. Awesome, Dan – only 3 years late! (Louis Wu 18:03:17 UTC)

kanbo pointed out a faq Bungie posted yesterday – SketchFactor addresses some of the concerns and questions forumgoers all over the internet have been expressing. Give it a read!(Louis Wu 18:02:54 UTC)

cjelly noticed the latest IGN vid – Top 10 Reach Kills for April 30, 2010. Definitely some nice ones! (cjelly’s right – #2 and #3 are the best of the bunch.) (Louis Wu 18:02:24 UTC)

Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry did some analysis of the Reach Beta – you might be interested in what they found. Technical, as always. Good stuff. Thanks, Shake Appeal.(Louis Wu 18:02:02 UTC)