As any long-time reader of HBO probably knows, the Halo thread(s) on NeoGAF are goldmines of awesome content; I’ve gone through the Halo Reach Beta thread there, and pulled out all the content that hasn’t been mentioned here yet. Go enjoy it.

• Demoncarnotaur has a pretty cool girlfriend; she did her best to build him a Wraith cake for his 21st birthday. It might be a little flat… but the effort is awesome.


• Kibbles went through the Carnàge Carnivàle ViDoc, and pulled out all the actual gameplay footage. No devs – just play. 4:37, in YouTube’s HD.


• Six-Okay (ex-343 Community Manager) whipped up a Power-Puff-Girls-inspired version of Noble Team. Check it out on his blog. Thanks, Zeouterlimits.


• Dani ran across a YouTube video from ConsoleCreatures – it’s footage from the Canadian Press Event last week. Nice flavor, for folks who’ve never been.


• More art, courtesy of Zeouterlimits – Ben K, of Ars Technica, tweeted about Gamma360’s drawing of Emile.


• Kibbles pointed out that Xbox Evolved converted an Inside Xbox feature about the Reach Beta from its XBLM flavor to a web-based flavor.


• Waypoint’s Cocopjojo let the thread know that they’d filmed a full-length video of an Invasion match – no editing, just gameplay – and put it on YouTube. This is really, really cool. (Especially since you won’t be getting your OWN chance to play this gametype until May 7.)


• Waypoint’s GLYPH pointed out that if you don’t have access to Halo Waypoint on Xbox LIVE, you can still watch their Reach Beta Primer online – either streaming, or via download (it’s a 343 mb, 640×360 .wmv). Good stuff in there – including the first successful footage I’ve seen of the lock-on potential of the Reach Rocket Launcher. Hello, Halo 2!


• (One more) Son of Godzilla posted links to YouTubed versions he put up of Luke Smith’s GamesRadar game+commentary. It’s in two parts: Part 1 | Part 2

Go check this stuff out – it’s super awesome.(Louis Wu 01:54:05 UTC)

More information about Birth of a Spartan – including where you can see it on TV tomorrow – is included in the full press release now live on Gamerscoreblog.com. Unfortunately for the PR firm handling press copies, whoever posted it on Gamerscoreblog.com forgot to remove the paragraph discussing where press would be able to find it online early – you can count on that server being down for most of Wednesday morning. Thanks, A Shaky Shotgun.(Louis Wu 21:48:37 UTC)

More information about Birth of a Spartan – including where you can see it on TV tomorrow – is included in the full press release now live on Gamerscoreblog.com. Unfortunately for the PR firm handling press copies, whoever posted it on Gamerscoreblog.com forgot to remove the paragraph discussing where press would be able to find it online early – you can count on that server being down for most of Wednesday morning. Thanks, A Shaky Shotgun.(Louis Wu 21:48:37 UTC)

Just received a text message from Miguel Chavez:

Reporting live for HBO from Tribeca Film Festival… Saw “Meet Monica Velour” with Keith David in a supporting role. During QA I got to ask 20yr old Dustin Ingram what it was like to work with KD. First sentence: “I freaked out since I was in front of the Arbiter from H3!!” Thumbs up from your intrepid reporter…

Mig – whatever we’re paying you, double it.(Louis Wu 21:13:35 UTC)

swede33 pointed out a few extra places to try and score a Friends and Family Beta Invite – swing by his post for links!(Louis Wu 19:13:16 UTC)

Even with the flood of Reach Beta video footage around the web today, Bungie still has enough juice left over for their standard Monday ‘Tag and Release‘ feature – today’s tag is ‘Wow’. And the pics urk has highlighted definitely deserve the tag!(Louis Wu 19:04:39 UTC)

Luke Smith provides running commentary on a game of Invasion Slayer – Luke Smith is a funny man. Go watch – it’s 13 minutes of hilarity. (Thanks to urk for the heads-up.) While you’re there, check out GamesRadar’s Behind The Scenes feature on Bungie’s lobby – cool pics!(Louis Wu 18:57:29 UTC)

Ars Technica is the first site offering 20 codes to get you in to the Friends and Family portion of the Reach Beta (it opens on April 29, rather than May 3) – swing by and send them an email to be entered. (They’ve got 5 more on TOP of that via Twitter, too.) Thanks, MffnMn.(Louis Wu 15:30:15 UTC)