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You can’t Reach me, Dogg!
A must-see vid is up on Bungie.net’s Comm Chatter today. Snoop Dogg plays Reach with LL Cool J – and the techniques for psyching out their opponents go way, way beyond standard smack-talk. Watch it at B.net, or just swing by Funny Or Die (so you can vote). (Louis Wu 20:43:17 UTC)
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Driving the industry
GamesRadar has put together a list of the Top 7 ways that Halo has influenced the games industry. Not sure I agree with all of them (many of these things were around LONG before Halo), but it’s an interesting read!(Louis Wu 20:40:43 UTC)
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Reach is a living entity
Popular Mechanics has an in-depth look at the making of Reach, with insight from Joe Tung, Marcus Lehto, and Sage Merrill – go give it a read, you’ll learn something! (Louis Wu 20:39:54 UTC)
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USA Today’s Reach Guide
USA Today’s Game Hunters has a basic ‘helping hand’ guide for Reach, if you’re a total beginner – check it out for tips! (Louis Wu 20:39:16 UTC)
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Kickin’ Halo 3’s butt
Wondering how well Reach is doing? Around noon PST yesterday, Bungie tweeted this – as of that point, Reach had already surpassed the all-time highest record for Halo 3 concurrent unique users on LIVE. Wonga!(Louis Wu 20:33:30 UTC)
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NGL Atlanta Reach Tourney
Lance Alexander sent word that the National Gaming League is hosting a live Halo Reach Tournament in in Atlanta, GA on October 9th. You can find full info (gametypes, rules, settings) on this page. They’re going to be kicking off a new ranking system to give participants a full look at their stats for the tourney – you can see a preview here. They’re planning to visit 8 cities over the course of the next year or so. Get involved! (Louis Wu 20:28:35 UTC)
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RT: REACH for the stars
So Reach is out, and it’s a wonder our office is functioning at all. I’m not going to lie, productivity has slowed to an absolute crawl. BUT HOW DO WE NOT PLAY? The game is too damn good. That being said, in addition to today’s comic, and Monday’s episode, we’ve managed to eek out some Achievement Hunter videos as well. Ok, enough of this. I’ve got a date with Matchmaking.
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AH: Two more Halo: Reach videos
Hey Everyone,
We’ve got some more Reach for you today. This first video is actually a guide to finding a pretty cool Easter Egg.
While this next video is a guide to getting the Keep it Clean Achievement in the second mission of the game.
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A Call to Arms
We hope you are enjoying Halo: Reach and we want to hear all about what you have to say about the game. Whether it’d be campaign, multiplayer or Forge 2.0, we want to know your opinions. Our first post-Reach recording will be Saturday (date pending), which we will try to make live. You can also call our voicemail box at (206) 888-4256 or drop us a line by sending your submissions to submissions@podtacular.com, or use the Submit button. We’re looking forward to hear what you have to say about the best Halo game.
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Halo Timeline at the Escapist
The Escapist has put up a Halo timeline – it’s not a timeline of events IN the Halo universe, it’s a timeline of how the Halo universe has grown. Pretty interesting piece of work! Thanks to Narcogen, at Rampancy.net, for noticing.(Louis Wu 15:20:13 UTC)
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Jengajam Goes Reach
Josh Ruble let us know that last night’s Late Nite JengaJam (a podcast run by RvB’s Jengaship took place in Halo Reach – they tried to review it while playing. Go watch to see how they did!(Louis Wu 15:16:45 UTC)
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And… they’ve started.
Over at High Impact Halo, you’ll find a launchoff a Banshee onto a much, much bigger vessel. Minor spoilers if you haven’t played Tip of the Spear yet. I love you guys, HIH. Thanks, Ducain.(Louis Wu 14:45:24 UTC)
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A Monument to All Your Sins
kornman00 found a really amazing easter egg (set of eggs?) near the end of the game – he’s done a pretty nice job of documenting it. SERIOUS spoilers, obviously. Also serious coolness. Much <3, Bungie. (Louis Wu 13:06:22 UTC)
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Unique Halo 3 shirt
I’ve never heard the term ‘upcycled’ before – but there’s a pretty interesting women’s top on Etsy right now, and it started with a Halo 3 shirt. If you like it, hurry – there’s only one. (Louis Wu 13:05:43 UTC)
The latest news about the Halo series of games from Microsoft
