Yesterday, kidtsunami noticed that urk was answering general Reach Beta questions in a Bungie.net thread. I pulled all his answers out for readability (it’s a 30-page thread at this point, and urk only answered 17 questions), but waited until this morning to ensure he was finished. You can read the results on this page.(Louis Wu 13:42:42 UTC)

Gamebashing has an interview with DeepCee, the artist behind ODS Steve – thanks, Hawty.(Louis Wu 13:38:41 UTC)

TTL Demag0gue is going to be releasing Reclaimer episodes every day this week, to make up for the long hiatus – swing by the website for Episode 245 – Reclaimer gets upgrades… and finds something.(Louis Wu 13:33:39 UTC)

Red vs Blue Revelation Chapter 3 (Upon Further Review) is now available on the Rooster Teeth website – and for the first time (if you didn’t watch the shakeycam PAX East films or the one-night-only streaming-from-the-Alamo video), you can see why they hired Monty Oum. Amazing coordination of straight-up machinima and CGI – you need to go watch this! (Luke McKay has already paid tribute with a scene sketch.)(Louis Wu 13:22:29 UTC)

Seattle Times’ Brier Dudley talked to Brian Jarrard and Chris Carney about the Reach Beta – go see what they have to say!(Louis Wu 13:22:04 UTC)

Sad that Halo 2 online play is shut down? Go check out this trailer from dsalimander – it’s an alpha build of H2 Midship… in Halo Custom Edition. Looks amazing! (Also got word of Project Ambry, a pretty slick-looking Forerunner-based map – check out the thread for pics!)(Louis Wu 13:21:30 UTC)

The latest Bungie Podcast hit the webernets last night – Derek Carroll talks about gametypes (you might be a little disappointed with the extent of the Invasion explanation), Dave Candland talks about interface, Luke Timmins talks about the Reach engine. 90 minutes of serious awesomeness (except, maybe, the first minute or two). Grab the mp3 from Bungie.net, or download it on iTunes. (Louis Wu 13:17:05 UTC)

Forward Unto Dawn has begun posting a 3-part retrospective on Halo 2 – Part 1 is up now. Go check out ‘I Hardly Knew Thee…‘ – this segment was written by Dani, who didn’t play Halo 2 when it was in its heyday. How does the game stand up without the benefit of nostalgia? Go read and find out! Part 2 coming tomorrow.(Louis Wu 22:25:17 UTC)

Max pointed out a really cool Weta-created Xbox being auctioned off right now (proceeds to go to charity). Go by and look – bids started at a dollar yesterday, but it’s already up over $520 AU (about $481 US), with four days left to run. Gorgeous!(Louis Wu 22:21:02 UTC)

The Tag and Release term spotlighted today at Bungie.net is ‘Assassination’ – and urk found some wonderful pics. Go look! (Louis Wu 17:45:41 UTC)

The next Running Riot podcast will be recorded live next Monday night, April 26, at 9:30pm EST. Guest is Damian Lacedamian, from This Spartan Life – don’t miss it! Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 17:43:53 UTC)