So this is probably going to be the last Fable video you see for a while, what with Tron and Cataclysm hitting tomorrow. You can expect a ton of videos in those games for a while.

We received almost 400 entries to our “I’m So Poor” contest for Noble Map Pack codes – I wish we had that many codes to give away! (Only 10, folks – sorry.) So here’s what happened: the entries were split into “funny” and “serious”, and dupes were removed. Then 5 entries from each group were selected randomly. Gamertags were checked to 1) make sure that Reach had been played, and 2) had NOT been used with the Noble Map Pack yet. (Yes, this might have bitten you if you’d played with your friends. None of our potential winners had that issue.) I decided NOT to share the serious stories – but here are the 5 winning funny entries (unedited):

• Ninja Slothboy: because microsoft increased the cost of xbox live by $10 a year. If they hadn’t done that I could have bought the map pack. As it is we only turn on the heat long enough to thaw out the water in the bathtub so we can get clean once a week. Although clean is relative. If you saw the state that water is in after 6 weeks of family bathing you would know what I’m talking about. We’re so poor that my daughters have to work in the coal mines for 6 hours a day just so they can afford to buy the tools they need to work in the salt mines.
• nikoli1287: I had to take out a second mortgage just to pay for a new helmet in Halo Reach.
• Garbled: I didn’t buy Halo 2 or 3, I just added roman numerals to my Halo: CE disk.
• Lebeau 182: my ten gallon hat is a water jug
• WolfSarge: my eviction notice said, “All your apartment are belong to us”… Then an ominous disembodied voice announced “Territory-LOST”.

Congrats, also, to the 5 ‘serious’ winners: Civicmirror, Hextall2727, AVA1L, DanGerst, and Neo5601. Emails have been sent out with codes to all 10 – if you are on this list, and didn’t get a code, please check your junk folder! Thanks to everyone for entering, and to Bungie for providing the codes!(Louis Wu 15:40:40 UTC)

chris10023 let us know that Halo Reach Fails: Episode 5 hit the net recently – always fun to see players (and AI!) showing serious lapses in judgement! (Only thing worse than firing too close to yourself when you’re ambushing someone with a Rocket Launcher… is doing it against a Hologram.)(Louis Wu 15:13:35 UTC)

Jimmy Jangles wrote up a review of the Noble Map Pack after playing for a while – go see if you agree with him! (Louis Wu 15:11:28 UTC)

UK’s Electronic Theatre put together their list of the Top Ten Xbox 360 Exclusive Games – and both Halo 3 and Halo: Reach make the list (at #3 and #1, respectively). Not bad!(Louis Wu 15:09:31 UTC)

HaLo2FrEeEk took the time to collect and organize the image assets that can be found throughout Bungie.net – if you ever find yourself in need of, say, the outline of a Skirmisher, or the medal for an Assist Spree, this pack can help. Almost 1500 images packed into a sub-40mb zipfile… check it out!(Louis Wu 15:08:56 UTC)

Community
–Xbox LIVE Rewards
–Fails of the Weak! Volume 11

AH Videos
–Fishing in Halo: Reach
-Gnome Invasion parts two, three, and four in Fable III
–The Musician and Youre In The Way video guides in ilomilo
–Rest in pieces and Go ahead against the wall video guide in SBK X: Superbike World Championship

Community Videos
–Muerte la robo-lucin, Tourist, Knoxx-Trap, Ned-Trap, and Steele-Trap video guide in Borderlands from HGN_Kevin
–Masquerade video guide in Dead Rising 2 from 2tired2care
–Deadly Ballet and Raining Men video guide in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin from Illuminate88
–Happy Ending? Phase 1 & 2 in Splatterhouse from
–Burnout, Midnight Cowboy, Graffiti, Share the Dream, and Gotcha! video guide in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit from tonyski

Xbox 360 Achievements
-Added achievements for Quake Arena Arcade
-Added achievements for X-Men: The Arcade Game
-Added achievements for Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos
-Added Big Thrills DLC achievements for Trials HD
-Added Pigsy’s Perfect 10 DLC achievements for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
-Added The Treasure of Bear Beard and The Vampiricom DLC achievements for Naughty Bear
-Added secret achievements for Samurai Shodown Sen

Windows Phone 7 Achievements
-Added achievements for Pocket God
-Added achievements for Brain Challenge HD
-Added achievements for Deal or No Deal: Vegas Gold

PlayStation 3 Trophies
-Added trophies for Funky Lab Rat
-Added trophies for Create
-Added secret trophies for Tony Hawk Ride
-Added secret trophies for The Shoot

Steam Achievements
-Added achievements for Guardians of Graxia

There are currently wood shavings all over the floor of the office. Fortunately, it really helps soak up the blood. It’s a self-contained sort of pastime.

On December 31st 2010 at midnight PST, the online servers for The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II will be taken offline.

It’s sad when EA does this and prevents gamers from unlocking their achievements. Oh well, what can you do?

For more details and a list of the achievements that will be affected, please visit the group news post.

Hey Guys, TonySki back with some more Community videos for your late night Friday pleasure. Sadly there is only one video to go up this week and it’s from Me.


5 quick and easy achievements in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

Also I’d like to bring up this little video.


Criterion has said that if they can get that video to 1,000,000 views by December 12th then they’d release 3 special cars out to DLC for free. so Watch it, be amazed by the awesomeness of NFS HP and then buy the game. Or just watch the 2 videos linked in this post.
Anyway, please keep submitting those videos so that I’ve got more stuff to post and you get recognition from everyone else for making a video about the oh so precious achievements we all love.

There are currently wood shavings all over the floor of the office. Fortunately, it really helps soak up the blood. It’s a self-contained sort of pastime.

It’s that time of the week again! TGIFoTW. Jack is out of town, so I get the pleasure of posting this one. Hope you enjoy!

Hey Guys, TonySki back with some more Community videos for your late night Friday pleasure. Sadly there is only one video to go up this week and it’s from Me.


5 quick and easy achievements in Need for Speed Hot Pursuit

Also I’d like to bring up this little video.


Criterion has said that if they can get that video to 1,000,000 views by December 12th then they’d release 3 special cars out to DLC for free. so Watch it, be amazed by the awesomeness of NFS HP and then buy the game. Or just watch the 2 videos linked in this post.
Anyway, please keep submitting those videos so that I’ve got more stuff to post and you get recognition from everyone else for making a video about the oh so precious achievements we all love.

Community
–Xbox LIVE Rewards
–Fails of the Weak! Volume 11

AH Videos
–Fishing in Halo: Reach
-Gnome Invasion parts two, three, and four in Fable III
–The Musician and Youre In The Way video guides in ilomilo
–Rest in pieces and Go ahead against the wall video guide in SBK X: Superbike World Championship

Community Videos
–Muerte la robo-lucin, Tourist, Knoxx-Trap, Ned-Trap, and Steele-Trap video guide in Borderlands from HGN_Kevin
–Masquerade video guide in Dead Rising 2 from 2tired2care
–Deadly Ballet and Raining Men video guide in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin from Illuminate88
–Happy Ending? Phase 1 & 2 in Splatterhouse from
–Burnout, Midnight Cowboy, Graffiti, Share the Dream, and Gotcha! video guide in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit from tonyski

Xbox 360 Achievements
-Added achievements for Quake Arena Arcade
-Added achievements for X-Men: The Arcade Game
-Added achievements for Deadliest Catch: Sea of Chaos
-Added Big Thrills DLC achievements for Trials HD
-Added Pigsy’s Perfect 10 DLC achievements for Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
-Added The Treasure of Bear Beard and The Vampiricom DLC achievements for Naughty Bear
-Added secret achievements for Samurai Shodown Sen

Windows Phone 7 Achievements
-Added achievements for Pocket God
-Added achievements for Brain Challenge HD
-Added achievements for Deal or No Deal: Vegas Gold

PlayStation 3 Trophies
-Added trophies for Funky Lab Rat
-Added trophies for Create
-Added secret trophies for Tony Hawk Ride
-Added secret trophies for The Shoot

Steam Achievements
-Added achievements for Guardians of Graxia

There are currently wood shavings all over the floor of the office. Fortunately, it really helps soak up the blood. It’s a self-contained sort of pastime.

Going to the mall soon? Calendar Club has started selling Red vs. Blue calendars across the country. They also have them on their website. Today, your local mall. Tomorrow, the world.

Bryan Simon is back with another vid – this one’s called ‘I Wish I Had a Jetpack‘, and tells a sad story. (Amazing gameplay from Kampy, though.)(Louis Wu 21:16:45 UTC)