Who needs Hammers when there’s golf clubs?

You knew it was coming… Tyrant has created guides to help players beat the most difficult variations of the Halo campaigns – ‘Mythic Diffulty’ has meant Legendary, with All Skulls On, since Halo 3. (For Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, Mythic also meant ‘Solo’ – but with the advent of scaling difficulty as players are added in Reach, this is no longer true.) He’s posted two separate versions of a Mythic Guide for Halo 3 (Version 2 is quite a bit more streamlined than Version 1, but that’s just because he had more time to polish things), plus a Mythic Guide for ODST – and today we open the doors on his Mythic Guide for Halo: Reach. Up right now: an introduction, describing what’s changed in Mythic (turns out, quite a bit), plus his walkthrough for Winter Contingency. As always, there are videos to show you his favorite techniques for the tricky parts, coupled with text descriptions that should help you beat this most challenging mode. A welcome return – he’s included voiceovers for all the videos, which really helps make clear what you should be focusing on. We’ll be adding a new level each week – so keep an eye on this space! But wait – you say you don’t have the patience for Mythic? Or maybe you think you don’t have the SKILL? You can’t even get through Legendary – never mind the skulls? Never fear, Tyrant’s got YOUR back, too! Over on his YouTube channel, he’s releasing a Legendary guide for Reach – it’s less involved, because Legendary is considerably easier than Mythic, but if you’re looking for something a bit closer to your own reality, maybe this is your cup of tea. He has two levels up already (Winter Contingency and ONI Sword Base), so that the Legendary Guide remains a level ahead of the Mythic guide. You can use it to get yourself in shape for Mythic! Go explore – this stuff is amazing.(Louis Wu 13:44:56 UTC)

MLG Dallas opens tonight – the Finals of the 2010 MLG season has $100,000 on the line for the top team! Visit the MLGPro.com website for streaming coverage, commentary, and more.(Louis Wu 13:11:49 UTC)

Today’s One One Se7en shows you gotta watch those words…(Louis Wu 11:08:40 UTC)

Our own GrimBrother One mentioned a new Halo Book Club being set up at the Halo Waypoint forums – bs angel has provided a recommended reading list (it’s enormous!) and provided a link to participate in the discussion. Check it out!(Louis Wu 11:07:31 UTC)

Our forum is full of artwork today:

• padraig08 ran across a Zero Suit Master Chief on DeviantART – what’s good for the goose…
• Bry countered with Gruntsu.
• Hedgemony whipped up another old-school Marvel homage cover – awesome.
• TDSpiral was inspired by the cover of Cryptum – but his foray into Forerunner architecture is a little more… spartan. Gorgeous!

Enjoy ’em all – it’s wonderful to see so much graphic Halo love.(Louis Wu 11:06:42 UTC)

Only one piece in the Fan Fiction section this week… huh?(Louis Wu 11:06:13 UTC)

Bry stopped in with a harrowing tale of peril and courage… and worms. Lots and lots of worms. Very pretty pictures.(Louis Wu 11:05:44 UTC)

GodlyPerfection wrote up a comparison of his Forge Lessons and Chris Carney’s Map Design 101 article – interesting read!(Louis Wu 11:05:23 UTC)

Kotaku has a video of the Kinect launch game Kinectimals – and surprisingly, Halo plays a sizeable role. (Pretty darned cute to see a cat riding a ghost…) Thomas Prince was first, via email, but ChenK started a thread on our forum, if you want to chime in.(Louis Wu 11:04:49 UTC)

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It took us a while to get to this point, but we finally made it do the multiplayer side of Halo: Reach. For the most part, we like just about everything in Halo: Reach multiplayer with a few exceptions of course. Greg makes his glorious return to the show and we are joined by King Louis, the writer of the Beaver Zone song that was conceived in episode 223 during the Reach Beta. You can find the video on YouTube. Enjoy

Hey guys, we’re taking a short break from screwing around with Kinect to post some videos for the new XBLA title King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match.

This XBLA title is a port of the arcade game of the same name. Up first is a guide for “Mighty Blow.” Hee-hee.

And up next is the first part of our guide to a bunch of supermoves done with the characters in the game. Enjoy!

Hey guys, we’re taking a short break from screwing around with Kinect to post some videos for the new XBLA title King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match.

This XBLA title is a port of the arcade game of the same name. Up first is a guide for “Mighty Blow.” Hee-hee.

And up next is the first part of our guide to a bunch of supermoves done with the characters in the game. Enjoy!

If you’re still playing Halo 3, FyreWulff still has your back for Double EXP Weekend Playlist info! This week, it’s 3-Ball. Go get your hands on some balls!(Louis Wu 19:53:49 UTC)

Laird stopped by our forum with information about the Child’s Play fall auction now going on at Good Game Media – items will be rolled out automatically over the next week and a half, with the first Halo item scheduled to go live tomorrow. The cause is great, the goodies are pretty slick – bookmark it and revisit every day until mid-November!(Louis Wu 19:45:01 UTC)

There’s a new user-created map spotlighted on Bungie.net today – JoeSki73’s Halftime is designed to look like an American football stadium, and play out nicely in Slayer or Objective gametypes. Go read the interview, and check out the flythrough!(Louis Wu 19:32:47 UTC)

CruelLEGACEY is back with another episode of The Fails of Reach – plenty of ‘aw, MAN!’ moments. Thanks, urk.(Louis Wu 19:01:44 UTC)

imperial181 noticed a Halo propaganda poster at IGN. Made me smile…(Louis Wu 18:54:53 UTC)