Good afternoon folks, I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that tomorrow Geoff and I will be participating in Extra Life. “What is Extra Life?” you might ask. Well, Extra Life is a charity event where you donate money to folks who have promised to sit down and play video games for a solid 24 hours. Geoff and I are going to be doing just that from 8am CST on Saturday until 8am on Sunday.

You’ll be able to tune in on Achievement Hunter to watch us live and chat along while we play games all day. I’m sure we’ll be also playing Reach and other games with folks throughout the day. We’ll be broadcasting live for the entire event on AHTV, so you can watch us slowly devolve into madness. We’ll also be having special guests drop by as well, so keep tuned for that!

You can read more about Extra Life at their official website, but more importantly, you can donate to the Achievement Hunter team right here. Just pick someone you want to donate to and click on the donate button next to their name. The money you donate will go to the hospital that that person has picked to play on behalf of.

You can also check out our Extra Life Group on here for more information on the team.

So, mark down a few hours to check out the antics from the Achievement Hunter office and if you have the ability to, donate a few bucks on behalf of sick kids. We’ll also be giving away a bunch of free stuff, so definitely come back for that! See you on Saturday!

Hey folks, we are broadcasting live from the Achievement Hunter Tee-Vee area of the site!

Our main camera is there, but if you want to see the streaming Xbox Geoff is on, you can stream it here.

Donate! We’re doing give-aways at almost every plateu for donations! See you in the chat room!

Last night Burnie, Jordan, Geoff and I went to see Jackass 3D here. I love the theater, but it was an odd juxtaposition.

…and I won’t give you any spoilers, but I had to walk out for one scene to avoid vomiting.

Hey folks, we are broadcasting live from the Achievement Hunter Tee-Vee area of the site!

Our main camera is there, but if you want to see the streaming Xbox Geoff is on, you can stream it here.

Donate! We’re doing give-aways at almost every plateu for donations! See you in the chat room!

Some people write in order to vent their frustrations. I write to vent Geoff’s.

ps. Check out our achievement guides for the game!

Halo Reach Mythbusters: Episode 3 is now out – did you know you could pass through a one-way barrier the wrong way? Me either.(Louis Wu 16:01:24 UTC)

HCDPAMF let us know that Dobermann has released a Halo Zero: ODST Tech Demo – you can grab a copy (4.7 mb) from the first post in that thread. Halo Zero is the fanmade sidescroller that’s been improved regularly for quite a while… check this out!(Louis Wu 16:00:53 UTC)

Halo: Reach has been nominated for “Best Original Score – Video Game” at The Hollywood Music In Media Awards; you can see the rest of the nominees here. Nice! Thanks, Greg O’Connor-Read.(Louis Wu 15:56:23 UTC)

McFarlane has posted a ‘first look’ at Halo: Reach Series 2 figures, and announced Series 3. Read the details on their site! Thanks, Mr.Sci-Fi.(Louis Wu 15:55:46 UTC)

Bret_Hart has created a UT3 version of Battle Creek – you can see a video of gameplay here. Thanks, Dennis Powers (who pointed out the Halo Maps forum post announcing this.)(Louis Wu 15:55:09 UTC)

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We continue our discussion on the Halo: Reach campaign by doing a quick run through of the levels in the campaign and discussing anything that stood out: mainly everything revolving around Dr. Halsey and the Forerunners. I think this podcast also gets the “bleeptacular” medal as well, but there’s still some great discussions. Just like the previous show, we have Kete from The Running Riot, and CMNeir and MidgetDance from Halo Reach Tricks back to continue the campaign discussions. Enjoy

Maybe you thought we forgot about it this year… but Halloween is fast-approaching, and what would Halloween be without a Guilt O’ Lantern Contest? (And man, what would HBO be this month if we didn’t have at least 77 contests going at all times?) Prizes this year are graciously donated by the Halo Waypoint team – first place will walk away with a Frank O’Connor original Mister Chief painting! (The last time one of these went on the market, it sold for over $400.) Check out past galleries (all linked from the contest page), think about how to make the best pumpkin ever, and get carving!(Louis Wu 02:04:27 UTC)

Devin says… why wait? The second round of his contest is now live – swing by to put your name into the hat to win a Reach Official Strategy Guide. You’ve got until Wednesday, so don’t dawdle too long! Update: Sorry about the broken form, fixed now.(Louis Wu 00:42:09 UTC)

The Bungie Weekly Update went live half an hour ago (that timestamp at the top is full of LIEZ) – and it’s absolutely worth your time to read. There’s a recap of the hot news of the week, of course (Noble Map Pack, Forgetacular contest)… but also boatloads of new info about Playlist changes (both Multiplayer – new forged maps! – AND Firefight – go play some Glacier!), info about when the level cap will be lifted (it’s up to us!), and a very cool news tidbit about a Make-a-Wish kid who’s getting better. Go read! (It is, of course, available in our Weekly Update Archive, if you’d rather read it there.)(Louis Wu 00:09:26 UTC)

Good afternoon folks, I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that tomorrow Geoff and I will be participating in Extra Life. “What is Extra Life?” you might ask. Well, Extra Life is a charity event where you donate money to folks who have promised to sit down and play video games for a solid 24 hours. Geoff and I are going to be doing just that from 8am CST on Saturday until 8am on Sunday.

You’ll be able to tune in on Achievement Hunter to watch us live and chat along while we play games all day. I’m sure we’ll be also playing Reach and other games with folks throughout the day. We’ll be broadcasting live for the entire event on AHTV, so you can watch us slowly devolve into madness. We’ll also be having special guests drop by as well, so keep tuned for that!

You can read more about Extra Life at their official website, but more importantly, you can donate to the Achievement Hunter team right here. Just pick someone you want to donate to and click on the donate button next to their name. The money you donate will go to the hospital that that person has picked to play on behalf of.

You can also check out our Extra Life Group on here for more information on the team.

So, mark down a few hours to check out the antics from the Achievement Hunter office and if you have the ability to, donate a few bucks on behalf of sick kids. We’ll also be giving away a bunch of free stuff, so definitely come back for that! See you on Saturday!

coreross did a great job of outlining some bits from the ‘A Spartan Will Rise’ video (released by Bungie back in August) that were not actually in the shipping game… interesting stuff! Swing by his website for pictures.(Louis Wu 22:32:28 UTC)

It’s Winner Central here at HBO – Dom’s Grab Bag Giveaways ALSO has a winner: James Qian will be able to choose from Dom’s long list of prize options. (The list is still visible on the contest page, even though you can’t enter the next round yet.) A bit of administrivia: we still haven’t heard from Blissful Rage, who won the LAST round. We’re going to wait two more days (until Sunday evening around 8pm PST), and then pick a new winner for that round. Remember: if you enter one of these contests, be sure to check to see if you won! Even if you miss the email, it’s posted on our front page (search for “Giveaways”, for example), and it’s listed (for at least a few days) on the contest page itself. Thanks! (Louis Wu 22:14:33 UTC)

GrimBrother One pointed out a Waypoint story about a really cool USB flash drive – it’s not for sale, unfortunately (it’s fan-made), but you can see pictures… I love it.(Louis Wu 22:13:02 UTC)

Today Bungie updated the Halo: Reach Matchmaking playlists to include three new ones; two of which won’t be available until Tuesday. Co-op campaign is now live in matchmaking under Cooperative and you can go pursue all of those campaign assist commendations. The other two that will be out later are Living Dead and Team Snipers. Going out on a limb and predicting some Challenges that will incorporate these new playlists soon.