Bryan Simon let us know about a Halo Reach Rap he wrote – takes a pretty nasty shot at Black Ops near the end, but otherwise is pretty lighthearted.(Louis Wu 16:23:22 UTC)

Bry wanted to know just how big a Covenant ‘Super Carrier’ really is – so he took some pictures, and did some math. Them babies are HUGE. (A direct comparison with an Assault Carrier is in this post.)(Louis Wu 16:23:04 UTC)

retinence has returned to the LEGO Halo world, with a new version of his Elite. He’s also taking commissions… go see!(Louis Wu 16:22:46 UTC)

DHalo wanted to make sure people saw a pretty cool promotional video put together by GrifballHub – it’s called “Reach: Grifball Evolved”, and it might just pump you up. (We also heard about it from GrifballHub’s Goosechecka, who wanted you to know that signups for the very first Reach Grifball league are now open. Go get hammered!(Louis Wu 16:22:24 UTC)

Hey there community. I have a question, and I’m wondering if you can help me figure out the answer. I got to thinking about completion today, and wondered “What game has been completed the most out of all other Xbox games retail/arcade?” Not percentage wise (I’m sure that would be Avatar TLAB), but actual total number of gamers who have 1,000 or 200 pointed one game the most. Similarly, what is the game that has been completed the least (ignoring any games that are glitched and incapable of being completed)?

Have you guys ever read an article with this data? Or maybe know a way that it can be tabulated? Anyone have a good guess as to what the most completed and least completed games are?

Please keep in mind when you blindly list Avatar as the most completed, you’re talking about a game that probably sold a few hundred thousand copies. Even if everyone who bought it got the 1,000, I’m betting it wouldn’t come close to comparing to a game that 5-7 million people bought like a Halo or MW.

Community
–Darksiders for PC – Incentives to Download
–Xbox Preview Program details
–Earn Microsoft Points by using Bing! US Only!
–Dead Rising 2 primer
–September 27th Community Playdate details
–Geoff’s achievement question
–Race Off Reach winner & Red vs. Blue DLC

AH Videos
–Last of the Datapad Locations in Halo: Reach
–Crowd Control video guide in Halo: Reach
–Reach Racer and Suicidal Marine Easter Eggs in Halo: Reach
–Community Playdate Fails

Community Videos
–Billboard Breaker and Comic Fan Part 1 & Part 2 video guides in Planet 51 from tonyski
–Hairdresser video guide in Mafia II from 2tired2care
–A Dish Best Served Cold video guide in Gears of War from Shanerbaner

Achievements
-Added achievements for Delve Deeper
-Added achievements for Fable III
-Added achievements for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
-Added achievements for NBA Jam
-Added achievements for NBA 2K11
-Added achievements for Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter
-Added Steam achievements for Droplitz
-Added Steam achievements for Blade Kitten
-Added The Snowy Mountain Dungeon DLC achievement for DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue
-Added San Van Party Pack DLC achievements for Skate 3
-Added the secret achievement for Dead Rising 2 (Thanks snowd0n!)

Trophies
-Added trophies for Sonic Adventure
-Added trophies for Racquet Sports
-Added trophies for Blade Kitten
-Added trophies for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
-Added trophies for Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
-Added trophies for Front Mission Evolved

IGN ranks the five Bungie-created Halo games in terms of the quality of their single-player Campaigns. Our forum finds this to be a contentious issue. There’s no ‘right’ answer – but where do you fall? Thanks, Avateur, for stirring the pot.(Louis Wu 22:24:07 UTC)

BuzzJuice pointed out a video feature on The Escapist called Extra Credits – a recent episode covered Music in Video Games, and Halo’s original theme got some serious love. The piece is pretty interesting outside of the Halo mention, too – go watch!(Louis Wu 22:23:30 UTC)

Tex has found ways of entertaining herself with Halo, even when the Xbox is off. Tex seems… disturbed.(Louis Wu 22:23:09 UTC)

Tex has found ways of entertaining herself with Halo, even when the Xbox is off. Tex seems… disturbed.(Louis Wu 22:23:09 UTC)

XerxdeeJ stopped by to wish Halo 3 a Happy 3rd Birthday – and to raise a glass to the good times. I guess it’s Birthday Day!(Louis Wu 22:22:20 UTC)

Apparently, Yahoo has put up some Reach tips (five separate videos). Just as apparently, they’re pretty basic. Thanks, Mid7night.(Louis Wu 22:21:56 UTC)

FyreWulff is back with another Fire Team Zulu challenge – and a preview of a new site design. Go explore!(Louis Wu 22:21:37 UTC)

Kotaku pointed out that the Halo Reach Official Soundtrack cracked Billboard’s Top 200 highest-selling albums this past week – it was at #157. (This is the highest spot a Halo OST has ever reached – no pun intended.) It’s also in the Top 10 of Billboard’s Soundtrack rankings, debuting at number 8. Nice going, Marty and friends! (Remember, all of this is digital-only sales; the actual CD doesn’t get released for another 3 days.) Thanks, Avateur. (And… another 7 down. We’re up to Friday morning, 1:30 am. Gettin’ there!)(Louis Wu 20:49:40 UTC)

ManKitten pointed out the Honor the Code commercial from Mountain Dew – how much are YOU drinking?(Louis Wu 20:49:22 UTC)

DHalo pointed out a new Invasion map he created, along with Ibeechu and Manelven – it’s called ‘Hallowed Valley’ and it uses most of Forge World. Go look at the pictures, and grab yourself a copy!(Louis Wu 20:48:55 UTC)

We got mail on Thursday morning from Pete Curran, Director of Firefly Productions UK, about a short video they created called ‘Bricking It’ – real-life armor abilities. (As Pete says, “it’s only a minute long. We’d have made it longer, but, you know, Reach.”) Great production values, and it made me laugh. Had we been on top of things, this would have been on our front page for hours before GrimBrother IV found a writeup about it on Kotaku… but hey, sometimes real life gets in the way. (Maybe if we’d had Sprint…)(Louis Wu 20:48:11 UTC)

Bungie contributed their own writeup of the Humpday Challenge that took place this last Wednesday night – and for what might be the first time in history, their version of events matches ours! (All in all, it was a pretty fun night, and if Sketch hadn’t been playing so far out of his normal range, more people would have noticed how badly I did. The sad thing is, this play quality was unusual for Sketch – but it’s business as usual for me.) Much love to Bungie for getting us into the rotation so early, and for being so gracious about it. I apologize for the half-robot youngsters. There’s a sizeable thread about this on our forum – which is why this is appearing HERE, and not in the normal flow of our Bungie.net coverage (which will come after I finish clearing out the forum). Join in and add your two cents! (Be polite, though.)(Louis Wu 20:46:58 UTC)

wes was unhappy that nobody remembered to wish ODST a Happy Birthday on Wednesday… so here you go, ODST: HAPPY BIRTHDAY! You’re a small but scrappy member of the Halo family, and we love you a lot!(Louis Wu 20:46:36 UTC)