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Energy, Cheer, and Love
Gamasutra has a writeup of the NYC Reach Launch event – nice quotes!(Louis Wu 20:08:24 UTC)
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MS does the right thing in Brazil
Good news for Brazilian Halo fanatics – Marcelo Vega let us know that Microsoft has issued a press release stating that while folks with Legendary preorders will have to wait at least 10 days to get their product (we mentioned the problem a couple of days ago), they’re entitled to a free standard copy at launch. Nice solution to a supply problem!(Louis Wu 20:04:40 UTC)
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Eve Films Fiestatage
Slushy suggested we watch a community fiestatage edited by Anthraxx – you might wonder a little about the timing, but maybe if you don’t have access to Reach right now… (Louis Wu 20:01:03 UTC)
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Community Music Playlist – Complete
Back in August, we mentioned a Bungie.net thread devoted to building a community music playlist – That ODST Dude let us know that the list has been compiled, and is ready for your playing enjoyment. Go check it out!(Louis Wu 19:45:37 UTC)
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GRUNTs are Coming!
Dragon from GrifballHub sent word that they’ll be kicking off GRUNTs – Grifball in Reach Neighborhood Tournaments (don’t ask where the ‘u’ comes from) beginning this Thursday, and running through Sunday, September 19. Full details can be found on this page, and discussion is taking place on their forum. The results from these tournaments will determine the Grifball gametype in Reach!(Louis Wu 19:40:53 UTC)
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Jack Stone and the Temple of the Skull
Paul Shelley sent word that Treeskunk Productions ALSO participated in the Fantastic Arcade 48-hour Machinima Challenge (we mentioned it yesterday) – you can see their entry on YouTube. I enjoyed it!(Louis Wu 19:37:26 UTC)
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Celebrating the Developers
Veegie was at Redmond Town Center for the midnight launch of the game – he caught Bungie’s buses rolling in on camera. Oh, the love… Update: more film here, from CMNeir.(Louis Wu 19:32:21 UTC)
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Installed vs Non-Installed: Reach Loading Times
Over at Examiner.com, Matt Furtado did some testing – he measured loading times for various aspects of Reach, then installed the game to the hard drive and did it again. The results may surprise you. (Louis Wu 19:30:05 UTC)
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Teen Girl Squad!
Elnea has a special Halo Action Figure Theater episode, mostly just celebrating her ability to play as a girl. w00t!(Louis Wu 19:29:39 UTC)
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For your english class…
Willeth let GAF know that he’d written up a comparison between Reach and a famous piece of literature. Do NOT read this until you’ve finished the campaign, as it is nothing BUT spoilers… but read it then, because it’s pretty interesting! (Louis Wu 19:27:57 UTC)
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Folks need heroes, Chief.
We’ve mentioned Roger Travis before (most recently at the launch of Halo 3) – but he’s back, with more on his thesis that Halo’s story plays the same role to the current generation as the ‘Aeneid’ played to listeners in Homer’s day. (No, he’s not saying that Halo should be considered grand literature – just that epic stories are important for inspiration, and Halo qualifies.) Definitely an interesting read – and if your boss sees it, hey, it’s the Wall Street Journal! Thanks, Jtyettis. (Louis Wu 19:26:43 UTC)
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Welcome to Reach
To keep you up to date on where Reach stands in the Media, Bungie.net has put together a ‘Welcome to Reach‘ article, with some links, som reviews, and some resources. Check it out!(Louis Wu 19:16:48 UTC)
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Ringcodes?
ARG guy thebruce0 is back with another puzzle – he’s found a bunch of ringcodes scattered throughout Reach. He’s pretty curious if anyone else has noticed these, or knows what they might be about. (Me, too.) Obviously, there are spoilers here, so this might want to wait until you’ve gone through the Campaign… but keep an eye on it! (Louis Wu 19:16:20 UTC)
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Halo 3: 20 Million Served
ChenK noticed that Halo 3 has passed the 20 million mark, in terms of all-time players. Not a shabby milestone to reach (no pun intended)! (Louis Wu 19:16:04 UTC)
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Reach: Now with Auto Mute
Anton P. Nym’s sharp eyes saw a quote in a recent ars technica article about surviving the idiots on Xbox LIVE – ferrex says that Reach has a feature where if too many people mute you in-game, you’ll start being auto-muted by the system. Nice! (Louis Wu 19:15:35 UTC)
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Master Big Chief
Nevan noticed that the shirt of the day for yesterday at RIPT Apparel was Halo-related. Funky! (Louis Wu 19:09:52 UTC)
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AH: Halo: Reach Video Explosion
Hey Everyone,
So today is arguably the biggest day of the year for gamers, and definitely for us at Achievement Hunter. We burned the midnight oil to prepare as many Reach videos as we could. So, without further adieu, let’s get started.
Our first video covers getting the Wake up, Buttercup Achievement:
Following up on that one, we have a guide to getting If They Came to Hear Me Beg:
Next up is Your Heresy Will Stay Your Feet:
Our next guide shows how to get Banshees, Fast and Low:
We then move on to getting I didn’t Train to be a Pilot:
Lucky Me is the next Achievement to get the guide treatment:
And finally (for now), we get Two Corpses in One Grave:
That’s a whole lot of Achievement guide action, but we’re not even close to being done. Keep checking back for more. The summer is over and it’s finally gaming season again!
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A tidbit on what’s next
Not exactly Halo news, but important to those who follow Bungie – Develop Online has a small article mentioning the next project Bungie will be working on… and confirming that it WON’T be using the Reach engine (or a licensed third-party engine). Interesting! Thanks, Narcogen. (Louis Wu 19:09:22 UTC)
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Custom-colored hand-drawn spartan for you
Halochief89 is offering to custom-color a cartoony Spartan he drew, just to match your in-game model. CaptainTony has already taken him up on it – go put in your own request! (Louis Wu 19:08:26 UTC)
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