Evening Reading

SC2: My switch to Zerg is going well, but I'm still getting used to Overlord production. I keep getting myself supply blocked and stockpiling minerals.

In other news, I picked up Super Meat Boy last night and it is as advertising: incredibly fun and blisteringly difficult. I really want to get 100% completion here, but I'm afraid my hopes and dreams will be crushed by platforming.

Gaming News o'the Day

Links from Morning Discussion

From The Chatty
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    October 26, 2010 5:01 PM

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      October 26, 2010 5:27 PM

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        October 26, 2010 5:30 PM

        I think he means using the Reach assest/engine to HDify Halo 1 and 2, except that MS said that they're not interested in HD upgrades.

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          October 26, 2010 5:31 PM

          "We obviously have a lot of new things going on, so the thought of re-doing a bunch of things is probably difficult to just weave into the overall portfolio. If you can provide real value to the customer, there could be possibilities for that, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it." http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/66187

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            October 26, 2010 5:40 PM

            I read that and immediately thought they'll announce Halo 1 HD next week.

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      October 26, 2010 8:12 PM

      Meh. Halo has largely run it's course, the story/campagin at least, and I don't think an HD remake of 1 and 2 using Reach's engine would be much of an improvement. The engine that was used for 1 and 2 also gave those games a lot of their own feel and character which would be lost when ported to the Reach engine.

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        October 26, 2010 8:28 PM

        I think a lot of people are nostalgic for Halo:CE just because the end of Reach ties in so nicely with it.

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      October 26, 2010 8:36 PM

      I'm sure that at some point we will see a redo of Halo

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      October 26, 2010 9:16 PM

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      October 26, 2010 9:18 PM

      what if they did tribes using Reach engine?

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      October 26, 2010 9:21 PM

      what if they did Bugsby 3D using Reach engine?

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      October 26, 2010 9:24 PM

      What if they did Gumshoe using Reach engine?

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      October 26, 2010 9:25 PM

      what if they did Wolfenstein 3D using Reach engine? ...Seriously...

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      October 26, 2010 9:29 PM

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        October 26, 2010 9:34 PM

        What could Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori do with that theme song I wonder?

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      October 26, 2010 9:56 PM

      what if they did chex quest using Reach engine?

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      October 26, 2010 10:03 PM

      So, a map pack.

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      October 26, 2010 10:15 PM

      If by "amazing" you meant "boring". This coming from someone who enjoyed Halo 1 and really enjoyed Halo: Reach. Your suggestion is lame.

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        October 26, 2010 10:36 PM

        Why would it be boring to do a graphical update to a game you enjoyed?

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      October 26, 2010 11:10 PM

      what if they did Pac-Man using the Reach engine?

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      October 26, 2010 11:24 PM

      What if they did Reach using

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      October 26, 2010 11:30 PM

      Agreed. I'd pay full price for a combined Halo 1+2, modernized. I never finished either because I never got that much into SP games on the original Xbox, but I've loved 3+Reach, and would like to play the story from beginning to end. Come on M$, easy dollars to be had, grab em!

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