A post by Kyle Orland on his [URL=http://kyleorland.com/thegamebeat]The Game Beat blog[/URL] examines the practice of beta code giveaways, and why it's not necessarily a good thing for game journalist to be participating in. The beta codes in this case are for the Halo Reach Multiplayer beta.
His first point is that Microsoft or Bungie could have done this themselves, without the participation of the enthusiast press: [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/05/01/mixing-beta-codes-and-journalism][B][COLOR=#8e0505]Read More[/COLOR][/B][/URL]
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