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This is a fascinating conversation. I rarely have problems with motion sickness and games, and have never had that problem with a Bungie game, however, I can't play anything from [i]The Orange Box[/i] without getting horribly nauseated. II had to play Portal in short bursts and still never finished it and only got a couple of chapters into Half Life 2 before I had to either put it away or move my console into the bathroom.
 
As to screen chug in Reach, it's definitely evident from time to time (at least in Four Player Co-Op Campaign on Legendary difficulty). Not enough to make the game unplayable but enough to notice.

" The legendary edition has a commentary disk: http://tinyurl.com/reachcommentary "

My son and I un-boxed it first thing when we got home last night, and I was petrified putting the thing together, particularly the heavy gun and the sniper rifle. I SO didn't want to break anything and was so sure that I was going to do so!
 
Thankfully it all eventually went together, and it is now sitting on the desk in my office for all my coworkers to mock me for being such a Halo fanboy.

I've read, I believe, all the Halo novels, and they are a bit spotty as far as book quality goes, but as a Halo back-story they should be required reading for any Halo fan. Fall of Reach is not the best book, but it's not the worst either. I believe Ghosts of Onyx qualifies as great game book and a great book in general. I have no problem with the fact that I know some of the story of Reach from the novel before I played the game. I'm reasonably certain that I would be happy the other way around too.

Lots and lots of Football Manager 2010 following the rules for Lower League Management.