I'm getting sick of publishers using live-action shorts to promote their games. Why don't you guys just go and make a movie already? You clearly don't think that gaming is a good medium for telling interesting stories.

Video Blips:

Digital distribution is the future. Probably. This documentary on the future of digital distribution -- aptly named The Future of Digital Distribution -- features some of the industry's brightest minds. It also has Bitmob's own Dan Hsu.

Continue after the break for the newest live-action short for Halo: Reach, footage of Portal 2's lovably British sidekick, and a video of Samus shooting all sorts of weird aliens.

Laugh at the citizens of Reach before their planet falls. Look at all the people in this new trailer for Halo: Reach, set the day before the Convenant invades their planet. They have no idea how totally F'd in the A they all are.

Portal 2's Wheatley is my new best friend. How could you not fall in love with his British charms? This is our first look at Stephen Merchant's work in the role, and I find it very reassuring. Not that I wasn't already sold on Portal 2.

Samus' gun goes "pew pew pew." Metroid: Other M has no shortage of things for Samus to shoot at.