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Bat wrote:

I still have to look at a film from Monday to figure out how the AA gun got asploded when I was nowheres near.

It was your attitude Bat. You were radiating "I'm gonna blow you up, just as soon as I kill these Brutes", and it felt so helpless, it just had to blow up by itself.

NightCougar_37 wrote:

Ha I called it...Halo meets Ghost Recon...wheres my inflatable Cortana to celebrate with!!

Umm, I mean...yay?!

We know... you'll be in your bunk. More fun for us if you got [s]off[/s] on and played, and for all if I got my damn mic fixed... cheep MS Communicator [^%$&^#}.

Doggone it, all this dialog talk has me in the gaming mood. Now I gotta go see if I can get Fillion to get behind a mounted gun and announce he's got Turret Syndrome.

Sims: Halo Fun Pack!

I sometimes see someone else on SCIV (don't remember who offhand). Check my Friends list.

And c'mon, someone help me get Annual- it's co-op only. Without a working mic all I could do was baffle everyone looking for the Ghosties on exit last Friday.

(Levi did succeed in driving us into oblivion 97 times, tho, without ever saying "ok, you drive this time." He's never done a perfect final run on Leg; it's the norm with me. I gotta save that film, it's hee-larious ).

NAG wrote:

Sims: Halo Fun Pack!

Bite your tongue.

Halo 3 Recon: Tokyo Interview Roundup
Here are some of the articles covering Luke Smith/Brian Jarrard interviews in Tokyo:

• Guardian.co.uk has a 9 and a half minute video interview with the pair - lots of tidbits, including "Mythic Map Pack is coming early next year" and "Recon is a labor of love for our fans" (and that Luke is just in Tokyo for the girls)
• IGN talked to both reps, and came away with quotes like "Recon is less of a galactic romp than Halo 3" and "When Halo 3: Recon launches, it will come bundled with two map packs that will be released as DLC beforehand. One is titled the Mythic Map Pack (coming early 2009) and another is still unnamed." They also learned that there will be no downloadable version of Recon - box only.
• Bungie told Kotaku that "Halo 3: Recon is not a tactical squad based shooter." It will come with its own new achievements totalling 1000 points. Bungie say "We're not viewing this as a full game."
• Gamesindustry.biz got more info about maps: "We actually have a Mythic map pack coming out early next year. We don't have firm details or a date yet, but we do have one more map pack coming out, and then we do have some maps associated with the actual Recon retail release." They also got Brian to agree that "Halo 3 Recon would be a 'final statement' from Bungie as far as the Halo trilogy was concerned". (Thanks, Eastbeast314.)
• Eurogamer discovered that Recon has only been in full production for a couple of months, that Bungie isn't willing to divulge all the details they have about ODSTs, and that there "might be a surprise later that we'll talk about, that might benefit people who have Halo 3, but it's not a requirement." Brian said that "The word 'stealth' terrifies us."

I'm sure there'll be more interviews popping up throughout the day - depending on when they show up, we'll either update this post, or start a new one. Update: 1UP.com's preview is the first to ask about Recon armor, and whether it'll be available to buyers of the game. Update 2: Zeouterlimits let us know that Giant Bomb has some questions and answers as well. Not a lot new, but the comments about Recon armor might give some of you pause. Update 3: Joystiq has an audio version of a group interview Brian gave (probably the same one that many other sites used for their coverage). (Louis Wu 11:39:16 UTC) (permalink)

http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=24166

The Golden Hour
Over at Ascendant Justice, there's a new piece up, written by Cocopjojo - it's called 'The Golden Hour', and it's an analysis of the Halo 3 Recon trailer. As is usual for AJ documents, it's pretty thorough in its observations - give it a read, you might learn stuff you missed in your own watching! Thanks, Zeouterlimits. (Louis Wu 20:54:51 UTC) (permalink)

http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=24177

Last edited by Bat (2008-10-11 1:37 am)

1UP puts Halo 3: Recon in Perspective
Zeouterlimits noticed a pretty comprehensive interview at 1UP.com - Luke and Brian cover a bunch of stuff that hasn't been covered (or discussed explicitly) in other interviews, or in Bungie's own Q&A. Some of the information was already out there (Luke Smith clarified that Christian Allen, who came to Bungie after being Creative Director on Ghost Recon, is not working on this project on the NeoGAF forum a couple of weeks ago, for example), but some is pretty new. Bungie is pretty clear that "features that couldn't fit into the game" won't be added to this expansion - which probably means you shouldn't get your hopes up for stuff like sprinting, peeking, shooting lights - all features discussed (and scrapped) years ago. The Halo 1 pistol will NOT be making a return. This is NOT the beginning of a series of episodic releases (Brian termed it "an endcap to the Halo 3 experience"). The January 6, 2009 date that many have noticed in the KEEP IT CLEAN teaser is NOT an actual release date of anything - Bungie doesn't KNOW (exactly) when the Mythic Map Pack will be released. There will probably not be any map releases between the Mythic Map Pack (total map count: unknown, but likely 3) and Halo 3: Recon. And more. Definitely worth a read for every hardcore fan out there - it'll go a long way towards keeping expectations reasonable. (Louis Wu 12:09:02 UTC) (permalink)

http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=24179

Oooo, please be rail gun, please be rail gun!!