NPR visits This Spartan Life
by Kevin Kelly 
{ Nov 27th 2006 at 8:30AM }
I've you've never seen This Spartan Life before, it's a machinima talk show that takes place entirely in Halo 2. The show's host, Damian Lacedaemion (producer, writer and director Chris Burke), is a Spartan soldier who interviews guests and covers topics from politics to publishing and filmmaking all while inside the game, and usually on the Headlong map, their standing "set."
On this weekend's episode of Studio 360, host Kurt Andersen suited up and interviewed Damian in the game for National Public Radio, and This Spartan Life has in turn published video of the segment on their site. What's pretty impressive to learn is that all of the hours of Halo 2 played online cumulatively add up to more then 10,000 years worth of Spartan living, all without any apparent evolution. We can only imagine the smell in Master Chief's armor by now.
Listen to Studio 360's show here, and check out the video after the jump. If only the regular news was covered like this, more people might tune in.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Virus427 @ Nov 27th 2006 9:57AM
1st!
FuzzyPickles @ Nov 27th 2006 10:39AM
Last!!!!!
JJ @ Nov 27th 2006 10:52AM
I actually heard this episode of Spartan Life on NPR. It was quite funny listening to Halo sounds on NPR as the reporter (Steve?) attempted to run from XBOX Live party crashers.
Mark @ Nov 27th 2006 1:22PM
This is hilariously awesome in so many ways. Can't wait for Halo 2 PC to come out!
Wally @ Nov 27th 2006 3:06PM
Actually, Studio 360 is co-produced by Public Radio International (PRI) and New York Public Radio, not NPR. This happens to This American Life all the time, too. It is also a PRI show (with Chicago Public Radio). NPR often gets the credit for many excellent programs produced by PRI.