Bungie discusses the Halo beyond Halo

Aw, I remember I

It's sad to see Bungie go. But it'll be interesting to see both what they do next and what 343 does with the franchise.

Hold me to it...someway or somehow Marathon will comeback!

Definitely not looking forward to having Karen Traviss writing the sequel to Ghosts of Onyx. Why can't Eric Nylund do it? I'm sure there are schedule conflicts and stuff but im pretty sure it's worth waiting.

Traviss' work with Star Wars, particularly the Mandalorians is one of those really dangerous situations where the writer can completely ostracize fans with no information and ideas that don't fit previous interpretations. I'm worried she'll do the same thing to Spartans she did to Mandalorians, like adding a bunch of useless and cliched cultural rules, or tossing in gay characters just to have characters who are gay. Oh well, guess we'll wait and see

IGN posted something worth reading?

Go on...

The expanded universe is all grand and stuff, though actual games are filled with squeaking space midgets

This is a Great Read!
Thanks for bringing it to my attention Joystiq!

I'm really hopeful of 343 Industries, I have loved everything they have put out so far... even the Anime.

Since 343 is made out of Mega Halo Fans, and Ex- Bungie Employees it shouldn't change for the worse, only for the better :)

Next in the news Bungie's first new game under Activision = Oni. The collective gaming community furrows their brow at the "No more Halo related games" comment Bungie gave earlier.

This article sure spends a lot of time tarting up the idea of fanservice to be something noble instead of a way of doing business.

I'm still reading through the books...I don't want to come across spoilers...but I can't resist...what to do.

Bungie: Killing all dem aliens has never been so literate.

They should just bring back Marathon and let the Halo franchise die already.

an Oni reboot would be very much welcomed.

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Hmm, there's actually a lot of mixed and contradicting messages in that article from Bungie.

On one hand, there's a constant insistence that the reason the franchise is so great is because of the unified vision and creative control of Bungie, keeping everything coherent.

But, they also admit that they had little real contributions to many of the side projects, like the first novel, the graphic novel, Iheartbees. They admit that they simply didn't have the time to contribute to all the other stuff. That just doesn't seem to match the assertion that their control and guidance is what has made everything work so well.

Also, not a single mention of Halo Wars. Anywhere. It's like it doesn't exist as far as the Halo universe is concerned. I think every other project of significance was discussed.

"Halo beyond Halo"

...?

What? Does that make it a möbius or something?

I love the backstory and the novels.
Waiting for the re-release of the second novel.

Keep milking that old cow, Bungie, it's what people with no talent do.

@honkyjesusownsu No I think he reads a physical copy. Oh, no, wait, you were attacking his character for liking a series you don't. If only all of us could like exactly whatever you do. Then we'd be cool.

I never Played Halo 1 or 2 but did jump in on 3, so needless to say, I 'm not too familiar witht the story.So i will check this out.

(Author: DJMcG9)
The Halo trilogy has an amazing story about war, friendship, heroism, the goods and evils of religion, and the fight for truth. There are so

many parallels I have been able to draw.

One parallel I see is between the Covenant's genocide on the Humans and the Christians (Roman Catholic Church's) war on the Muslims

(aka. the Crusades). The Covenant are very similar to the Christians. The Covenant wanted to 'reclaim" the Forerunner technology (the

Halos and Earth) that the Humans possessed. Why? Because their leaders knew that the humans were the true "reclaimers" and wanted the

power of the Forerunners for themselves (no, I'm not ignoring their belief in the "Great Journey"). This is similar, but not exactly like, the way

the Christians wanted to retake Jerusalem because of its connection to heaven. The Covenant are ruled by corrupt leaders; much the same

way that the popes were corrupt in the Crusades during the Middle Ages. The Covenant send out their followers into a war that they do not

understand; just like the way the Christians sent out their followers into the Crusades. Their followers who had no education and had always

been told what to think by the Church. The Covenant have no religious tolerance, they force groups to join their group and make them

believe what they believe; the exact same thing that the Roman Catholic Church did. The similarities go on.

The Arbiter then turns on all of his religious beliefs because he is finally given the knowledge, the knowledge of what the Halos are, by the

Forerunner, who equate to the Bible and the Bible's origins, to make his own decision and follow his own beliefs. This is very similar to the

way that the peasants of the Middle Age were unable to read the Bible themselves and finally could once they could read, which was done by

getting away from the Church because the Church wanted to hold on to its power which relied heavily on an uneducated populous.

The Arbiters story teaches us that we must make our own decisions on faith and that blind faith is evil. We learn that to make the right

decisions we must have knowledge and not faith alone because if faith is all you have then how do you know you are making the right

choices. (Halo 2's story is deeper than just the Arbiter. I just don't feel like writing more than I need to get my point across.)

Halo has that and much more that I could go into, but I feel that Halo 2 did the best job with its story for achieving such a great depth. Halo CE

and Halo 3 had exceptional stories as well, but I feel that their stories were not as elaborated on as Halo 2's, and therefore, were not quite as

able to be so compellingly deep. Halo 3, especially, seems somewhat unwilling to go too deeply into its plot. I guess Bungie decided to focus

more on the game aspect of Halo 3 (I find Halo 3's gameplay to be very solid and enjoy its multiplayer more than any other game [for the most

part].)

Note
DO NOT misinterpret any of this. I am not anti-Christian. I realize that it may seem that way, with me pointing the darker side of their past, but I

actually find much about Christians very noble, such as their wish to save others from hell and most of their morals. I also believe Halo

speaks more for religion than is does against (with so many Bible references). I just feel that part of Halo is saying that blind faith has the

potential to become evil.
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I just wanted to commend DJMcG9 for a very "sharp eyed" observation about the whole point of the stories told by Bungie. I strongly believe

that all Bungie is trying to do is help us "remember" the VALUES that drive this story and it's characters.But they do it in a awsomely fun and

cleVer way. I beleive that they are trying to "re awaken" that child like sense of wonder that we once had when we were children playing

outside and making all kinds of new discoveries. (I'm 29 by the way) We all have the natural gift of discernment but we lack knowledge when it

comes to understanding differnt points of view. Halo games have a lot of words that do have legit dictionary meanings if we go back and

actually look up the meanings of these words you will SEE the connections. I'll give you an example... The word ZEALOT has a meaning in the

dictionary...go look it up and you will see what I mean. If you don't know what a word means....LOOK IT UP MAN!! IT'S FUN!!
Anyways DJMcG9.. DUDE I felt you hit the nail right on the head!! And to others that disagree thats just our observations.

Most inportant factors of life to me..... LIVE, LEARN, LOVE, LAUGH AND PLAY!!! And to BUNGIE YOU GUYS ARE AWSOME STORYTELLERS!!!

YOU ROCK!!!

LIFE is a MYSTERY.....Explore it!!