Jamez

The empire state building. Like, the level should go all the way to the top, starting from ground level. Then something has to happen, and you'll get knocked over to the statue of liberty.

When Leonidas is eating the apple, and says while spitting apple bits out, "There's no reason we can't be civil." Then the captain promptly stabs a still living Persian in the neck and responds, "Right sire."

Your welcome.

Anyone who's gonna camp out somewhere in LA, speak up.

This is absolutely true, and one of the reasons games like Halo (and halo2, if you must go there) and Gears of War have done so well. Not only do they implement the finest technology, innovation, etc, but they have awesome storylines that are made before and during the game-making process, not after. This is why certain studios always have winning games and others don't. I totally agree that there need to be writers who work on games, but they are just as important as coders, not less. If you can make the greatest story for a game, but your team can't code a brick, you're still as screwed as the other way around. At least this way you'll have a playable game.