I’ve never worked on a remake but I can see how it could be humiliating. I’m sure it eats at you. You slide from wanting to “make it your own” to hating it, hating the original creators, and especially the audience. You know in your heart they are not, cannot ever be, -your-…

Ah, Halo 2. The fear at Bungie and within MS at large when I decided to ditch the game browser and only support matchmaking was palpable. I knew that if I didn't, our matchmaking was doomed to fail though. This was a huge risk, yet I'm not a risk taker. 1/5

Freedom of speech is interesting in the US. I’m free to say that I believe our government is lead by weak corrupt people but I’m not free to say that about certain companies.

Why does Microsoft treat Halo badly? THIS IS WHY...

Former MS exec gives insight into MS' attitude toward Halo.

In a pivotal moment in Halo history, Ed Fries threatened to quit MS if they didn't give Bungie another year to develop Halo 2.

For those who are unaware, Ed Fries

Although most corporate executives would vehemently deny this, they almost always do these things in practice: choose style over substance, prefer fame to talent, seek profit rather than value, and desire short-term gain instead of long-term cultural impact. In other words,…

RavenGravy It was done to ensure Halo 3 would always be the best Halo.

There's some discussion on here about our intent with jumps off subtle geometry in early Halo trilogy mp maps. Let me shed a bit of light on the matter. Trick jumps came in three forms:

1) Jumps we planned for. These sometimes required crouch jumping, by design (my favorites).

The internet feels increasingly broken. News sites are paywalled or account walled, Reddit is nag walled, Google search spams ads and SEO to the point of uselessness, and now Twitter is account walled. Web browsing feels horrible now.

Warren Price @FrozenStar Marcus Lehto The answer to “what was the best” is always Halo 3

Jerry Freeman Subtext? Wasn’t it obvious?
Humans are and will always be forerunner.

🅼🅘🅺🅔 Hoss MendingMercy Late Night Gaming YouTube Yeah, I’m not sure where the inspiration for the show comes from now. Not the Halo I made.