Found a blurb at MacGamer that points to an interview with Bungie's Matt Soell (he of Matt's Weekly Update fame). Dane Baker asks a good and lengthy set of questions about HALO, such as:

Kudos to Maestro for locating an article about game testing by CNN. The article gives a brief history of Creamer, the man in charge of a group of five dedicated to squashing HALO's bugs. When talking about testing HALO, third parties respond with their eyes [getting] big , says the team. Yet more proof that people are taking HALO quite seriously.

Thanks to our sharp-eyed forumgoers ESiva and Kalis, who noticed the new Halo Update at Battleground: Halo and kindly posted the link. Highlights of this week:

HBO is reporting that Halo made a mention in the very swank Rolling Stone Magazine. It hasn't appeared on their website yet, but we're hoping it will.

With no silly things like true love to get in the way this week, the Halo Update came softly to halo.bungie.org like a gentle spring shower--then revealed itself as a brutal hailstorm of massive kitten-squashing info chunks. Among the highlights:

Joe Staten and John Howard speak ...and life does go on...

Kudos (:::sob:::) go to Pfhor for posting about a new Xbox interview with Joe Staten and John Howard of Bungie at Xbox.IGN. Here's an early item that goes straight to the heart of the multiplayer issue:

Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's number-one audiophile, stopped by HBO to give them an update on Halo and other titles. Here are a couple of quick cuts:

- The Mighty Chris Butcher was asked to stop playing CounterStrike and actually start working on Halo. His reply maybe next week

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