Joseph Staten talks about Halo: Contact Harvest

Posted May 14, 2007 at 1:30AM by QJ Staff Listed in: Xbox 360, PC Gaming Tags: Bungie Studios, Joseph Staten
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Halo - Image 1Without giving away anything major that could probably spoil the entire story for us, Bungie">Joseph Staten recently sat down with Bungie's Frankie for an interview about the highly-anticipated "Halo: Contact Harvest", the book slated for a fall release. We're here to get you the skinny on what's to expect with the upcoming novel of all things Master-Chiefy (or possibly not).

Joseph - or Joe, as he's more commonly referred to - began the interview by explaining the premise of the book, which as the title says, is all about first contact. An ensemble piece, it aims to tell the story of how things began in multiple viewpoints, both human and alien, all the while retaining a "lead character" - a role filled by none other than UNSC Staff Seargent Avery Johnson.

When asked to give a few juicy tidbits of info about the book's plot and its characters, Joe declined, opting to mention things which will NOT be in the book (smart, yet sneaky of him) - namely Master Chief or any of the Spartans.

Now, before you panic, Joe explains that since the book itself is set 30 years before the events of Halo, the green-armored dude and his comrades are still in their early teens and getting ready to fight against an insurrection, and that puts them out of the book's scope itself. He DID mention that besides Avery Johnson, there would be major Covenant characters from Halo 2 making appearances. Just who, he didn't specify - that "No" he replied with when the name "Arbiter" was dropped read as suspiciously hesitant...

In any case, you can check out the whole interview at the Read link we've provided below.

 
 
 

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by hi - 2007-05-13 20:48
» this game is boring, stupid also

you halo fans are stupid to spend money for a lousy game just for online mutiplayer. You guys don't touch the actual story or levels of entire game not online. Don't let halo overheats your system. ("halo 2 was a mistake from halo staff") don't deny it. They game was not ready to launch. you think you know everything about then tell me answer to this. Have you ever seen master chief "FACE" or whatever his name john spartan. Is he black, white, indian, canadian, mexican, hispanic, asian, indian(india) or a Robot. Plus the best games are really Duke Nukem, doom, quake, and unreal T. can i say those games are trust worthy games to buy especially duke because it takes in the future and fights aliens. Halo is Apple game from its true origin. windows vista succcckssssx. halo is boring i can run faster than him. Its not worth to buy halo just to play on xbox because that be only game you will be playing. play with a pc to true keyboard style no controller. your mom still cooks for you and live with her. lol, I hope you all get the ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom. ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.ring of doom.rin

by qwe - 2007-05-13 21:29
» QJ ban the above poster please

QJ please delete the above posters post and also ban the idiot he is doing this on ALL the Halo news...

by MGSROCKS1 - 2007-05-14 14:12
» Master Chief has already been descirbed

His face was described in one of the Halo novels. This what it said, "a tall, ghostly pale man with short military-style hair, freckles, and a blank yet sorrowful expression."

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