Current location:	Home, in jammies, sipping coffee
Current mood:	intrigued
Current music:	Magnificent birdsong from the treeline
Entry tags:	args, bungie, games, halo, links, news

Breaking the Fourth Wall
The following post contains what some may consider spoilers for Halo 3: ODST, though since they're being announced by Bungie Studios themselves and don't disclose actual plot points I don't. Still, for those who would:

Apparently 42 Entertainment, the studio that brought us I Love Bees, spun off a company called Fourth Wall. According to an article on IGN, Bungie's writing guru Joseph Staten worked with Fourth Wall and comic artist Ashley Wood (with whom I am unfamiliar, alas) on an embedded secondary storyline within the ODST game. This storyline, according to the article, nearly doubled the amount of "voice acting work" (dialog?) in the project and will show one New Mombasa citizen's odyssey through the stricken city... and it's called "Sadie's Story". It'll be revealed the same way that the main plotline will, through the discovery of clues (OMG KLOOS) scattered throughout the ruins.

So keep an eye out when you play. If this is anything like Halo 3's Terminals, it'll be worth it.

-- Steve can't wait to go looking for this himself.

edited to add: In plainly non-spoiler territory, xbox.com's ODST promo looks to be interesting, putting you in the role of an ODST recruiter/personnel officer going through candidate dossiers with a few puzzle-unlockable bennies... others have enjoyed it so far, but I haven't had a chance to explore it yet.