It was very smooth, and a lot of great info came out. I LOVED Max talking about the making of Halo 2's multiplayer, and glad he was able to push his vision.

I cannot believe how much emotions I'm feeling from this game. From an outsider's point of view (maybe), "Oh you're just getting games you already bought on one disc." But, man, it's way, way more than that. Especially since HALO 1 is finally getting online multiplayer (I feel this is underhyped), and Halo 2 online is back, and better than ever (those new additions to Ascension are SICK).

Glad BXB, BXR, etc. won't be in the Anniversary maps, as predicted. I won't be playing much in the Halo 2 classic maps because they're just going to be a mess, I assume. Beautiful Coagulation concept art -- PLEASE post that online. I love seeing some Spartan IIs decorated on there, beautiful.

Also, I've never been much of an Arbiter fan (serpx, what??) but I'm pretty excited to see what 343 does with him now.