Kotaku
If you're the type of gaming scavenger who likes to tear every available piece of meat from the bones of E3 announcements, Bungie has posted a Q&A, answering some questions about the Halo 3 E3 Trailer as murkily as possible. Halo fans will probably be able to read vast cosmic philosophies of significance into answers like this, though... or so 1UP's brief analysis of the Q&A shows:
Q: My wife didn't recognize Cortana when she watched the announcement. I thought Cortana looked exactly the same. But my wife is smarter than me. So, I better ask. Is Cortana any different? She seems somehow different. My wife didn't recognize Cortana when she watched the announcement. I thought Cortana looked exactly the same. But my wife is smarter than me. So, I better ask. Is Cortana any different? She seems somehow different..Frank: Women know things John. I don't know how they do, they just do.
Analysis: It seems like the meeting with Gravemind at the end of Halo 2 might not have worked out so well — as it appears the A.I. construct, and veritable conscience of Masterchief has gone rampant. Rampancy, in a nutshell, is when an A.I. (like Cortana) becomes aware of itself and develops real emotions. Rewatching (and playing through the Halo games) you'll see Cortana begin to walk down the dangerous path to rampancy.
