The Halo movie has a new scribe and is in re-writes. The original draft was inked by Alex Garland (The Beach), which led to the uber deal between Universal Studios, 20th Century Fox, Microsoft and Peter Jackson to create the picture.

The current draft is being penned by game-obsessed novelist DB Weiss (Lucky Wander Boy). Weiss talked to game site GameSetWatch about the adaptation, saying:

There will be the 5% on the fringe of any hardcore fanbase that get angry about any change you make to the source material. The truth is that novels, games, comics, and what-have-you are not usually ready to be slapped up on screen as-is. If you did do a 100% faithful version, 999 times out of 1000 it would be a mess, and even the 5%-ers would recognise as much.

Weiss is a sharp writer, a gamer and doesn't shave, so it's good to see that Peter Jackson and co. are trying damn hard to make this Halo movie work. Because if it doesn't, there's going to be more than 5 percent of people pissed off. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [GSW]

Giving up smoking, cutting back on the sauce and getting in shape ain't easy. Ask Joel. Right now, he's sweating his bollocks off in some dingy Brooklyn basement, training for some serious DDR-ing. We fear a headband is somehow involved.

While Mr. Johnson puts the dance-dance in revolution, AOL Joystiq points to this DIY DDR set-up. The "pad" boasts a pimpin' lighting system, and it's made from acrylic, steel, springs and rubber grommets—just like Joel himself. Brian Ashcraft

More Here [AOL Joystiq]

Forget bees, Joel loves beer. And just for Joel, Bungie's online shop has a Spartan keychain that opens bottles of brewski. Drink up, space cowboy.

Product Here [Bungie] Thanks, Scott!

To promote the upcoming water balloon fight (check Joel's liver's coverage), Microsoft Australia has done-up their site. One glaring problem, MSoft: sucky grammar. We're not ones to point and snicker, but even Crecente knows the difference between "your" and "you're." We're still working on teaching him "its" and "it's."

Update: The original site has been updated, and the grammar is now correcto.

Original Coverage [Waferbaby] Thanks, Joel!
Microsoft Can't Spell [Kotaku]

And he isn't chowing down on a plate of scrambled eggs! Amazing! Brian Crecente, his facial hair and Executive Editor supreme Joel Johnson hit the Blogger's Breakfast with Peter Moore this morning. As soon as Crecente decompresses from the PS3 press conference, expect a full report on Moore, the Xbox 360 and doughnuts.

Blogger's Breakfast [Major Nelson's Flickr Stream] Thanks, Chilly!