The studio is all riled up this week—thoroughly twitterpated over the arrival of stage, screen, and video game superstar, one Mr. Nathan Fillion. Tons of the guys are pretty excited over the prospect of getting to do a bit of meet and greet with Fillion in person. We’re big fans. A few of us even got all gussied up: haircuts, high heels—the whole nine yards. I even saw two typically reserved dudes get into a bit of a tussle jostling for time in front of the men's room mirror. It's a wild and woolly scene this week, my friends. Jealous? No? I bet your girlfriend is.
Oh, snap!
Me? I'm playing it cool. Just the high heels. Nothing too crazy. Just keepin' it classy. Seemed like anything else would have come off a bit desperate. Besides, Brian says I’m not allowed within a hundred yards of Fillion anyway. It violates the restraining order.
Jokes out of the way, it’s been pretty well established that Nathan loves to play him some Halo. And since Halo 3: ODST is all wrapped up and Nathan plays a pretty central role in the narrative of the game as Buck (and also lent his voice to Halo 3), Marty thought it would be cool to extend the man an invite and let him sneak in for some early hands-on time with our squad of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers.
Nathan touched down yesterday afternoon from parts unknown and made the straight shot from Sea-Tac Airport to our digs in Kirkland. Word is his fight against the Covenant extended quite late into the evening hours. Seems he digs the product. He even swooped back into the studio today for another quick fix.
We read on the Internet that he’s planning on sneaking out with some "game-shaped booty" tucked away in his back pocket. Celebrity or not, he’ll still have to find a way to make it past Jerome with his ill-gotten game undetected. Plus, calling out his plan beforehand is a surefire way to guarantee a friskin'.
Since Brian took some time out of his schedule to show him around and make sure everyone got a handshake (and an iPhone pic), we recruited him to say a few words about Nathan's visit:
Urk's assessment of the hubbub and frenzy leading up to this visit is spot on. Imagine if the Jonas Brothers were paying a visit to a girls boarding school and that's about the level of tizzy that erupted in the studio this week. Really though, that level of fandom is what brought Bungie and Nathan together in the first place. As the story goes, many people here were huge fans of Firefly and we heard that Nathan was in turn a huge fan of Bungie so Marty reached out to him and next thing you know, he was a Marine in Halo 3. However, despite a few years of working together, this was the first time he's ever been to our studio.
Even after a six hour marathon session of playing ODST last night, Nathan came back this morning for a second helping. I was able to witness him playing one game of Firefight and I must admit, the man has skills. He can walk the walk, in addition to talking the talk. In between desk side chats and some top secret Halo: Reach show-and-tell, Nathan has been kind enough to sign copies of Serenity and pose for photos. To me, the most noteworthy aspect of this visit is just how down to earth, genuine and nice he really is. He's been super gracious while here and it's cool to see someone who's as big a fan of Bungie as our team is of him.
Stay tuned to Twitter and every other social networking site for more pics and tweets than you can ever want to see of Nathan and a bunch of game developer dudes.
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