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Re: Halo Box
Posted By: SonicStorm <sonicstorm@3dactionplanet.com>	Date: 3/8/00 10:17 p.m.
In Response To: Re: Halo Box (Matt) > You gotta understand how this works. Maybe you won't understand > - I don't and I've been trying to figure it out for years - but > at least you'll learn. ;-) > Bungie goes to these conventions where buyers for software > stores congregate. (This happens at the higher-profile shows > like MacWorld and E3 too, but more often it's at one of these > lesser-known shows or a one-on-one meeting.) > Bungie says "Here's our cool box which is distinct from > every other box on the shelf, which we spent two months > developing and thousands of dollars to mock up.* We think it > will look cool enough that people walking through your store > will pick it up, and once they do the pictures and text on the > back will convince them to buy the game. It's functional art. > It'll fly straight off your shelves and into their hearts. > Whaddaya say?" > And the buyers reply "It's shaped funny. And it's a little > big. If you make it rectangular, with the same dimensions as the > other boxes on our shelves, we'll think about it. Until then, > put us down for zero units." > Of course, to paraphrase Orson Welles, working creatively within > those boundaries is what makes it "art." > Anyway, it's a little early to be thinking of what the Halo box > will look like but I promise we'll make it cool for you. :-) > -Matt > * Most buyers consider a product vaporware unless you give them > an empty box they can take home. Strange, eh? You should hold a contest to see who could create the best box design and then actually use it for Halo. One of our guys at Battleground: Halo, Bad_Craziness has done a lot of design work, he's the guy that designed the original Quake logo. :) I believe he's even made a Myth II magazine ad for Bungie as well. This might almost be a shoe-in for him. :) Anyways, you should throw out some PSD files with different elements you guys want included in the box design and leave it up to the fans. One company did something similar, I think it was Relic with Homeworld, but I could be mistaken.

Message Index

Halo Box	Redox	3/4/00 12:57 a.m.
Re: Halo Box	Mhaddy	3/4/00 1:01 a.m.
So what game has had the funkiest box?	Jagu	3/4/00 2:15 a.m.
Oxyd	Bachus	3/4/00 5:31 a.m.
Re: Oxyd (OT)	tru7h	3/4/00 8:27 a.m.
Re: Halo Fan Box Design Contest?	8Delicious	3/6/00 12:39 p.m.
Even more interesting boxes... (OT)	Mark Levin	3/4/00 12:24 p.m.
Suspended!	Thomas Magle Brodersen	3/6/00 5:10 a.m.
Re: Suspended!	Thomas Magle Brodersen	3/6/00 5:11 a.m.
Re: Suspended!	SiliconDream =PN=	3/6/00 2:27 p.m.
Re: Suspended!	DogFish	3/6/00 11:54 p.m.
Re: Suspended!	Thomas Magle Brodersen	3/7/00 3:20 a.m.
Re: Suspended!	William Squier	3/7/00 2:32 p.m.
Re: Oxyd	Giule	3/4/00 2:05 p.m.
I remember havok. I loved that game! n/t	skyblu38	3/4/00 10:13 a.m.
Re: So what game has had the funkiest box?(way OT)	DogFish	3/5/00 7:43 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	Matt	3/7/00 6:01 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	SonicStorm	3/8/00 10:17 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	Daft Shadow =PN=	3/8/00 11:58 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	SonicStorm	3/9/00 6:57 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	William Westman Malmi	3/11/00 11:19 a.m.
great idea... Bungie whatjasay? n/t	Dave Fin'	3/9/00 3:17 a.m.
Re: Halo Box	Maestro	3/9/00 6:28 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	Dead Glory	3/10/00 3:43 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	John Woods	3/8/00 10:47 p.m.
Re: Halo Box	MuShoo	3/9/00 7:15 a.m.
Re: Halo Box	DarkStar	3/9/00 1:35 p.m.