: If I won't see Cortana in front of me, even if she's actually in my head,
: there's no deal.
: And this is only "Cortana" by name.
Wait, is Jen Taylor not voicing the character?
For most of those games, you're not looking at Cortana, you're listening to her.
: And remember kids, we "saw" Cortana first on the Marathon story
: page, and Halo first introduced by Steve Jobs on a Macworld keynote. And
: then Microsoft bought Bungie.
And you know what? Thank goodness. There's no way that company is where they are now-- independent with a huge crossplatform console deal-- if MS or someone else didn't buy them. They made the right call-- both times.