Meet the Man Who Created Halo's Master Chief - IGN Unfiltered #50

Longtime Bungie art director and eventual game director Marcus Lehto created the Master Chief himself and helmed Halo Reach, one of the series's most beloved entries. In this one-hour interview, Lehto discusses his humble origins, such as how he got Bungie to hire him, as well as leaving the studio in recent years and starting a new studio to work on a new game, June 2020's Disintegration.

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[Manas_Choudhary]

I'm sure that Marcus' dad is very proud of his son. His son gave us the most iconic character in gaming!

[bruhwarrior]

Oho the legendary officer HIMSELF I like this already

[AlcatrazV]

Perfect release date as H2A comes out later tonight

[tapsweetTop]

Was literally just playing Halo 4 at work! Stay Safe!

[symbolitical]

Honestly I do think the Masterchief is the most iconic character in gaming excluding mario and link at this point

[heartandreuoquiana]

So you're responsible for my inspiration. Thankyou

[LoloTheBeast]

Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:50 How V1 is dealing with Quarantine
2:25 Marcus on his Art/Engineering background
9:18 Reactions to Halo
10:40 Favorite Games Growing Up
11:07 Developing Games in youth

[calummurphy]

Little did he know he would end up creating a hero that millions of people would look up to. Well done.

[bernardoblanchetramirez]

This is my first time hearing this show/podcast and I’m loving it

[MarioTellez]

Great interview in general, I loved hearing about the origins of Master Chief and the humanity in the conversation
Thanks Marcus and Ryan👍🏽

[otherZinc]

Anything Marcus makes, is a Day 1 Purchase for me!

Thanks for Halo, my #1 Gaming Franchise!

[charlesshamseldin]

Ah yes, the Trash-80!! It turns out I had a similar trajectory as Marcus (we must be around the same age).
I haven't thought about some of the games on the C-64 for years like Lode Runner.
I vividly remember Zork, Raid on Bungeling Bay, Archon, Dragonriders of Pern, the entire Ultima series, Archon, M.U.L.E., the memories!!
Thank you Marcus for all you have done and do!!

[Squelch-iied]

you mean the man who created my childhood

[shivarthgulati]

Is no one going to talk about how youtube just shifted it's comment section

[vaylon]

I would sell my kidney to let Mr. Lehto get a hold of the Battlezone franchise. He could do it right.

[gab]

i haven´t played any Halo games and this was a great watch

[cerrtz]

Now that j think about it I didn't poop yesterday. Figured I'd share😀😀😀

[GrimReaper]

I'll play it. As long as it's not MP only.

[PSWX-dowj]

IGN you mean "Meet the man who claimed he created Master chief" Master Chief is an obvious clone of Doom Slayer / Warhammer 40k Chaos space marines".

[ericarroyo]

hehe.. Marcus did have a little help on this ;)