Major Nelson points out the Wired article on Halo 2 is now available online at Wired's site. They talk to Pete Parsons, Joe Staten, Chris Carney, Lorraine and Rob McLees, Eric Arroyo, and, of course, Marty O'Donnell.

Some interesting facts:

• Halo 2's script is 10 times longer than Halo 1's.
• All of Halo 1's geometry could fit within a single area of a single Halo 2 level.
• Mehve likes assault rifles. In real life.

UPDATE: Thanks to Gholsbane who pointed out that I mistakenly said that all of Halo 2's geometry could fit inside a part of Halo 2... which would have made no sense. It's been corrected above.