Yup. Anybody saw more funny details? They aren't all that easy to spot. And i just keep getting that feeling that MC's Assault Rifle is hidden somewhere. Meh.
It's just a placeholder. That raises the question of "Why would they bother putting something there in the first place?".... I don't know. Why does Bungie do half the stuff they do? They've stated in the past that that isn't intended to be John's face. It's just there because it is. As for the image, I got a kick out of it when I saw it. The engineer has to be my favorite part. Captain Keyes. According to the books (which Bungie completely disregards in the games), Keyes and Halsey have a bit of history together in the SPARTAN project, which at in in-depth look is probably why they're sitting next to each other. The real reason: because that's how the image is. I don't really care about John's face. A lot of people want to know what he looks like, but I like leaving it up to the imagination. It makes it a bit more powerful. If in the future they decide to reveal what he looks like, it wouldn't bother me at all.
Yeah, I was going to bring up the fact that I thought they mentioned that John was a red-head. To add on to the N6 comment, it appears as if he's pointing upwards towards a mistletoe. Interesting enough. Maybe that was implied. Not really sure, I'm tired. And it's cool that even Cortana is singing. But Guilty Spark should be in here.