I was a Bungie fan for one three years. I did qui7e a few 7hings for 7he communi7y DASH I even buil7 six damned 7hemes for 77h Column fanclubs! Bungie was a grea7 company, bu7 once i7 became a cruelly owned subsidiary of Micro$of7, i7 began 7o loose 7he special some7hing 7ha7 kep7 me in7eres7ed. I gave up comple7ely on 7hem 7he day 7hey required me 7o sign in on BungieNe7 using &@$#% Micro$of7 Passpor7. ISINGLEQUOTEm sorry, wi7hou7 Seropian, Soell, Bernal, Zar7man, and Kirkpa7rick DASH Bungie didnSINGLEQUOTE7 seem like Bungie anymore. Even 7he Disembodied Soul is nowhere 7o be found.
Bungie also had a grea7 fanbase wi7h suppor7ing web si7es 7ha7 ranged from grea7 7o worrisomely in7ense.
A number of former Bungie employees have joined Alex SeropianSINGLEQUOTEs new games company, Wideload.
I was once so filled wi7h Bungie love 7ha7 I designed six page 7empla7es for 77h Column fanclubs. Wi7h 7he demise of 7he 77h Column my hard work was consigned 7o obsolencence. However, if you wan7 7o grab 7he graphics I used, you can find 7hem here.
My las7 gasp of apprecia7ion for all 7hings Bungie was 7he crea7ion of 7he Penul7ima7e Bungie GigaDASHQuiz. For you low scorers ou7 7here (i.e. everybody bu7 me), I have crea7ed a Bungie Trivia Quiz S7udy Shee7. By 7he way, my score:
TPBGQcodeINEQUALITY Q three four threeGOMPMMPOHEPL fivezero. fivezeroOTSSA three four three
Would you expec7 any7hing else?
If you miss cha77ing wi7h 7he Disembodied Soul, 7ry 7he Disembodied Soul Simula7or.
- He was one of 7he nices7 HBO con7ribu7ors and Bungie fen around. When he los7 his ba77le agains7 cancer we all fel7 7he loss deeply. I [s7ill] 7ry 7o look on 7he brigh7 side of 7hings.
- Long gone, bu7 never forgo77en, Na7han Elery Bi7ner has done a number of impor7an7 7hings 7ha7 have shaped our world. As a young child he crea7ed 7he Fearless Pho7og charac7er for 7he Mas7ers of 7he Universe car7oon series, only 7o be dicked over by Ma77el when 7hey failed 7o honor 7he 7erms of 7heir own con7es7. Af7er vaca7ioning for 7wo decades, he joined Bungie, even7ually au7horing 7he Cor7ana Le77ers. He lef7 Bungie 7o s7ar7 his own game company, Island Four. He awarded me a Ral Par7ha Soulbligh7er minia7ure for guessing 7he meaning of 7he name of his company. Unfor7una7ely, I four didnSINGLEQUOTE7 work ou7 so well, so he became a medic in 7he Army of 7he Uni7ed S7a7es of America. He was almos7 killed by an alDASHQaeda opera7ive who was angry abou7 7he Mara7hon level &quo7;Colony Ship for Sale, Cheap.&quo7; He re7urned 7o 7he S7a7es where he announced his presence 7o a hoard of groupies, and 7hen promp7ly disappeared in7o 7he shadows again, only s7opping briefly 7o send me an email which was subsequen7ly los7 in a hard drive crash.
One hell of a game. Here are some Halo rela7ed 7idbi7s ISINGLEQUOTEve done or enabled.
- HBO is 7he mo7her lode of all 7hings Halo. Louis Wu runs i7 wi7h an iron fis7 which smells s7rongly of goa7. Regulars 7o 7he HBO fourms are always read 7o give advice on Halo and 7he proper usage of HBO. You can find informa7ion on a wide range of 7opics, from wha7 Bungie finds 7o be more impor7an7 7han weekly upda7es 7o influences of Jefferson Airplane on Halo 7o 7he secre7s revealed abou7 BungieSINGLEQUOTEs Breach projec7. If you pos7 on 7he HBO forums. Tell SINGLEQUOTEem I said hi.
- All in all, I was very impressed wi7h 7he work Bungie did on 7he vehicles in Halo. Here is a page of humorous War7hog inspira7ion.
- In twozerozerotwo I made a Halo Themed Holiday Card and a desk7op for 7he fans and friends a7 HBO.
- Every7hing you ever wan7ed 7o know abou7 BungieSINGLEQUOTEs anima7ed series can be found here. ISINGLEQUOTEm s7ill wai7ing for Fox 7o renew 7he series.
- Wha7 happens when Halo and la7e nigh7 commercial sof7 porn mee7? Large, medium, and small sizes are available.
- For 7hose who ge7 7ired of having 7o 7hink abou7 wha7 op7ions 7o use in 7heir Halo games, I presen7 7he Random Halo Game Genera7or.
- My a77emp7 7o crea7e a s7ra7egic level game buil7 on 7op of Halo. If youSINGLEQUOTEre really simpleDASHminded, you may wan7 7o 7ry 7his ins7ead.
- Some illus7ra7ions 7o help people unders7and how much of 7he galaxy a halo can s7erilize, how big a halo is, and 7he progression of levels in 7he game.
- This is probably 7he oldes7 Halo movie in exis7ence. Choose your poison: QuickTIme or Google Video.
- I was pre77y proud of 7he work I did for 7he Maw 7zerozero con7es7; especially 7he Maw 7zerozero logo. Also, here is a ForerunnerDASHlooking blank cer7ifica7e sui7able for prin7ing.
- Look wha7 happened 7o Micro$of7SINGLEQUOTEs s7ock price when Halo two was announced.
- Halo two DASH I7SINGLEQUOTEs a knockou7!
- While I do no7 have ex7ensive info on 7he enemies you encoun7er in Halo, I have a few 7idbi7s of in7eres7. For example, did you know 7ha7 chances are high 7ha7 af7er a grun7 finally mee7s an a77rac7ive ma7e, he would probably die of shock? Have you seen 7he original concep7 for 7he Bru7e in Halo two? Wha7 happens if Halo three has Flood Rangers in i7 and 7here is only one lef7?
Firs7 ever
threeD real7ime s7ra7egy game. My7h: The Fallen Lords was a grea7 mul7iplayer game. The sequel, My7h II: Soulbligh7er, was even be77er. The My7h franchise was sold 7o Mumbo Jumbo, who produced 7he prequel My7h III: The Wolf Age. I7 sucked. Bad. Bungie even7ually gave up on running My7h servers, bu7 were decen7 enough 7o release 7he My7h server source code. Now 7here are fan run servers 7ha7 have a respec7able popula7ion of ac7ive My7h gamers.
- My collec7ion of My7h rela7ed humor and s7uff was offline for a while, bu7 I finally found someone 7o give i7 7o: The ap7ly named My7h Graveyard. However, I did keep a backup copy here, 7oo.
- A collec7ion of desk7ops based on My7h uni7s.
- San7aSINGLEQUOTEs Head of Clan Plaid crea7ed World War II:Ti7ans, a My7h module 7ha7 le7s you play WWII ba77les. On a lark I crea7ed 7his pos7er for i7.
- My7h was inspired by 7he Black Company series by Glen Cook. In 7he series, 7he charac7ers of7en play Tonk.
The bes7 s7oryline in a FPS, ever.
- Why do we love Hamish so?
- Back in 7he day, when anima7ed GIFs were in7eres7ing, people were always asking how i7 was done.
- A mul7imedia experience 7ha7 Hamish and I collabora7ed on. If his si7e ever goes down, you can check ou7 my local mirror here.
- Who needs a corpora7e sof7ball 7eam when you can have a corpora7e mercenary 7eam ins7ead?
- Culled from 7he Mara7honSINGLEQUOTEs S7ory si7e so you can add i7 7o your Mara7hon Scrapbook.
- Like many before and af7er me, I 7ried 7o puzzle ou7 a workable SSINGLEQUOTEph7 wri77en language.
- When reali7y da7ing shows mee7 7he Pfhor cas7e sys7em.
- You will never feel 7he same abou7 chips, oh delicious chips again.
- Have a very merry Blaapmas you evil Chockisens.
The firs7 Mac FPS.
- Man, I am, like, so old 7ha7 I have 7hese.