Bungie Sightings

Mommy, mommy, he's baack!

As I posted at our big sister site, HBO, the rumblings did not lie. The Man is back! And apparently he's wrangled some familiar faces to join him. We'll have an exclusive interview with him later today. For now, visit his company's new website.

UPDATE The interview is up! Who among the hardcore can guess the Ex-Bungie employees by their slot position? Break out your scrapbook!

When Is An Image Just An Image?

mnem goes a-pondering...

Way back last year, there was an art contest held over at HBO, for fans to submit their own, non-digital artwork. In addition to some nice monetary prizes, the grand prize winner received a signed, framed, original work by Lorraine McLees. One of the interesting things noted at the time was that, while there are characters from all of Bungie's own games in that print, drawn in a style that evokes each game's era, there is an additional character on the bottom right corner. Yes, it's a Minotaur. Yes, Bungie already had a game called, not surprisingly, Minotaur. However, there's another Minotaur character on the print, the obviously 2-D guy behind the Grunt on the left-hand side. Why is it that the Minotaur was drawn in so detailed a fashion, when the other character from the game was made more "authentic" in 2-D?

Well, this puzzle (if indeed it is a puzzle) won't die. Over on the new Bungie.Net, the saga of the "well-drawn Minotaur" continues. One of the new features added with the B.Net update is the ability to specify an avatar for forum posts, etc. Two more versions of the character (here and here) are among the more well-known choices. Additionally, the same artwork from the POA contest is used as a background on the Inside Bungie page.

Of course, it all could be a coincidence, you say. Someone just felt like drawing a more contemporary, detailed Minotaur, which also happened to make a good avatar choice, you say. Hah! I say. Bungie? Coincidence? I say this is worth looking into further. After all, they've got to work on something after Halo, right? ;-)

Rumblings

Today, while nursing a nasty head cold, I felt something zoom past my window. Like an old friend, trudging on by, ears pointed forward, to the horizon. All I could do was stick my head out and wave him on, though he had long since disappeared into the woods and beyond.

Could I possibly catch up with him sometime soon? I can only hope. It's been a long time since he last regaled me with his tales of battle. Don't let his tough grey hide deceive you... he's actually a warrior you see. A warrior with a big fat ass, but a warrior nonetheless.

In the meantime I have to get over this cold.

Change is good

Just a quick post to let you folks know that we're suspending the summary posting of Bungie.net's top stories. We've been slacking at it anyway (well, I have, not my partners) and besides, bungie.net itself has been revamped. More commentary on that later.

[b.net] Halo Home Theater

Halo Home Theater
4/02/04

More than just a snappy mouth, Frankie reveals his audiophile ways. Just watch out for those coathangers and odd socks. Oh and don't forget the blue-tack!

[b.net] Bungie Announces Halo 2 Sponsors!!

Bungie Announces Halo 2 Sponsors!
4/01/04

Just picture the chief dipping some Tijuana Mama Pickled Assorted Meatstuffs into his ChiefChillaz centuries into the feature while standing triumphantly Chevy Chase style over the some goo under his Keds GruntKickaz.

Only then will you reach Nirvana. Or something. P.S. Bungie, you need to find a better hiding algorithm.

Alexander Seropian - Sighted!

Well, what do you know about that. I'm randomly browsing headlines, and whose name pops out at me? That's right, everybody's favorite company founder, the great disappearing Alex Seropian. Go read the article, and see for yourself that Alex wasn't rubbed out by the Video Game mafia, but instead is apparently alive and healthy. Apparently.