So I recently received an [url=http://www.bungiestore.com/The-Art-of-Halo-Creating-A/A/0345475860.htm]Art of Halo[/url] book. While reading it, I came upon several cool Bungie facts that some of you may not know. Large amounts of epic, incoming! [quote][b][u]Interesting Bungie Facts[/u][/b] [b]1.[/b] The list of Bungie games in order: Gnop (1990), Operation Desert Storm (1991), Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete (1992), Pathways into Darkness (1993), Marathon (1994, wins MacWorld World Class Award, Macuser Editor's Choice, and GAMES Magazines's Top 100), Marathon 2: Durandal (1995, for Mac), Marathon 2: Durandal (1996, for Windows 94), Marathon Infinity (1996), Abuse (1996), Weekend Warrior (1997), Myth: The Fallen Lords (1997), Myth 2: Soulblighter (1998), Oni (2001), Halo: Combat Evolved (2001, for Xbox), Halo: Combat Evolved (2003, for Mac and PC).......(the rest is not listed in the book). [b]2.[/b] Bungie.net, the name of Myth's "metasever" that allowed for online chat and play, was founded in 1997. That website got retired and the "halo-era" website with the fanclub chapters was launched on November 15th, 2001. Then it got overhauled visually and code-wise in 2004 to prepare for Halo 2. [b]3.[/b] The original code name for Halo was "Monkey Nuts". Later on, it became codenamed "Blam!" because (quoting from the book) "Jason [Jones] couldn't bring himself to tell his mother he was working on something called 'Monkey Nuts'." The actual name "Halo" was created by longtime Bungie artist Paul Russel. [b]4.[/b] The origin of "Blam!": (quoting from the book) "The name 'Blam!' stemmed from folks yelling the word in Bungie offices when they were in Chicago. Located near a busy street, the Bungie team could hear numerous near-collisions between cars outside. 'You'd hear the screech of tires, and then nothing,' explained Robt McLees, 'so I'd yell "Blam!" Just so there was some sense of completion.' [b]5.[/b] Halo was originally meant to be a Live-Action Strategy Game. (When it was being worked on in 1997) [b]6.[/b] Before Marty O'Donnel became a full time composer and sound director, he worked his way through graduate school as a house painter. [b]7.[/b] When Robt McLees was working on designing new guns, they got to take a trip to South Carolina and hang out with several members of the U.S. Special Forces. They demonstrated weapon handling and tactical movement. Lieutenant Colonel Mark, their host, complimented Robt Mclees shooting as "Awesome. Very good. Good shooting."[/quote] I'll update the list if I find some more. Hope you enjoyed it! [quote][b][u]Picture Gallery[/u][/b] [url=http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b461/spartainken/DSC02573.jpg]The original Marathon scrapbook was 700 pages long, but it got condensed to 30.[/url] [url=http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b461/spartainken/DSC02571.jpg]All the bugs for Marathon were written on a pizza box.[/url] [url=http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b461/spartainken/DSC02570.jpg]Too much Marathon=Barf.[/url] [url=http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b461/spartainken/DSC02586.jpg]The Shaft.[/url] [url=http://i739.photobucket.com/albums/xx39/coolmike699/Bungie%20Swag/DSC00591.jpg]The original Bungie Store.[/url] [url=http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b461/spartainken/DSC02582.jpg]Jason attracts the chicks.[/url] [url=http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b461/spartainken/DSC02579.jpg]Original Marathon too much like Pathways into Darkness.[/url] [url=http://i1046.photobucket.com/albums/b461/spartainken/DSC02576.jpg]One game at a time.[/url][/quote] [quote][b]Thanks To:[/b] [i]spartain ken 15 Achronos coolmike699 Deathcon 5[/i][/quote] [b][i]EDITS:[/i][/b] I added a picture gallery and "thank you" section for contributors. In the title I've also added a "UP TO:__" showing how many facts we're up to. Note: we started with 5 facts. -hoobla- [Edited on 01.05.2012 3:19 PM PST]