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Subject: Bungie Weekly Update: 06/05/09

There are those who said this day would never come, what have they to say now? --Truth

i'm just putting up my post to win some swag, dont mind me

[Edited on 06.07.2009 11:26 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2009 11:26 PM PDT

I was born in '90, male, and an avid gamer.

I'm so pumped about firefight!

  • 06.07.2009 11:26 PM PDT

I'll be your wingman anytime.

Can't wait! With all the awesome games coming out this fall, I think ODST will really take the spot as #1!

BIG UPS, BUNGIE.

  • 06.07.2009 11:30 PM PDT

A242

hoping I am not to late for the contest *crosses fingers*

  • 06.07.2009 11:31 PM PDT
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Long Live the Ellipsis...

BELIEVE

There is no spoon.

THE CAKE IS A LIE!

September 22nd, a date which I, along with other fans of Bungie, shall await with baited breath. The difference between them and myself being that I both understand that phrase, and use it in conversation...

In all honesty, this is my first post in a thread of this nature (a news reply thread), and I will admit, my decision was based largely on the promise, however intangible and unlikely, of ODST swag. Up until this point in time, I have tried to avoid clogging the already unseemly passages of the internet with further unimportant banalities; case-in-point, this thread itself.

In the time it took me to click "respond" the page count had jumped from 125 to 126. Two full pages of posts in a dozen seconds or so...call it a baker's dozen...

As always, the update has filled me with laughter, hope, curiousity, admiration, happiness, and hunger, but this last is a constant, so please disregard. I truly believe Bungie to be the best company in terms of fan relations.

In truth, most people lack the necessary literary skills for a simple, coherent expression of gratitude, but they are thankful, I, too, am thankful for all of the laughs and good times I have had due to Bungie. 7hank you, for being who you are, for putting up with us (often infuriating, I'm sure) fans, and thank you for making us laugh.

I'm sure you've been told, those who make fun of you are only jealous. As a general rule, I am unsure, but in your case this stands true. All those who complain about minor things, niggling on and on about nothing, these people are jealous of the entity that is Bungie. They wish that they could be a part of it, but they cannot, and thus they try to make you seem less utopian with insults.

I recently was in a local store, shopping for various things, and I passed through the electronics section, curious as to what may have changed since my last visit. Stocked there, upon the shelves, I saw copies of Halo 3, for $40 or so. Only a few months shy of two years after its release, and stores are still able to sell it enough to justify shelf-space.

So believe me, Bungie, when I tell you that you've created something that will endure. Halo may fade, indeed one day all video games may be but a memory, but memories will remain.

Memories begun by you, and built upon by your fans. Hundreds of thousands - if not millions - of people will always remember the fun time that they had playing your games, reading your updates, imagining what is to come. As well as dropping fusion coils and tanks on each other (Come on, we can't all be serious all the time).

Sorry, I realize that this message is long, perhaps overly so, and as such may not be read. People will see it, think "Long post, uh-oh." and move on (if they have any intention of reading something in the first place).

If I were to boil this message down to its essence, the one single sentence that could accurately define and sum up the entire length of my herecontained musings, it would be this:








I appreciate you, Bungie, and 7hank you very much.

[Edited on 06.07.2009 11:47 PM PDT]

  • 06.07.2009 11:38 PM PDT

I was just fine with the wait for Halo 3: ODST. I was looking forward to it, but was not impatient for its release like I have been every other Halo game...... until I read this and watched all of the e3 coverage......

Now I must look at my calendar move slowly from day today with the what seems like an endless wait until Sept. 22nd and then all over again for the Halo: Reach beta and just to poke the wound more the actual release of Reach.


  • 06.07.2009 11:39 PM PDT

Anatidaephobia
The fear that somewhere, somehow, a duck is watching you.

Great update guys and a nice read.

*Drools over Bungie swagg*

[Edited on 06.08.2009 12:51 AM PDT]

  • 06.07.2009 11:47 PM PDT

As the veil of lunacy descends, as past and future blend and shuffle, one image appears and flickers through the landscape, wraithlike. It is the Hatchling, the Newborn, walking the path of corruption, a lone figure shining in the toxic shadows. She comes dressed for war, and her wrath is terrible.

The time is now...very late! (Ah, Fable is such a quote-able game.)

Ima postin' ma swag post.

  • 06.07.2009 11:54 PM PDT
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I would like some chance at some swag... currently in an H3 game though... so that's it from me.

  • 06.07.2009 11:56 PM PDT

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Hold RB to flip...wait, what? How did you do that?

i cant wait for reach or ODST! both sound amazing!

  • 06.08.2009 12:01 AM PDT

I probably missed the deadline because it's 12:01 (and counting) but I just thought I'd mention that I'm really surprised that you think D.A.R.E. will be around for another 500+ years. I would have thought by then every drug would be legalized.

  • 06.08.2009 12:04 AM PDT

Have I spent more money on games, or game swag? I honestly couldn't say for sure.

  • 06.08.2009 12:10 AM PDT
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I'd love a swag bag.

Looking forward to ODST and Reach.

Thanks bros.

  • 06.08.2009 12:34 AM PDT

This is has been a great week, I've been eating all this odst info up.

  • 06.08.2009 12:37 AM PDT

I want an ODST tshirt!

  • 06.08.2009 12:51 AM PDT

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Win 7 + ZuneHD = Amazing
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Yay for Bungie E3 Swag '09!!!!

Swine Flu FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • 06.08.2009 12:52 AM PDT

I want free E3 swag!!!!

Also, great job at E3 this year. The press conference and all the interviews were fun to watch. I can't wait for ODST!!!

  • 06.08.2009 12:55 AM PDT

Posted by: Jose291
very cool! wow I like ODST more now.

agreed. this has got me very hyped up about it! preordered mines already :D:D

  • 06.08.2009 1:00 AM PDT

Wonderful update :D

..
You know why I'm posting this :)

[Edited on 06.08.2009 1:13 AM PDT]

  • 06.08.2009 1:13 AM PDT

That pic of Dare... save'd.

Hope you guys don't mind me using it on le social networking sites... like everyone else... :/

  • 06.08.2009 2:37 AM PDT

The strong Silent type! War's Come and go but my soldier's stay eteneral "2Pac"

I also can't wait for the new maps that are coming out soon with the game..............................................and halo:reach BETA

  • 06.08.2009 3:31 AM PDT

I <3 Rabbit !

Youpi c'est mon premier message !
(Wouhou Its my first post)

  • 06.08.2009 4:06 AM PDT
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I did most assurably enjoy this weeks update . . .the happy hologram made me laugh. I hope you guys had fun reading it. Can't wait for ODST. Looks like it might be difficult, so i'm loving it!

  • 06.08.2009 4:17 AM PDT
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Join The Spartan I Project today!

SIP is here to help you achieve a 1,250 gamer score, unlocking all of the armor permutations for both Spartans and Elites.

I want the swag! :'(

  • 06.08.2009 4:36 AM PDT
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Hope I'm not to late to win the prize, I've been working all weekend and just read the update.

  • 06.08.2009 4:39 AM PDT