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Subject: This Mail Sack needs you!

Hey, Bungie Community.

What are we talking about this week? (please craft your response in the form of a question, please)

I am always curious about the questions that will fill the Sack. You can post in this thread once, so choose your curiosities carefully.

  • 07.23.2012 11:57 AM PDT

Key

First. ;)

e: We should talk about the future of games' use of non-console elements to improve the gameplay of the game. That may sound vague, so let me give you an example: Say an MMORPG on a console (bear with me) has an in-game marketplace to buy and sell items, and the developer also has (on their website or some game website) an online version of the marketplace that works in real-time with the in-game one and all the other players. And, that developer also has a mobile app that, say, allows you to equip and manage your character on the go and it updates your character in-game (and isn't just a simulator for DPS purposes, etc.).

These kinds of out-of-game, nonessential, yet very useful resources are the kinds of things, I think, could be utilized in the future of gaming. What do you (at Bungie) think?

Note: This probably won't get picked due to its length and most people's (understandable) inability to answer this question in a line or two of text. Oh well. It was a good question to ask.

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  • 07.23.2012 11:58 AM PDT

2nd

How much time does a Bungie employee spend at the studio?

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  • 07.23.2012 11:59 AM PDT

Can I have blue flames, please?

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  • 07.23.2012 11:59 AM PDT

He's right on top of us! I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using...

Ockeghem
Missa Prolationum

What was the last completed TV show you watched every episode of?

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  • 07.23.2012 12:00 PM PDT

What games have you been playing recently?

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  • 07.23.2012 12:00 PM PDT

Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien.
Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar.
tenn' Ambar-metta!

What are your corncerns about Activision possibly being bought by Microsoft?

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  • 07.23.2012 12:01 PM PDT

"Why concentrate on the negative when we can speak of the positive?"
My File Share
Try using the Search Bar next time.
Halo 2 was the best Halo game
A7x FoREVer!

Where does the Dark Knight Rises rank in Christopher Nolan's Batman series?

  • 07.23.2012 12:02 PM PDT

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Bye.

What's your Superhero name?

What's your Supervillain name?

Are any user created avatars going to make their way on to the site, DeeJ?

Who takes the "Breaking In" photographs?
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Can this [avatar] be a useable avatar?
It's so much better animated! :-)

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  • 07.23.2012 12:02 PM PDT

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Steam username: TopWargamer
To look up my Halo stats...search for the gamertag TopWargamer.
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One does not simply get rid of TopWargamer so easily.
You know this to be true.
ALL HAIL GABEN

So how's that game build?

  • 07.23.2012 12:03 PM PDT

1.) "Crack In Time" - Louder Production Music
2.) "Agressive Sucks" - Moss Landing
3.) Custom Version of "Meet Oscar" - Louder Productions Music
4.) "Behind You Rise" - Distortion Music
5.) "Aurora" - Mark Petrie
6.) "Surge Down - Audio Machine

Favorite drink? Can be soda, alchoholic beverage, smoothie, anything.

  • 07.23.2012 12:04 PM PDT

-Watertribe-

What's the best smartphone?

  • 07.23.2012 12:06 PM PDT

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What are Bungie's thoughts on the Ouya?

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  • 07.23.2012 12:06 PM PDT
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Do not waste your tears, I was not born to watch the world grow dim. Life is not measured in years, but by the deeds of men.

Posted by: goldhawk
We should know better, because we are better.

What was your most emotional moment in any form of media? Why?

Have you ever had a "Eureka!" moment in your career?

How do employees submit answers to the mail sack?

Have employees ever used alts to try and submit their own questions?

Will we be seeing another reverse mail sack in the near future?

What is your favourite play (theatre)?

Do you ever find your job cutting into your free time at home?

What is your favourite fantasy book series?

What is your favourite trope?

If you could ask any historical figure any question, who would it be and what would you ask?

If given the oppurtunity, would you join the Doctor in the TARDIS?

  • 07.23.2012 12:09 PM PDT

Pancakes or waffles?

  • 07.23.2012 12:09 PM PDT

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In 30 years they reduced the civilized nations into carrion and ash. Until the free city of Madrigal alone defined them. An army gathered there, and a desperate battle was joined against the fallen
Heros were born in the fire and bloodshed of the wars which followed and their names and deeds will never be forgotten

How soon is Soon(TM)?

  • 07.23.2012 12:09 PM PDT

Perpetual Ninja in training.

"If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe."

DMH

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What happens if I post in here twice?

okeh srs bsns Q-On a scale of 1-100, how excited is each Employee right now about their current projects?

  • 07.23.2012 12:09 PM PDT
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Based on this tweet, can you confirm that Bungie's next game is in some sort of playable form?

Follow-up question: If yes, then how far into development?

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  • 07.23.2012 12:13 PM PDT

You are all constructs of my solipsist mind.

What is the most impressive non-career related accomplishment you've done?

  • 07.23.2012 12:13 PM PDT
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Posted by: Cobravert
I just saw a green monkey nut shot a small tan lizard(?) in a gunny sack.

Any updates on the New Hawtness?

  • 07.23.2012 12:13 PM PDT

@spawn031

"So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it's gratifying to have something you have done linger in people's memories." John Williams

As Bungie moves into a new world, can the Webteam put their heads together and come up with some awesome stats to make a kickass bungie.net infographic just like you guys did at the end of the Halo era?

  • 07.23.2012 12:14 PM PDT
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I understand nothing because my life is a conspiracy.

The Activision contract leak said that each new game of your franchise would be released every other year starting in 2013. Do you feel that two years is enough time to make each game, seeing how you got three years to work on each main installment of the Halo franchise (Which had four games, just like your new franchise) and that you need to make an expansion pack every other year as well?

  • 07.23.2012 12:15 PM PDT

One post, but not one question? I approve.

Why am I your favorite burrito?

Marty says we'll get samples of his new pieces soon(tm). Would that happen to be before your next title's release?

Can I have a free Bungie Shirt now?

Here are three questions I've actually been curious about for a long time. I'd love answers to these ones above the others.

Pre-order bonuses. Do you, the developers, decide what parts of your game will be used as a pre-order bonus, or do your publishers? Do you decide what is available to a specific store?

What do you (whomever answers this)/ Bungie (as in the general consensus) prefer to give as incentive for purchasing Limited or Legendary Editions of your titles, physical objects or digital content?

Does somebody at your studio decide what goes in and designs the additional content for more expensive editions of games?

Cheers.

  • 07.23.2012 12:16 PM PDT

Has anyone ever been injured at the studio? If so, was it funny?

  • 07.23.2012 12:16 PM PDT

What is your favorite T.V. show of all time?

  • 07.23.2012 12:17 PM PDT