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Bungie was the actually company who spurred me to think. My dad worked for apple in my youth and as I'm sure you can Marathon was a huge lan party hit for most apple offices. So my dad one day brought home a copy of the game (ha, I can still remember the four black flimzy floppies) and I began to play it. Now of course, I only being six and a kindergartner at the time played the game on, big suprise, kidergarden difficulty level. Marathon was a completely different land compared to the LEGO's and Care Bares I was all to familiary with.
While my reading skills were quite good for my age at that time, I still spent hours reading and deciphering the monitor messages from Leela and Durndal. It was at this time I discovered a wounderous thing called, a PLOT! Although I couldn't completely understand all the twists and turns throughout the game, I do vividly remember nearly peeing my pants after finally realizing (on the 4th or 5th time through reading) what Durndal said he was about to to.
I'll admit it, I was one word and one word alone. JEALOUS. How could these people think up of somewthing like this?!?!?! They were freaking geniuses!!!!! From that day on I have lived with a conviction to be smart and create things! And I wasn't simply just thinking video games. I thought of things like stories, and actually now thanks to Bungie I spend most of of my spare time writing music. Bungie changed my life, litteraly, it is no laughing matter. They were the first people who ever made me think outside the box and frankly I can't imagine a world without them. As long as I have known them, Bungie has alway been able to cook up a mean story, and that is the steak of any fine meal. I hope they go on, and prosper as a company. But I pray that they won't fall to some of the mindless ideas out there today. I honestly think I would cry any day that Bungie released anything that was less than fabulous. So, to sum it all up I hope Bungie continues but only if they continue in greatness.
Thanks a million guys :)
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[Edited on 12/12/2006]