Rumorama: Mysterious Bungie "Superintendent" Hints At New Game
Right before E3 there was a lot of hype around the announcement of a new game that Bungie was working on. E3 finally came, and instead of an announcement we received a message on Bungie's homepage apologizing that its publisher didn't want to make the announcement quite yet. Shortly after E3, a mysterious poster appeared on the Bungie forums going by the alias ||||||| (which appears to be seven columns), but is more commonly known as "the Superintendent." This Superintendent would post sporadically leaving cryptic messages such as "YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK," "BE A HERO! REPORT VIOLATORS," and his most common contribution "KEEP IT CLEAN."
Well, the Superintendent has finally made a lengthy post that has led to a lot of speculation as to who the Superintendent might be, and what it might mean for Bungie's next game. From the look of the post, it appears that the Superintendent is an AI system of some kind which has been corrupted. The corrupted messages are kind of funny, and have a feeling reminiscent of GLaDOS if she were obsessed with urban traffic patterns instead of cake. The Superintendent's post also mentions the UNSC, so the assumption is that whatever the Superintendent is involved in, it takes place in the Halo universe.
Personally, I feel like this reeks of Bungie's typical I Love Bees style viral marketing. Could this be hints at the next Halo? Or a side story? Or perhaps something completely different? Check out the Superintendent's post after the jump and voice your opinion on what it could mean.
UPDATE: Yet another message came from the Superintendent today. This one seeming a bit more serious, a bit more in combat, and a bit more like it could possibly be leading up to Halo Wars with mention of squads and an S1 group (Spartan 1?).
<\\> UNSC OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE<\\> CLASSIFIED SIGNALS ARCHIVE [ONI.SEC.PRTCL-1A]
<\ OPENED PER OFFICIAL REQUEST [DARE.V.500341(S1)]
\ SOURCE: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE A.I. [SUPERINTENDENT]
\ RECEPIENT: PROWLER "TOKYO RULES" [COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]
>> NOTATION KEYWORD SEARCH: "EMERGENCY" "DATA" "CORRUPTION"
>> (...) ~ QUERY RUNNING
>> (..)
>> (.) \ VTT TRANSCRIPT AS FOLOWS...[SUPERINTENDENT]: "METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "METROPOLITAN EMERGENCY!"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "METROPOLITAN EMER--!"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "We know. Personnel are en route. Can you--"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "DETOUR! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "--put Kinsler on the line?"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: [UNITELLIGIBLE > DOG GROWLING(?)]
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "Sorry, what?"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "BE A HERO! REPORT VIOLATORS!"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "Oh, come on... "
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "METROPOLITAN EMER--!"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "Listen. We have a report of core data corruption."
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "I need you to upload your--"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "PARDON OUR DUST!"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER] "--logs for the last twenty-four hours!"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "KEEP IT CLEAN!"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "KEEP IT CLEAN!"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "KEEP IT CLEAN!"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: [UNINTELLIGIBLE > PROFANITY (?)]
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "We're sending a team, alright?"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "Until they arrive, all additional comm needs to route through me."
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "Repeat and acknowledge."
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "OBEY POSTED LIMITS!"
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "YIELD TO UPHILL TRAFFIC!"
[COMM.DUTY.OFFICER]: "I'll take that as a 'yes'..."
[SUPERINTENDENT]: "PLEASE REMAIN CALM!"\ ~ QUERY COMPLETE
\ ARCHIVE CLOSED \>
NaviFairy
Posted to Video Games on 22 September 2008
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Hi Super Nintendo Chalmers.
Hm, a new ONI game perhaps:
CLASSIFIED SIGNALS ARCHIVE [ONI.SEC.PRTCL-1A]