Looks like The Superintendent is back at Bungie. Confused? You may have missed the fuss in July when a game by that title, rumored to be a 2D platformer whose titular character is more Mr. Venezuela from "South Park" than he is Chalmers from "The Simpsons." Which is to say he's not an education bureaucrat, but a dude who keeps things clean and functioning and I suppose has a weapons-grade key ring on a pulley-chain. Everyone thought this game would be announced at one of the summer's game conventions, but it wasn't. Then last night around 7 PDT the Super, who posts in the Bungie forums under his calling card identity of |||||, left a robotic, cryptic message transcript that of course tips off something, just not sure what. Announcement coming soon? Dunno. These things are designed to keep you checking back. Full transcript on the jump.
<\\> 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 \> View All Top Stories View All Blog Posts
Inside Bungie: News: KEEP IT CLEAN [Bungie.net, thanks reader Elliott J.]