Mountain of Sound

Posted by lukems at 1/18/2008 3:02 PM PDT


The regularly irregular Bungie Podcast is a fireside chat with Frank O’Connor, Brian Jarrard, Luke Smith and members of the motley crew of fortune seekers that make up Bungie. Learn more about the studio, the personalities that make up the studio and occasionally new information on current and upcoming Bungie projects.

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Bungie Podcast: 3/21/08

Forward thinking Engineering Lead Chris Butcher joins Frank, Luke and Brian on this futuristic episode of the Bungie Podcast. After a fake commercial break, Microsoft's Major Nelson takes his place in the line of Luke's barrage of question gunfire.

Bungie Podcast 031908 (1:32:37) [85 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 2/19/08

The "other" (and by "other," I mean the older, smarter and better at Halo version of) Luke sits in for a raucous and rated-M for Mature version of the Bungie Podcast. Luke Timmins, an engineer at Bungie (specifically, he works on Networking code), talks about his seedy past, how he fought the law (and the law won) and how to get a job as an Engineer at Bungie.

Bungie Podcast 021908 (55:46) [66 MB]



Bungie Podcast: 2/04/08


Christian Allen, a recently hired Lead Designer at Bungie, gets in bed with the threesome for a memory-filled jaunt through his path into the game industry.

Bungie Podcast (44:35) [51.1MB]




Bungie Podcast: 1/18/08

Bungie's equivalent of Xerxes, Studio Manager Harold Ryan, joins Sketch, Frank and Luke on this episode of the Bungie Podcast. He talks about his lengthy career in games, all manners of games he likes (he's a recovering EQ addict) and what may or may not be in store for Halo 3's future.

Bungie Podcast (57:12) [65.5MB]


Bungie Podcast: 12/12/07

Without Sketch's wit and inquiring mind, the Podcast ship stayed afloat thanks to water wings and the smooth sonic tones of Bungie Audio Lead Marty O'Donnell. Marty talks a bit about his own Bungie origin story in addition to providing some detailed memories about Bungie in the Windy City.

Bungie Podcast 121207 (1:05:34) [75MB]


Bungie Podcast: 12/04/07

Long has it been, friends! Vacations have come and went (for Brian and Frankie) and the crew finally reconvened with special guest Christopher Barrett to talk about Halo 3's Heroic Map Pack, how he started at Bungie, what he's worked on and what's been canned.

Bungie Podcast 120407 (50:55) [58 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 10/23/07

This episode of the Bungie Studios Podcast includes a mountain of guests, and by mountain we mean 2. It's the last pre-Sketch and Frankie on vacation show, and the two of them go out with a long one. Environment Artist Lead Dave Dunn joins the crew and spins a whole mess of tales from some of Bungie's history. Podcast semi-regular Paul Bertone joins the fellas in the show waning moments to talk football and talk about beating me into a pulp in Campaign Scoring.

Bungie Podcast 102307 (1:16:57) [88 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 10/08/07

What makes a good producer? What does being a producer entail? Frank obviously has his take on it, but when we ask veteran producer and one of Bungie's leaders, Jonty Barnes he has a different take than our Scottish treat. With Paul Bertone off the grid in meetings, Jonty fills in (sort of) in a very special, and ne'er to be repeated version of the NFL Minute.

Special note: This show was recorded well before the announcement regarding Bungie Studios and our relationship with Microsoft. We'll talk about that on an upcoming show!
Bungie Podcast 108007 (53:19) [73 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 09/20/07

While we don't acknowledge it on the show, this Podcast is actually the year anniversary of the Bungie Podcast. To unknowingly commemorate that feat, Marty O'Donnell, Joe Staten and Web Dev Lead Chris Gossett take a turn on the mic. Chris talks extensively about the new Bungie.net and its robust featureset. Marty talks about the Halo 3 Soundtrack and Joe Staten catches us up on his book "Contact Harvest" and what he was doing in New Zealand last week.

Because it's the last show before Halo 3 launches, we made it super long, nearly two hours of chatter this week -- just think, that's two hours closer to actually buying Halo 3.

Bungie Podcast 092007 (1:47:39) [123 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 09/11/07

The travel-delayed eighth episode of the Bungie Studios Podcast is finally available for download. This week's show, in addition to a faux-hawk bet involving the National Football League, welcomes the long-awaited appearance of Campaign Mission Design Lead, Paul Bertone.

Bungie Podcast 091107 (58:08) [67 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 08/27/07

This week's (we fudged the "weekly release" a little bit) episode of the Bungie Studios Podcast has Lars Bakken and Tyson Green join Frankie and Luke in the studio for a frank discussion on Forge, Halo 3's multiplayer customization tool.

Bungie Podcast 082707 (42:21) [49 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 08/16/07

The “If, then” show: AI Programmer Damian Isla is welcomed aboard this week’s Bungie Podcast. On this week’s show, Damian explains how the AI in Halo 3 works, how Equipment changed his job and how Halo 3’s AI has changed from Halo 2 to Halo 3.

Bungie Podcast 081607 (1:02:34) [72 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 8/10/07

On this week's episode of the Bungie Podcast, Mission Designer Dan Miller joins Frankie and Luke in the crow's nest studio. With Sketch away on business, Dan Miller has to step it up . He does.

Bungie Podcast 081007 (1:03:19) [73 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 8/01/07

Somehow, we pried a supremely busy Jamie Evans away from overseeing the fleet of testers running Halo 3 through the ringer and tricked him into chatting with Ske7ch, Frankie and I on the latest episode of the Bungie Podcast. We take a few of your questions and talk about the latest news -- yep, that news -- on this episode of the Bungie Podcast.

Bungie Podcast 080107 (49:19) [69 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 7/23/07

Joseph Staten, the man of many alien voices joins Brian, Frankie and I in this week's episode of The Bungie Podcast. Joseph fields some of your questions, we drop a few informational pieces of Halo 3-related chum into the water and recap what Joseph calls "the greatest saved film ever" and I call "bug-infused BS" in grisly detail.

Bungie Podcast 072307 (1:07:40) [62 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 7/11/07

After nearly a year (who really is to blame?), the Bungie Podcast has left the nest and spread its wings. Instead of a bird, it's a fierce dragon and the below download is your seat on the fire-breathing winged beast's back. Joining me this week in the studio are podcast veterans Brian Jarrard and Frank O'Connor, with special guest star Multiplayer Designer Lars Bakken rounding out the four-part harmony. We talk about some of the studio's preparations for E3, Bungie's Technical Lead Chris Butcher stops in for a few minutes and finally, a very special guest phones in to the Bungie Teen Support Line. All of this and more on the Bungie Podcast.

Bungie Podcast 071107 (35:36) [49 MB]


Bungie Podcast: 09/22/06

The very first Bungie podcast featuring news and insights into Halo 2 for Windows Vista, Halo 3 and future Halo 2 Xbox Live matchmaking updates. In addition we have an interview with Audio Lead Jay Weinland and the return of the Bungie "Whambulance" reader mail segment.

Bungie Podcast 092206 (55:00) [50 MB]