Bungie's next project, something to do with a Superintendent?
by Dustin Burg 
{ Jul 4th 2008 at 11:45AM }
As the story goes, way back in May of this year, this mysterious (and adorable) Superintendent artwork has been making appearances on Bungie posts, has been seen on employees' tshirts, has been spotted on the Bungie.net forums, has appeared on the Bungie webcam and has even been seen in the latest Cold Storage ViDoc with text reading "KEEP CLEAN". What does this all mean? Does this really have to do with Bungie's next secret project? If so, will it be a janitor sim? Will the Superintendent character grace Monday's free Bungie Day gamer picture pack? Why is the Superintendent giving us a thumbs up while holding a plunger? We have no idea, but hopefully next week's celebration of Bungie Day will make things more clear. In the meantime, take the jump to look over the timeline of Bungie's Superintendent shenanigans and see if you can put the puzzle pieces together. You know, Da Vinci Code style.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
joey @ Jul 4th 2008 11:57AM
nah, it's Master Chief: Ten Years Later.
JLAND484 @ Jul 5th 2008 10:56AM
ha ha that is funny they linked it to my forum post i feel special
Intangible 360 @ Jul 4th 2008 12:13PM
Interesting...
Jeff Holland @ Jul 4th 2008 12:17PM
OMG. I think it has a name: Plungie! Yes, I went there.
drewsny @ Jul 4th 2008 12:26PM
no offense but id edit this becasue it has nothing to do with a project. in there you said it started appearing in may, guess who left bungie in may. (frankie). ive heard many rumors before but this one takes the cake. the superintendent's name on bungie.net is IIIIIII, thats 7 individual (i)'s. he only posts on bungie.net saying his motto, KEEP IT CLEAN or he says REPORT VIOLATORS. this is just a stupid conspiracy theory.
abbazabba @ Jul 4th 2008 12:26PM
Sugar
Scott Talbot @ Jul 4th 2008 12:33PM
Ok so this is how I think about it. Yes there is a possibility that this could hint at the next bungie game but it could also just be some "save the environment" thing. It could just be some inside thing that a Bungie employee started to clean the environment up...
That being said I am probably wrong. My other geuss is that it is a very small part of there next game. An I icon sort of like the cube in Portal.
I'm going to go make a post on my blog discussing the possibilities of this image in a little more detail on my blog... www.iamtalbot.com
Scott Talbot @ Jul 4th 2008 1:47PM
Never mind about the whole "environment thing". I think it has to do with the behavior on xbox live.
Mr.ESC @ Jul 4th 2008 12:51PM
Oh I hope it has to do with zombies (Hell's Janitor).
MegaWatts @ Jul 4th 2008 12:56PM
Didn't Nintendo say they could have made a Halo but decided not too? Essentially dissing bungie? This may be a arcade title with a plumber as bungie might be making a italian plumber game (ie Mario)?
Perno @ Jul 8th 2008 12:40PM
Ohhhh very very nice Mr. Watts.
MrGreencastle @ Jul 4th 2008 1:11PM
lol@ Mega Watts, that's brilliant ;)
GRT @ Jul 4th 2008 1:16PM
It's a remake of Planetfall!!
*goes back to wondering how that icon qualifies as "adorable"*
Dustin Burg @ Jul 4th 2008 1:21PM
if it isn't already obvious, I don't know what to tell you. that lil' icon oozes adorability.
Chibi chief @ Jul 4th 2008 1:20PM
opg look at the symbol on the top right at 5:58 of the cold storage vidoc i swear his there please look
Scott Talbot @ Jul 4th 2008 2:45PM
yeah that adds a little more importance to the icon... I never saw that before thanks for pointing it out.
AnthonyGalindoX @ Jul 4th 2008 1:58PM
Was that a joke when lukems said that they were a multi-project studio now? Does this mean we're getting a new Halo and something else?
Scott Talbot @ Jul 4th 2008 2:47PM
they have already said that there won't be another halo. I would just say wait for E3 for confirmation that it is something worth noting.
AnthonyGalindoX @ Jul 4th 2008 4:10PM
I meant the rumored Helljumper game and not necessarily Halo 4.
Hooligunn @ Jul 4th 2008 8:48PM
Actually I believe Bungie have already said they are working on the Peter Jackson Halo project with Microsoft, their own Halo game and a non-Halo game.
I'll try find the source but they said this late last year xD
AnthonyGalindoX @ Jul 6th 2008 10:56PM
I do know that they were helping with the eter Jackson game but they weren't developing it. So a new Halo game and a hopefully significantly different game (I just want to see something other than a shooter from them) would fall under a multi-game studio.
zlliM @ Jul 4th 2008 2:29PM
You guys have it all wrong. lukems said they are going to be a multi project studio, and one of their side projects have to do with this plunger icon guy.
BUNGIE'S NEW PROJECT! Their very own patented blend of a colon clenser: Colon POW![el]... "keep it clean AND regular." hense the icon guy has a plunger... easy.
Ghostbuddy @ Jul 4th 2008 3:58PM
"they have already said that there won't be another halo."
Hence why Frankie left to work on future Halo games for Microsoft?
Hence interviews with the studio head saying they still have employees interested in making Halo games.
Hence mini- cliff hanger with the legendary ending.
Hence Halo Wars, and Halo Chronicles.
Hence forth you fail.
Flakundenga @ Jul 4th 2008 4:18PM
All I know of him so far is that it has posted these words:
KEEP IT CLEAN
REPORT VIOLATORS
REMAIN CALM
IN CASE OF FIRE, USE THE STAIRS
nothing makes sense really. oh and i noticed that if you turn the superintendent picture upside down he's giving a thumbsdown :D yeah not much, but hey anything helps...
Jonah Falcon @ Jul 4th 2008 8:04PM
Master Chef?
JLAND484 @ Jul 5th 2008 11:00AM
ha ha i feel special the forum post they have a link to is mine
and yeah i really would like to know but it is not the biggest thing in the world
Baligouxji @ Jul 6th 2008 10:54PM
Since we'll probably find out a little bit more about it tomorrow or during E3, I'd like to throw my hat into the ring by guessing what this will end up being: A third person action adventure (with a slight sprinkling of platforming) that allows players to control a character with a plunger. The plunger can be equiped with different power ups and is used to solve puzzles. The game will take place in a sewer and various other dirty locations.