Tuesday, August 4th

Bungie Telecom Rumors


We received the following email from a loyal reader

Okay, so, in light of the recent release of the Myth 1.3 updater, I found myself happily browsing through Bungie's FTP site, in the pub/mac/updates section, like I was supposed to be. But there was one file there, that caught my eye; under the name "Icon_.bin"

But wait! This icon is neither Anvil nor Forge, Marathon nor Myth, Pathways nor Gnop. It was a folder, with what looked like a lightning bolt on it.

Always in search of the truth, the BungieRumors staff just had to download the file and take a look for ourselves. This is what we found:

On first glance, it did indeed look like a lightning bolt, but we weren't convinced, and with the help of our contacts in the telecommunications industry, we were able to discover that it is in fact the British Telecom logo as can be seen below and at their web page

But the question remains, 'Why is this logo in Bungies updates directory?'

It's known that BT and AT&T have recently announced a $10 billion global venture to serve the complete communication needs of multi-national companies and the international calling needs of individuals and businesses around the world. Based on the evidence presented above, it's our belief that Bungie.net will provide the backbone for this new venture which will be run out of Bungies seventh floor Chicago office. Recent rumors of Bungie.net admins striking for a pay rises seems to further confirm the story.

We'd welcome any further information.


Monday, August 3rd

BungieRumors Haxored


Sometime over the previous weekend, the BungieRumors mail account was hacked into by persons unknown, resulting in a loss of all incoming emails. Fortunately, we'd cleared out most of the interesting posts late last week and moved them to our Weirder Mail section, but if you mailed us between last Friday and today, please send those emails again.

We're still attempting to track down the exact chain of events leading to this serious breech of security. Some sources report that there is an industry plot to discredit our good name. Others offer the explanation that Hotmail sucks.

We'll let our loyal readers be the judge.