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'''Blam!''' was the code-name for [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], before it came out. It was used because the original name, "Monkey Nuts," couldn't be spoken to Jason's mother. So, it was switched to "Blam!" Blam! is now used to bleep out curse words on the [[Bungie]] forum. Most likely as a tribute to the word itself. They thought of the nickname Blam! Because there Chicago office was located near a very busy street that had numerous near collisions between cars. So people in the office would yell BLAM! So there was a sense of completion.
'''BLAM!''' was the code-name for [[Halo: Combat Evolved]], before it was completed. It was used to replace the original name "Monkey Nuts", because project lead [[Jason Jones]] couldn't bring himself to tell his mother he was working on a game called Monkey Nuts.


Blam! is now used to bleep out curse words on the [[Bungie.net]] forum, most likely as a tribute to the word itself.


The word was thought of because [[Bungie]]'s Chicago office was located near a very busy street that had numerous near collisions between cars, [[Robert McLees]] would yell "BLAM!" So there was a sense of completion.<ref>[[Art Of Halo]], page ix</ref>


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Template:Realworld BLAM! was the code-name for Halo: Combat Evolved, before it was completed. It was used to replace the original name "Monkey Nuts", because project lead Jason Jones couldn't bring himself to tell his mother he was working on a game called Monkey Nuts.

Blam! is now used to bleep out curse words on the Bungie.net forum, most likely as a tribute to the word itself.

The word was thought of because Bungie's Chicago office was located near a very busy street that had numerous near collisions between cars, Robert McLees would yell "BLAM!" So there was a sense of completion.[1]

Sources

  1. ^ Art Of Halo, page ix