7 Steps to World Domination

A documentary on the history of Bungie available in the Halo 3 Legendary Edition.

"Bungie is a studio built first and foremost on the strengths and abilities of its people. They use the best technology and the best talent in the industry, assembled together in the best place, to create compelling games, stories and worlds. With all these pieces in place, Bungie can concentrate on its ultimate goal..."

- The Bungie Creed

Step 1
Start independent gaming software company.

COMPLETED: 1991

Step 2
Dominate Mac platform: Launch assault on Windows platform.

COMPLETED: 1994

Step 3
Announce killer gaming title.

This was shown as Bungie trying to give a good name to what would eventually become Halo:Combat Evolved.

Names included:
 * The Crystal
 * Covenant - to which Paul Russel described as sounding like a bad 80s' Hair Band.
 * Resonance
 * Pulse
 * Red Shift
 * Flare
 * Aquarius
 * And others (unreadable)

COMPLETED: Summer 2000

Step 4
Acquire strangely addictive Chinese food company.

STATUS: unknown, possibly completed

Step 5
Recover Ling Ling's head.

"With all the things we left behind in Chicago, I think that Ling Ling should have been one of them."

- A Bungie Employee Statement.

Ling Ling was a severed Dogs head in a jar. One of the Bungie employees at the Chicago office stated that it belonged to a room mate who was a medical student. When the room mate moved out, he left the head behind. Ling Ling's head is stored in a fridge/cabinet marked "Warning, Ling Ling's head inside".

Ling Ling is also known for the sentence which sometimes shown on Bungie.net saying, "We'll be finding Ling Ling's head!".

STATUS: unknown

Step 6
Stage bloody coup of new parent company.

Talks about Bungie's move from the Chicago Office. The Bungie coat of arms is shown, it is an arm stretching out with a lightning bolt, the words "Don't make us kick your ass" was written in Latin around it.

COMPLETED: October 2, 2007

Step 7
'Take over World. Shoot enemies into sun with giant slingshot.'

Unfinished, leading members claim to "plan their schemes" every day.

IN PROGRESS

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