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-[[Adrian Perez]]<br />
[[Halo 3]] Legendary Edition bonus disk, ''7 Steps to World Domination
[[Image:jasonj.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Jason Jones]]


[[File:Jasonj.jpg|thumb|250px|Jason Jones in the [[ViDoc]] [[O Brave New World]].]]
{{Quote|Jason is actually a lot like a shipboard [[AI]] where, most of the time, it does miraculous work that nobody else can do. And then, the other times he's, you know, crazy.|[[Adrian Perez]]<ref>'''[[Halo 3]] Legendary Edition''', ''[[Seven|7]] Steps to World Domination''</ref>}}
'''Jason Jones''' (born June 1, 1971) is a co-founder of the computer game company [[Bungie]] - along with [[Alexander Seropian]] - in 1991. He has worked on ''[[wikipedia:Myth (series)|Myth]]'', ''[[Marathon]]'' and was also the project lead for ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]''. He is presently the Chief Creative Officer of Bungie, inc.<ref>[https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-06-01-bungie-gets-more-than-usd100-million-investment-from-netease '''gamesindustry.biz''': ''Bungie gets more than $100 million investment from NetEase'']</ref>


The reclusive '''Jason Jones''' co-founded the computer game company [[Bungie Studios]]. Jason Jones founded the Bungie Company in 1991 along with [[Alexander Seropian]]. Jason Jones has worked on the games ''[[Myth]]'', ''[[Marathon]]'' and ''Halo''. It was Jason who thought up the name for the space cruiser "[[Pillar of Autumn]]". Jason was also the project lead of the game [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] and [[Halo 2]].  
==Trivia==
*He suggested [[Halo universe|''Halo'']] to be called "Red Shift".<ref>'''[[Halo 2]] Collector's Edition''', ''Making of Halo 2 disc''</ref> He also wanted the [[Sangheili|Elites]] to have tails, a suggestion many others also agreed with. However, when the animations of the Elites manning vehicles were in production, the tail was removed due to ''very obvious'' reasons, as stated in [[The Art of Halo: Creating a Virtual World|''The Art of Halo'']].
*Joe Staten said that the reason why most of everything you see from the Covenant is purple, was because Jason loves purple.<ref>'''[[Halo 3 Legendary Edition]]''' ''- Essentials, Disc Two - Halo 2 Cinematics Commentary''</ref>
*He thought up the name for the space [[cruiser]] {{UNSCShip|Pillar of Autumn}}.<ref name="interview">[http://halo.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=6 '''Bungie.net''': ''Jason Jones Interviewed By You'' (12/18/2001)]</ref>
*Jason Jones has appeared multiple times as [[Easter egg]]s in the ''Halo'' titles.


==Trivia==
==Sources==
*There is an [[easter egg]] in ''[[Halo 3]]'' based off of him, which entails a missing persons poster found in a few levels, such as [[Floodgate]] and [[The Storm (Level)|The Storm]].
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*Another Easter egg to mention be would be the [[Lonely Soul Easter Egg]] in ''Halo 3''. Jason Jones is in fact the half-naked man. He can be seen on the level [[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]].
*Jason Jones was in the the acknowledgments page in the book [[Halo: The Fall of Reach]].
*Jason Jones said: "All the characters are bitmaps, you could only draw trapezoids. When you looked up and down in Marathon, it's actually just distorting the geometry. It's an optical illusion." <ref> http://www.bungie.net/inside/history.aspx?link=juggernougat </ref>
*His least fondest memory from [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] was Burnie's girlfriend almost killing him with a dart gun at 3:00 A.M. in the morning.
*According to [[Joseph Staten]], Jason has a deep rich manly voice.
*He suggested Halo to be called "Real Shift".


== Sources ==
==See also==
*[[Half-naked guy]]
*[[Missing Person Poster]]


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==External links==
*[http://halo.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=jones Jason Jones on Bungie.net]


==External Links==
[[Category:Bungie staff]]
*[http://www.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=ArchivedStory7 Interview] - 12/18/01
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*[http://www.bungie.net/Inside/MeetTheTeam.aspx?Person=jones Jason Jones at Bungie.net]