Remember when the composer for Halo got fired from Bungie?

Indie Winter

well, here's why that happened, according to Koatku:

shortly before E3 2013 as Bungie was preparing a trailer for Destiny featuring O’Donnell’s music, Activision stepped in and took over trailer creation, supplying its own music instead... O’Donnell responded to the Activision-scored trailer by tweeting during the game’s E3 presentation that the music was not Bungie’s, threatening fellow employees in an attempt to keep the trailer from being posted online and interrupted press briefings... O’Donnell believed the Bungie spirit was being compromised by the Activision agreement, and perhaps they were. But management saw his actions as disruptive and harmful. O’Donnell was given a poor employee review in the fall of 2013. In lieu of his next review in February 2014, Bungie drafted a termination agreement.

Videogames, man. Shit's fucked up.

Indie Winter

and here's the man in question in more cheerful times

Raijin Quickfoot

I don't remember this.

Baroque And Roll

So

What I'm reading here is that he was unhappy with a publisher decision and was a prick about it? Am I reading that right?

Chincymcchilla

Typically its not a good idea to go on social media and talk shit about your employer

rhylith

Sounds like Activision screwed him over back pay and benefits after he got fired but he won his lawsuits (which is good), but at the same time you can't publicly attack your own employer like that and be argumentative and disruptive and expect no consequences just because you're popular.

YaYa

yeah hey if you bitch publicly about your boss' choices not matching your own and try and threaten other employees because you're so sure you're right you pretty much deserve to be fired

PiptheFair

activision is fucking awful but man, dude, don't be a dumb child and threaten people

PMAvers

To be fair, the Bungie spirit's been dead ever since they got bought out.

Tallahasseeriel

The best song in halo was that silly breaking Benjamin one anyway.

Chincymcchilla

PMAvers wrote: »

To be fair, the Bungie spirit's been dead ever since they got bought out.

Nah they're still giving press releases about how they're the best video game developer of all time and they invented shooting in video games

The bungie spirit of "my shit dont stink" is still there

-Tal

Let me tell you about the story of Destiny. It's your story.

PiptheFair

destiny is real good

Raijin Quickfoot

A wizard from the moon

Tallahasseeriel

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

A wizard from the moon

I wish I could have heard this line

Raijin Quickfoot

Uriel wrote: »

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

A wizard from the moon

I wish I could have heard this line

It was worth the 60 bucks just for that line.

DarkPrimus

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Uriel wrote: »

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

A wizard from the moon

I wish I could have heard this line

It was worth the 60 bucks just for that line.

Except that that line was only in the beta.

Grey Ghost

Apparently they've added it back in? I think I read that
It only triggers sometimes though

agoaj

Have they released an update that replaces Paul McCartney with Tommy Tallarico yet?

Goose!

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

Uriel wrote: »

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

A wizard from the moon

I wish I could have heard this line

It was worth the 60 bucks just for that line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlOYatDYC40

Coinage

rhylith wrote: »

Sounds like Activision screwed him over back pay and benefits after he got fired but he won his lawsuits (which is good), but at the same time you can't publicly attack your own employer like that and be argumentative and disruptive and expect no consequences just because you're popular.

He also had been with Bungie since Myth 2, but seniority can't cover everything.