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==In Bungie lore== | ==In Bungie lore== | ||
The [[wikt:onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] "blam!" is traditionally credited to Robert ("Robt") McLees and dated to 1995; for instance, bungie.org's [http://marathon.bungie.org/story/blam.html page on Blam] says: | The [[wikt:onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] "blam!" is traditionally credited to Robert ("Robt") McLees and dated to 1995; for instance, bungie.org's [http://marathon.bungie.org/story/blam.html page on Blam] says: | ||
{{quote|Introduced by Rob McLees (Art Director) blam is commonly used by Bungie folks as "an exclamation upon decisively killing someone in a netgame".}} | |||
However, as that page later notes (search "Jan 31"), an earlier use of "Blam!" in the same context can be found in the read-me for Bungie's 1992 game, Minotaur: Labyrinths of Crete, predating McLees by three years. | However, as that page later notes (search "Jan 31"), an earlier use of "Blam!" in the same context can be found in the read-me for Bungie's 1992 game, Minotaur: Labyrinths of Crete, predating McLees by three years. | ||