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==In Bungie lore== | ==In Bungie lore== | ||
The [[wikt:onomatopoeia|onomatopoeia]] | 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: | ||
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. | |||
At [[Bungie West]], "Blam!" was used to punctuate the silence after staff members would hear squealing tires outside the office, but no subsequent sound of a car crash (apparently this was a frequent occurrence). | |||
Occurrences are found throughout the Myth series: the most prominent in-game occurrence is probably in Myth II's [http://myth.bungie.org/legends/fieldguide/f2-12_stair_grief.html Stair of Grief], shouted by grenade-happy dwarves. | Occurrences are found throughout the Myth series: the most prominent in-game occurrence is probably in Myth II's [http://myth.bungie.org/legends/fieldguide/f2-12_stair_grief.html Stair of Grief], shouted by grenade-happy dwarves. | ||
Later on, "Blam!" became a codename for Halo, with Bungie going as far as to register the blam.net, blam.org and blam.com domains. See | Later on, "Blam!" became a codename for Halo, with Bungie going as far as to register the blam.net, blam.org and blam.com domains. See the Blam page linked above for an overview of "Blam sightings" and community speculation from that era. | ||
==In Oni== | ==In Oni== | ||