I thought it was a joke but as I read on I realized it was true proof this is a sad day for the the Bungie community.
A sad day indeed. I remember when he front paged me and I felt like a super special princess. Bungie will never be the same. *cries*
i cried for thirteen straight hours when i read this. its so surreal, like somthing from the twilight zone
The news hasn't even been out for half that time... Anyway, he's still working on Halo, so that's what counts. But yes, he will be missed over at Bungie.
I'm actually really surprised at him leaving Bungie. He had a dream job working there and everyone loved him.
This guy in my eyes never made Bungie any better. Please tell me what it is that he did to deserve all this, because all I know of him, is to sometimes post on the updates (that are less frequent day by day on bungie). Oh, and he played once with a friend, terp12 ( link )
E93 he interacted and communicated with the community. His updates gave bungie a personality and a friendship with the people. No game developer is as involved with its community as bungie is, and frankie has played a huge part making this true. Be careful E93, what you speak is heresy.
Yes, he (lukems) and Frankie were the two main guys who did all the updates, whom as Mallet said, gave people more reason to read the weekly updates from the certain personality he put into them. Perhaps you just haven't read the updates consistantly enough to realize this.
Frankie will be missed. He was a real character and had a dream job there... Why oh why is he leaving?
I have been reading his Bungie weekly updates since the launch of Halo 2 this truly is the end of an era.