Gaming's hidden messages

Grant kids to hell, read into the Bungie logo and become Death - destroyer of grammar

Words: Justin Towell on March 14, 2008

In the E3 2007 trailer for Halo 3, people saw strange, text-like shapes around the Bungie logo at the end, just before it fades and immediately set about deciphering it. Obsessively. After all, it’s clearly of massive importance – why else would they put it in? Have a look - it's right at the end.

Or, to save you time, here's a screengrab we took from the trailer:

Is that a 'C'? An 'A'? Look, there’s nothing there. In any of the frames. Seriously, nothing. Just look at the difference in the supposed messages people see (itself great for a study of what people want to see):

“The Chosen One.” (Okay, possible)
“You choose the ending.” (Maybe)
“Chief C1-7 8x6” (Aha! Of course! 6x8? Why, 48 rounds is enough to deplete a fully charged shield and kill Master Chief!)
“The Choice was there.” (Why would they tell us that?)
“The Chosen One, Marathon continues.” (Got a lot out of that one)
“Cheif is not dead” (yes, obviously Bungie would spell ‘Chief’ wrong) “LvUrFR3NZ” (Stop being so silly - it doesn't say that, does it?)

But the author of one of the in-depth YouTube videos, TheHierarchs, cleared it all up with this blindingly obvious answer:

Our advice? Look long and hard at what you just said. Our favourite comment underneath all the speculation has to be: “you mother ******* retards you realy dont know what it says”. Megalolz.

Platforms:

Xbox 360, PS2, DS

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fireall816 - July 7, 2009 12:12 a.m.

if u zoom 2 400 % it says "clear"
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DasavageJ - June 30, 2009 9:24 p.m.

These were hilarious, especially the Sonic and Mario ones lol. Also if your looking for a game FULL of easter eggs try MGS4, like when your fighting the Beauties/Beasts in there bare female form and you look at them through the camera they pose like models. here's a link to show any that care: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCvnoggWQvo anyway nice article GR.
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secretsearcher - June 25, 2009 7:46 p.m.

The sonic one made me laugh.
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LieutenantCipher - June 14, 2009 4:46 a.m.

also, could've sworn it says CAR in the Bungie logo, everything else doesn't look remotely close to letters
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jello500 - May 1, 2009 11:02 p.m.

gay gay gay gay gay
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mr.mr.mr.mr. - April 18, 2009 1:28 a.m.

In MP3,it says "Wii is awesome" when it has the random data flow in the beginning.
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nicksayswatzup - April 17, 2009 4:29 a.m.

Ep1c failLlllllllz0rz Wtf/ no PoRtL?!1 the CakE Is a LIe11111 aNd so is Gamsraider1111111 thi artIcLE dIED of DysEnTARy
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WBxRelentless - April 12, 2009 9:41 a.m.

haha in gta vice city.. candy suxxx? haha
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thephntm - April 10, 2009 2:07 a.m.

tnx for no screamers. PS the optimus prime door is hilarious!
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hockeyd44 - April 2, 2009 9:53 p.m.

Don't forget the sign found at the UNLV level in rainbow 6 vegas. Found in the "quad" it says emo kids suck.
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fireall816 - July 7, 2009 12:14 a.m.

i mean on the halo
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_D-Man_ - June 24, 2009 5:36 p.m.

i didnt get any7thing out of the ds one lool at the AC door. alot of hidden messages in GTA IV too.
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Warp3 - June 14, 2009 5:10 p.m.

The one in GTA3 isn't really much of a "hidden message" as that's just the name of the Liberty City baseball team in that game (it's mentioned on the radio multiple times, after all).
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LieutenantCipher - June 14, 2009 4:45 a.m.

lol, Real mature GTA XD Funny though - I've palyed AC a hell of a lot of times and I never came across a door like that; or I just didn't notice it, better go play it again just for shits and giggles
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Spybreak8 - June 11, 2009 2:40 a.m.

lol no the halo thing said caching!
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civver - June 7, 2009 11:41 p.m.

Don't put the subtitles under the audio clips! It enhances pareidolia.
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midgiemelendez - May 21, 2009 8:10 p.m.

maybe the halo 3 thing said "CHANGE" huh? Obama, change we can believe in (or something like that)
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Gamefreak1234 - May 15, 2009 7:06 p.m.

Thank god. No screamer. But another one about halo 3. Who could ever forget the backwards auido files when you would look at a terminal! There classic, and anyone can hear 'em. Oh, BTW, where is the optimus prime door.
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SwampRock - May 7, 2009 10:45 p.m.

for a village. i thought the sonic one was gonna be a screamer or the first one.
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hyperboy - April 19, 2009 5:31 p.m.

oh and about the tomb stone that says here lies link was meant that final fantasy 1 buried legend of zelda.
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