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Tech Saturday, February 23rd 2013 at 2:10 pm

Bungie Staff Poke Fun at Their Awkward Sony Event Appearance With a Surprising Level of Self-Awareness

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During Sony‘s event where they finally revealed the long-expected PlayStation 4, Bungie was brought on stage to reveal that their newest video game, Destiny, would also be coming to Sony’s next-gen console. Unfortunately for Bungie, someone apparently told their presenters to look as awkward as possible. It was… painful, to say the least. The image above came out shortly after as a direct result, and the entire Internet chuckled at their seeming discomfort. Now Bungie has accepted this fate, and posted a photo of the entire staff in blazers trying to look just as awkward.

As part of a post answering mail yesterday, Bungie responded to their Sony event shenanigans as follows:

Everyone on the Internet What in the world was up with those four Bungie guys on Sony’s stage?

I know, right? We’ve been chasing the answer to the question from the moment we picked ourselves up off the floor and stopped laughing. Details are still murky, but from what we can gather Marty may have instructed our four friends to “keep their hands out of their pockets.” We also may or may not have a Men’s Warehouse directly below our studio.

You’re going to love the way we look into the void.

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From their idle hands ushered forth an invitation to a new community of gamers. Though this foursome clearly didn’t appear enthusiastic – or capable of experiencing any human emotion – we are super stoked and incredibly fortunate to be able to welcome a whole new group of gamers into the Bungie fold.

Okay. Excellent response, with a level of self-awareness and humor that’s sort of unexpected. It gets better, though. Further down the page, they actually posted an photo of the entire staff dressed in blazers trying to imitate the stance, gaze, and altogether awkwardness of the above image. It’s glorious:

Click that for the full image, and bask in the glory that is this photo.

(Bungie via ALBotAS)

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  • Dogboy

    Good on you Bungie, It was painful to see, why bring out four guys when only one had anything to say? But a good sense of humour can turn any situation around. Well done guys.

  • Anonymous

    He wanted his posse, in case the Tuxedo gang tried starting trouble with the Blazers again.

  • TrouserTown

    That sure is a lot of awkward white people

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1307880603 Aaron Fritsch

    At least they have the sense of humor. I’d like to see Gear Box poke fun at their own awkwardness right about now.

  • Anonymous

    “Excellent response, with a level of self-awareness and humor that’s sort of unexpected.”

    Have you *met* Bungie? This is them 24/7. The Weekly Updates that Frank O’Connor used to write were magnificent. Or “en fuego,” as they say in the Caspian.

    Also, take a close look at the left-hand side of that group shot. The one guy badly photoshopped in (taken from the original image of him at the PS4 event) is none other than Marty O’Donnell, the longtime composer of Halo’s epic soundtracks.

  • http://twitter.com/KennyZ3D Kenny Zaborny

    It’s like a Where’s Waldo of internet memes. Plus there’s a blonde Sandra Bullock, middle left.