In response to some questions posted in our forum by Lizardman, Matt Soell responded with some information on where Bungie is right now in the decision-making process for a lot of things. Here is one of the questions:

Awhile ago I'd asked Loki Games what they thought about the prospects for future conversion of Bungie games to the Linux platform. I've just recently gotten a response back on the issue:

Thank you for your interest, and apologies for the delay in responding to your inquiry.

Our company line now that Bungie has been purchased by Microsoft is as follows...

Just after the news went official, we reported on a cartoon at Penny Arcade titled Bob, We Hardly Knew Ye . Well, they continue to poke fun at the MS/Bungie situation with their newest cartoon: Part 1: Not OSHA Approved! It appears from the title that we can expect more commentary on the issue. ;-)

The interviews continue... Gamefan, a site that is more focused on console gaming, has acquired another interview with Alex Seropian. Read a snippet:

Freewill writes to inform us that he has temporarily replaced his Bungie Sightings page with a new editorial on recent events. I think he takes one of the more balanced positions out there. Go take a look.

Not all is happy in the land of Microsoft, of course. There are a few articles out on the Net that discuss previous experiences with entering the Evil Empire. First, Robert Cringley of PBS Online posted up his own external description of Microsoft's acquisition of Hotmail.

Hot on the heels of the announcement, IMG has posted an interview with Bungie's Alex Seropian. Clearly some new informtion to be had--an interesting comment from Alex:

In response to a question by Michael Ash in our forum, Marty O'Donnel has posted a public announcement that he'll now be a permanent fixture at Bungie. Read on: