Hippos in Destiny

by INSANEdrive, ಥ_ಥ | f(ಠ‿↼)z | ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ| ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 16:12 (4186 days ago) @ Cody Miller
edited by INSANEdrive, Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 16:16

I think so:

Back in the very early days of Halo's development, before we'd even announced it, everyone at Bungie was very excited about the game. One of the things Bungie people do when they're very excited is come up with all sorts of wacky and impossible ideas and press the developers to include them in the game. My wacky and impossible idea was an easter egg: a hippo for net games that was invulnerable to attack and available only to Bungie employees. That way I could jump into people's games to wreak havoc in style, erupting out of marshes and ponds when nobody expected it and tearing suckers to shreds with my enormous teeth as I galloped gracelessly across the beautiful landscape.

http://forums.bungie.org/halo/archive4.pl?read=82463

(Spoiler: they were the shotgun shells)

Have to say - reading posts from 2001 is pure gold (no pun intended).

Edit: Oh. . . and "Hippos in Destiny" has to be one of the best thread titles ever. I'm not sure why though.