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Jason Jones (programmer)
Jason Jones (born June 1, 1971) is an American video game developer and programmer who co-founded the video game studio Bungie with Alex Seropian in 1991. Jones began programming on Apple computers in high school, assembling a multiplayer game called '' Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete''. While attending the University of Chicago, Jones met Seropian and the two formed a partnership to publish ''Minotaur''. Following the modest success of ''Minotaur'', Jones programmed Bungie's next game, ''Pathways into Darkness'', and worked on code, level design and story development for Bungie's ''Marathon'' and ''Myth'' series. For Bungie's next projects, '' Halo: Combat Evolved'' and ''Halo 2'', Jones took on a more managerial role as project lead. He served as director on the 2014 video game ''Destiny''. Early life Jones became interested in programming in high school and learned Applesoft BASIC and 6502 Assembly on an Apple II. When Apple released its Macintosh line, Jones's family pur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chicago, South Side, near the shore of Lake Michigan about from Chicago Loop, the Loop. The university is composed of an College of the University of Chicago, undergraduate college and four graduate divisions: Biological Science, Arts & Humanities, Physical Science, and Social Science, which include various organized departments and institutes. In addition, the university operates eight professional schools in the fields of University of Chicago Booth School of Business, business, Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, social work, University of Chicago Divinity School, divinity, Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies, continuing studies, Harris School of Public Policy, public policy, University of Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Evolved
''Halo: Combat Evolved'' is a 2001 First-person shooter game, first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox (console), Xbox. The game was ported to Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X in 2003. It was later released as a downloadable Xbox Original for the Xbox 360. ''Halo'' is set in the 26th century, with the player assuming the role of Master Chief (Halo), Master Chief, a cybernetically enhanced supersoldier. Master Chief is accompanied by Cortana (Halo), Cortana, an artificial intelligence. Players battle extraterrestrials in fiction, aliens as they attempt to uncover the secrets of the eponymous Halo, a ring-shaped artificial world. Bungie began the development of what would eventually become ''Halo'' in 1997. Initially, the game was a real-time strategy game that morphed into a third-person shooter before becoming a first-person shooter. During development, Microsoft acquired Bungie and turned ''Halo'' into a launch game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
