Bunge

Shorthand (not that much shorter, I guess) for Bungie, the creator of the Halo franchise and later Destiny.

Bungie achieved the legendary status that few game developers ever find after the massive success of the groundbreaking first person shooter Halo. They also pioneered the industry in multiplayer matchmaking, with Halo 2 and 3's terrific integration with Xbox Live.

Bungie eventually jettisoned the Halo franchise, leaving it with Microsoft to work on an ambitious multi-platform game called Destiny. Destiny enjoyed a great deal of hype while it was in development, but when it was released it was quickly discovered to be a deeply flawed product. Destiny aspired to have the same grind as an MMO, but the game simply didn't have the robustness or variety to sustain hours and hours of grinding. It was a good concept, but in execution Bungie hadn't succeeded in creating something that matched their vision.

As Destiny progressed as a game and expansions were released, the wheels came off the wagon and it became clear that Destiny wasn't going to be the game that it could have been. Bungie was seen as directly responsible, and it wasn't long before their once-sterling reputation was in tatters. Chris, above all, enjoyed (Chris: correction; enjoys) expressing his disgust for Bungie and the decisions they made, focusing particularly on the idea that Bungie doesn't play their own games and thus doesn't understand what players want or find fun. Chris: 'Bunge' was born Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 2:36 in the afternoon after a particularly vexing (ahahahah) run through the Prison of Elders. Grimbadule expressed his distaste in the Destiny thread on Facebook. This was only 8 days after the launch of the half-baked House of Wolves expansion for Destiny and, as such, we were not necessarily fully leveled to take on such bullet-sponge asshole bosses as Eye of Qodron (filthy bunge and their crappy names). It's a play on the Simpsons joke wherein Otto gets called a Sponge.

A meme was created and the name stuck, particularly when insulting Bungie, as it seemed fitting to call them something that not only sounded dumb but was lacking just a bit.