Frank O'Connor
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- "Nanomachines, magic,bullshit."
- — Frank O'Connor satirically reiterating the fanbase'scriticism on whyJohn-117'sarmor looksdifferent betweenHalo 3 andHalo 4.[1]
Frank O'Connor, orFrankie, is the former Franchise Development Director of theHalo franchise at343 Industries. Previously, he has worked as the content manager forBungie. He was the primary writer of theBungie Weekly Update through the production ofHalo 2 andHalo 3, as well as the creator ofMister Chief. He announced his departure from Bungie on May 16, 2008 in order to work more closely withMicrosoft Studios onHalo-related content.[2]
O'Connor was a co-author ofHalo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe, providing the introduction and the short storiesMidnight in the Heart of Midlothian andSoma the Painter.[3] In addition, he authored the digital novelHalo: Saint's Testimony. O'Connor also wrote the storiesDominion Splinter andThe Ballad of Hamish Beamish inHalo: Tales from Slipspace andHalo: Fractures, respectively.Saint's Testimony was also included inFractures.
He left 343 Industries in April of 2023.[4]
Background
He is originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, where he was born and raised. Growing up Frankie was obsessed with playing games: Pong, 2600, Intellivision, Vectrex, ColecoVision, Sinclair Spectrum, Atari 800, Commodore 64 and so on, until Xbox 360 in the present day. He didn't have them all at the same time, upgrading when the next generation of systems was released.
He was able to parlay his love of video games into a career working at a number of video game magazines including Ultimate Future Magazine, TOTAL! Nintendo Magazine and the Official Xbox Magazine. He then made the jump toBungie Studios as content manager. Asked about his typical day at the office Frankie told HIH:
| “ | I'm content manager, which really means, spare monkey. That means I do everything from writing the manual, helping marketing with materials, running the website and going on trips to incredible places, to shoveling pimp turds out of Marty's recording booth. Seriously. Pimps are way worse than cart horses. | ” |
Frankie facts
Childhood Idol?
- Frankie: Billy Idol, naturally. He's not just my idol, he's the world's idol. Rock!
Do you have any pets?
- Frankie: An enormous cat. Seriously, 22 pounds of rippling feline blubber. In fact, rippling is his only form of exercise.
Anything else you'd like to tell us about yourself?
- Frankie: I am foreign. Like Balky. Or maybe more likeGroundskeeper Willie. Also, I have an enormous tattoo of the Scottish flag on my right shoulder, underneath which is inscribed, "Scotland Forever." On account of how stupefyingly awesome Scotland is. Eventually, when the Scottish Empire has finally secured world peace and total domination of the globe, you will appreciate it.
Trivia
- Frankie was usually the only player on Bungie's team wearing fullRecon Armor in their Humpday games.
- He appeared in a special episode ofThis Spartan Life in which he described some of the new features ofHalo 3.
- His weapon of choice is theCovenant carbine.[citation needed]
- He was the arch enemy ofMartin O'Donnell.[citation needed]
- O'Connor voiced themedical technician in the motion comic adaptation ofMidnight in the Heart of Midlothian.
- O'Connor was given a cameo appearance inHalo 4: Forward Unto Dawn. In Episode 2, he can be seen portraying a janitor namedBeamish in themess hall of theCorbulo Academy of Military Science among the crowd watching the fight betweenLasky andVickers.[5] Beamish is a predominantly Scottish surname, which alludes to O'Connor's heritage. He reprised the role as part of 343 Industries' commitment to the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge in August 2014, although he did not partake in the challenge itself;Steve Downes called O'Connor out on this and nominated him to take it next.[6]
Gallery
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"Nanomachines, magic, bullshit", Frank O'Connor at an interview.[1]
Frankie as part of theSuperintendent viral campaign forHalo 3: ODST.
For theHalo Graphic Novel Frankie did this take on Dutch ArtistM. C. Escher's famous drawing.
Frank O'Connor's cameo appearance in Episode 2 ofHalo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.
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Sources
- ^ab"And people be like... Nanomachines, magic, bullshit...", Frank O'Connor -Interview with Frank O'Connor (special thanks to Podtacular)
- ^Bungie.net:Bungie Weekly Update 5/16/2008
- ^Greg Bear, Discussion Board Archives(Retrieved on Jun 1, 2020)[archive]
- ^Polygon, Halo franchise executive leaves 343 Industries in latest shakeup(Retrieved on Sep 23, 2023)[archive]
- ^Halo Waypoint:HALO 4: FORWARD UNTO DAWN—PART 2
- ^YouTube:Steve Downes and Jen Taylor Ice Bucket Challenge
