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[[File:Pete Parsons.png|thumb|250px|Pete Parsons in the ViDoc [[O Brave New World]].]] | [[File:Pete Parsons.png|thumb|right|250px|Pete Parsons in the ViDoc [[O Brave New World]].]] | ||
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{{quote|As hard as it gets, it's still the best fucking job in the world.|Pete Parsons, on working at Bungie during the production of ''Halo 2''<ref>[[Limited Collector's Edition Disc (Halo 2)]]</ref>}} | {{quote|As hard as it gets, it's still the best fucking job in the world.|Pete Parsons, on working at Bungie during the production of ''Halo 2''<ref>[[Limited Collector's Edition Disc (Halo 2)]]</ref>}} | ||
'''Pete "Mango" Parsons''' was the studio manager of [[Bungie]] from 2002 to 2006, as well as the executive producer of ''[[Halo 2]]''. Essentially, his job | '''Pete "Mango" Parsons''' was the studio manager of [[Bungie]] from 2002 to 2006, as well as the executive producer of ''[[Halo 2]]''. Essentially, his job is to supervise the team and making sure that their job is smooth and nothing will happen to hinder them in production. Parsons (aged 38) left a senior marketing job at Microsoft to join the ''[[Halo]]'' crew as studio manager. He once said: "I'd been a Bungie fan for a long time. They're an incredibly talented group of people who don't accept second best. I like the bar being set so high that falling off would kill you." | ||
Parsons (aged 38) left a senior marketing job at Microsoft to join the ''[[Halo]]'' crew as studio manager. He once said: "I'd been a Bungie fan for a long time. They're an incredibly talented group of people who don't accept second best. I like the bar being set so high that falling off would kill you." | |||
After leaving Bungie in 2006, Parsons worked at [[Microsoft Game Studios]] on an unknown game, but then he returned to Bungie to serve as COO and later CEO (succeeding [[Harold Ryan]]).<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/27/10854684/bungie-president-steps-down-destiny-pete-parsons-harold-ryan '''Polygon: "Bungie President Harold Ryan steps down, Pete Parsons taking over"''']</ref> | After leaving Bungie in 2006, Parsons worked at [[Microsoft Game Studios]] on an unknown game, but then he returned to Bungie to serve as COO and later CEO (succeeding [[Harold Ryan]]).<ref>[http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/27/10854684/bungie-president-steps-down-destiny-pete-parsons-harold-ryan '''Polygon: "Bungie President Harold Ryan steps down, Pete Parsons taking over"''']</ref> | ||
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*[http://halo.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=mangobye Interview with Pete Parsons] | *[http://halo.bungie.net/News/TopStory.aspx?story=mangobye Interview with Pete Parsons] | ||
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