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Jason Jones (programmer)
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<p>Jason Jones (born June 1, 1971) is an American <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developer</a> and <a href="/facts/Video_game_programmer/GJCB6acl">programmer</a> who co-founded the video game studio <a href="/facts/Bungie/ppzNKfID">Bungie</a> with <a href="/facts/Alex_Seropian/1uT68MgV">Alex Seropian</a> in 1991. Jones began programming on <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple computers</a> in high school, assembling a multiplayer game called <i><a href="/facts/Minotaur:_The_Labyrinths_of_Crete/e9Rk99QH">Minotaur: The Labyrinths of Crete</a></i>. While attending the <a href="/facts/University_of_Chicago/z6zRMUmV">University of Chicago</a>, Jones met Seropian and the two formed a partnership to publish <i>Minotaur</i>. </p><p>Following the modest success of <i>Minotaur</i>, Jones programmed Bungie's next game, <i><a href="/facts/Pathways_into_Darkness/U1fdgQ5U">Pathways into Darkness</a></i>, and worked on code, level design and story development for Bungie's <i><a href="/facts/Marathon_Trilogy/Ymbyzaxo">Marathon</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Myth_(video_game_series)/DNP5kXoz">Myth</a></i> series. For Bungie's next projects, <i><a href="/facts/Halo:_Combat_Evolved/9T3Jt75K">Halo: Combat Evolved</a></i> and <i><a href="/facts/Halo_2/Ie3k22lQ">Halo 2</a></i>, Jones took on a more managerial role as project lead. He served as director on the 2014 video game <i><a href="/facts/Destiny_(video_game)/BRjLMjug">Destiny</a></i>. </p>