Lars Bakken (Thug Larz) is a Bungie Employee, and he has been a member of Bungie.net since the 20th of June, 2004. He was hired in October of 2005 as a multiplayer designer. During his time at Bungie, he has played a role in the development of Halo 3, Halo 3: ODST, and Halo: Reach. Thug Larz's current title is "Bungie Team", and he has only posted 10 times.