High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Luke Michael Smith is an American writer. He is currently a staff member at Bungie, a video game development company, and is a former video games journalist. Smith wrote for a college newspaper and weekly papers in Michigan before being hired as one of the first new freelance writers for Kotaku. At Kotaku, Smith developed his writing style but soon left the site for a staff position as 1UP.com`s news editor. Smith made a name for himself at 1Up, particularly through an article he wrote focusing on problems with the game Halo 2.