Bungie used the sound of mac and cheese when recording audio for the Parasite exotic.
The Witch Queen has introduced a ton of new content to Destiny 2, including some new exotic weapons. One of these weapons is the Parasite, a grenade launcher that shoots swarming worms at enemies and then explodes in a cloud of goo. As you can imagine from that description, it's a pretty unique weapon that requires some unique audio.
As reported by GamesRadar+, the squelchy noises of the Parasite come from mac and cheese. In a group interview, Bungie audio lead Evan Buehler revealed the surprising news when asked about the audio design behind some of the new weapons.
Buehler said, "With Parasite, the worm launcher, some of the sounds incorporated in there are sounds you might find in your house. I know if you've ever made some fresh pasta, specifically beef mac and cheese, and kind of mixed it around a little bit, some of those sounds were used to create that. Maybe not so great or weird, but it's something you could experience or understand in your own home."
That's not the only audio detail revealed about the Parasite. Buehler also revealed the work that went into making the worm's voice, "That's the kind of question we always have to answer with an expansion like this. We'll go, what does a worm sound like? A lot goes into that. There's the voice actor who voices it, that's a lot of the character that you hear. And then there's a lot of audio processing that goes on that to sound a way, it's kind of a collaboration between the processing and the acting to get it to sound the way we want it to sound. Our intention is to make it interesting and memorable when that worm speaks."
If this news surprises you, you might want to go look up how they make some of the sounds you hear in gory games like Mortal Kombat.