Tag: Bungie

  • Destiny 2 Devs: Give Us the World Your Lore Describes

    Destiny 2 Devs: Give Us the World Your Lore Describes

    As Destiny 2 enters its second year, developer Bungie has promised that the game will be much darker with its next expansion, Forsaken. To demonstrate this change in tone, Bungie released a teaser trailer at E3 2018 that showed Vanguard Hunter Cayde-6 getting gunned down – permanently – by Awoken Prince Uldren Sov. Cayde’s death has already…

  • Empathy for the Devil: Destiny 2’s Manifest Destiny

    Empathy for the Devil: Destiny 2’s Manifest Destiny

    Previously we looked at plain toast, microwave burritos, and how Destiny 2‘s Guardians are basically Mussolini with blue mohawks. It was a grand old adventure, aside from all the brain aneurysms. This time, we go into detail about FashQuest‘s unfortunate portrayal of its alien races. If the idea that art created by humans might reasonably serve as…

  • It’s Not Your Fault You’re Fascist, Destiny 2

    It’s Not Your Fault You’re Fascist, Destiny 2

    I’ve always found the term ‘hate symbol’ misleading. Symbols, like technology, plain toast, and Jaheira from Baldur’s Gate are true neutral. We can charge them with significance or repurpose them, the same way we can use microwaves to heat burritos or build death-rays. Unless you’re Geralt of Rivia, though, a sign with no context is powerless.…