Exhibit 7: The Destiny Contract

Posted on May 25, 2012 by ncsuDuncan

Four months have passed since my last Destiny roundup, and for good reason: there hasn’t been much to talk about. While the Bungie.net news feed has been well-stocked with entertaining Ride-along writeups, Mail Sack Q&As, and Breaking In interviews, the studio has been completely silent in regards to Destiny. As such, it comes as a surprise (and a frustrating one at that) to see Bungie’s careful radio silence has been broken not by a deliberate marketing strategy, but by the actions of the California judicial system.

But first, let’s go over the other scraps.

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Scraps of Destiny

Posted on January 17, 2012 by ncsuDuncan

This news roundup has been long overdue, but I wanted to make sure I had enough to talk about. Still, there’s not a lot of meat on this plate today. I hope you don’t mind a few table scraps.

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New Article: Quitting Halo

Posted on January 9, 2012 by ncsuDuncan

Quitting Halo – A few ideas on how to keep players in the game.

Fair warning: this is NOT a Destiny-related piece. I’m hoping to finish my next Destiny roundup in the next day or two.

I’d also like to remind people of my disclaimer in the About the Site section. As much as I’d like to be one, I am NOT a game developer and am under no delusions that these ideas are novel or practical.

Enjoy the article!

Continued Cartography

Posted on October 3, 2011 by ncsuDuncan

It’s been a while since my last Destiny update, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been lazy! (Okay, maybe a little lazy. But still vigilant!) News has been slow since the release of the “Brave New World” vidoc, yet I’ve been collecting small tidbits during the lull and finally have enough accumulated to make a semi-respectable post. Emphasis on “semi”.

I hope you enjoy these morsels of Tiger info; let me know what you think in the comments!
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PAX Prime 2011 and HaloFest

Posted on September 23, 2011 by ncsuDuncan

Last month, I had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Penny Arcade Expo in Seattle, Washington and the HaloFest event running alongside it.

After securing a three-day badge and a plane ticket, I managed to find the cheapest hotel reasonably close to the convention center. This decrepit shack had an elevator that looked like it was installed during the Truman administration – a terrifying box that reluctantly carried me up to my tiny room. Mere blocks away, the convention center was packed with the latest in electronic entertainment, but aloft in that hotel tower there was no air-conditioning to be found and only eight grainy channels on the anachronistically placed television.

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Misriah Solution #1

Posted on September 12, 2011 by ncsuDuncan

Introducing the Misriah Solutions comic! I’m not sure how many of these I will make (or how often), but I certainly had fun with this one. Let me know what you think!

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O Brave New ViDoc!

Posted on August 7, 2011 by ncsuDuncan

“O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in’t!”
- Miranda
from Shakespeare’s play The Tempest, Act 5 Scene 1

On August 4th, Bungie released a wonderful new ViDoc, “O Brave New World.” The hour-long video celebrates 20 years of Bungie’s trials and tribulations with all sorts of clips, from vintage footage to new interviews. It also had a bunch of subtle and not-so-subtle hints at the studio’s next big project.

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