Rant: Destiny 2 "Revealed"

The Destiny 2 reveal trailer came out today, after the "Last Call" teaser a couple days earlier.  Having watched it a few times, I'm oddly unimpressed by the effort.

Rant: Chicks Dig Giant Robots

Occasionally, one will roam random websites and find the weirdest stuff.  A recent roaming adventure led to this piece on Futurism.com which proclaimed the death of giant robots and mecha as a viable weapons platform of the future.  My naturally contrarian nature was not impressed with their conclusions.  In point of fact, the author seemed more interested in declaring the idea to be dead rather than thinking seriously about how it could be made to work.  So, let's hear the opposite view, that there is not merely a possible future for mecha, but a plausible one.

Lorecast: Destiny - Age of Triumph/Destiny 2

This may become a new feature, so feel free to comment on it.  This particular sort of feature goes into the addition of lore into a game and what hints it might be making for future content.  Since there's a live stream coming up on March 8th introducing the next (and probably final) live event, I figured this would be a perfect time to cogitate on what may be in store for players of Destiny, specifically relating to some lore and an item that was picked up during "The Dawning" live event.

Hypothetical Games: "Destiny" Killer

Not too long ago, I came across this video discussing why Destiny always seemed to be dying out as far as active players.  It made several good points and got me thinking about how one might go about actually crafting a Destiny-killer, a game that has roughly similar mechanics but is done in a more effective fashion.  I know some folks will point to Warframe and Tom Clancy's The Division as already extant games which do this, but I'm not entirely convinced of that (both games had problems enough on their own).  Keep in mind that this is going to be more of a mechanical discussion than one about setting and lore.  As it happens, I enjoy the story elements behind Destiny for the most part.  My beefs with the game are some of the questionable design choices Bungie has made.