June 30, 2024 • 10 mins
Reflecting on countless raids, friendships, and transformative in-game moments, I share how Destiny 2's journey has been more than just a gaming experience—it was a catalyst for personal growth and creativity. Starting back during the Taken King expansion in 2015, this game significantly shaped my high school years, teaching me valuable social skills and connecting me with a global community. As the first 10-year saga of Destiny 2 comes to a close, listen to my heartfelt stories of mentoring fellow raiders and transitioning to solo play, and find out how this epic game inspired my career as a writer.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everybody and welcome back to the Ink and
Bytes podcast.
Last episode we had a goodconversation about cybersecurity
basics for both beginners andmore experienced users, and
today I just wanted to take astep back and dive back into
some video game related thingsand, in particular, a somber
(00:22):
topic, even though it's veryexciting of saying kind of
farewell and goodbye to Destiny2's first 10-year saga and this
might seem a little weird if youhave no idea what I'm talking
about and you don't play thegame, and that's completely fine
.
But I just wanted to putsomething out there in the world
(00:44):
of creativity, kind of justsaying farewell, since this has
been a very large part of mylife and kind of feels weird
that I would not mention it atall.
So, without further ado, let'sget into this really short
episode of Ink and Bytes.
So I started playing Destinyback in 2015 when the Taken King
(01:16):
expansion was released, and Iwas, I believe, if I search my
memory banks very early, middleof high school.
My memories are weird.
It's so hard for me to rememberanything about my childhood,
but I remember playing, or Ishould say I remember waiting
(01:39):
for school to be over, gettingdone with all my homework and
stuff Because, yes, unlike a lotof people, I actually do my
homework, and stuff because, yes, unlike a lot of people, I
actually do my homework andtried to study.
I would always recall thinkingabout going home playing the
game and at the time at the timeit was then I was a lot younger
, so a lot of the intricaciesthat I enjoy in the game now
(02:01):
kind of went over my head, likethe storytelling, but the game
was very addicting.
It had a very cool art styleand there was a lot of content
in the game that I enjoyedplaying.
I have many fond memories ofraids and I used to do them over
and over again.
They're basically the hardestthing you can do in the game a
(02:23):
six player activity and you haveto find a group of people to
join up, usually using somethingcalled an LFG or looking for
group predominantly on discord,because until recently we never
had an official LFG in the gamefor people to use and that alone
, just rating every day, uh, oron my every day, like at least
(02:43):
once a week, meeting a bunch ofnew people from all across the
world, was definitely a positiveimpact on me as I was
developing better social skills,because it is actually.
Ironically enough, I find itsignificantly harder now to go
on to Discord and find a groupwho are doing a raid, because
(03:07):
now that I've grown up I've beenable to key in on social cues a
lot more and I know when peopleare toxic.
And you know, I guess I becamemore insecure as I grew up.
I guess when I was younger Ididn't really care, I just
thought the game was fun.
Kind of missed that it's reallyreally hard to find games or,
in particular, find raiding asfun as I used to when I was a
(03:29):
kid, just because I can see andunderstand people a lot better.
But back then I never had thoseskills.
So I would always enjoy meetingthese random people and maybe
they were either stoned or toxicand I would never know because
I was too young.
But I love doing that stuff andthere was a raid in particular
(03:49):
that I enjoyed called Wrath ofthe Machine.
I actually taught people how todo it.
I taught people significantlyolder than me.
It was just a wild time.
That game, or Destiny in general, has had a really big impact on
me and it's another reason,like I mentioned at the start of
this episode, is why I wantedto at least get something out
there.
Thanking Bungie, thankingDestiny and the community for
(04:13):
just creating unique moments andjust based like also inspiring
my career as a writer becausethe reason why I decided to
follow this career path, eventhough currently life is taking
me down very different sidepaths to get there.
I never really expected to bedoing like real estate stuff,
(04:36):
but I'm very thankful for it.
It has taught me a lot ofdifferent skills.
Working at a small scalestartup Just not how I thought
my life would go.
Still very thankful for it, butthis game has inspired me to
become a writer because of theamazing story and lore of the
game and just the creativepotential that it has.
(04:57):
I've made many I guess you cansay fan fictions.
I've made many custom weaponstories because in Destiny all
of your important weapons havelike a lore tab where you can
read some cool story in theuniverse.
I wrote a bunch of those formyself.
Just in general, this game hasquite literally propelled me to
(05:17):
where I'm sitting right now inmy own place, far away from home
, still trying to be a writerand writing blogs, writing
podcast scripts, and even thoughI haven't wrote a script in a
while, as well as working on abook that I keep restarting
because you know just writermentality, but you know those.
(05:38):
2015 to 2018 was like the goldenage for me and Destiny 2 came
along.
And when Destiny 2 was comingalong, it was about the golden
age for me and Destiny 2 camealong.
And when Destiny 2 was comingalong, it was about the time
that I started to get into PCgaming after years of begging
and my friend group persuaded meto get Destiny 2 on the PC
because originally it was goingto be consoles.
(05:59):
They tried and true andunfortunately, once I got it on
my PC everybody else kind ofdipped.
They never really vibed withthe game.
So I was kind of thrust backinto this single-player only
lifestyle, which is fine.
I've been playing the game solopredominantly for my entire
career, playing it until I haveto do things that require other
(06:21):
people.
But Destiny 2 has been going onsince around 2019, 2018, I think
, and it's been great.
The stories that are told havebeen nice, the changes that made
were nice, but overall I don'twant to get into gameplay
discussions and all of that,because that's not really what
this is about.
(06:41):
This is really just a thank you, like I said to bungie for if
they're never gonna hear this,but just in general, a thank you
for creating such an awesomegame and allowing experiences
that many people would never beable to have had if the game
never existed.
On that as well, I just seen ayoutube video from bungie
(07:02):
because, um, they have a uh, Iguess, a charity it's the make a
wish, I think foundation thatthey call it or something like
that and they've recently had anindividual named Trevor come in
who has beaten cancer and theyactually made him a custom ghost
(07:23):
shell in the game, which isjust a cosmetic that you can
equip.
They also allowed him torecreate some cut scenes and
become his favorite character,calus, in the game.
He got to put on all those likewhite sponge balls and stand
straight and become likeanimated for a little bit, and I
thought that was just likereally kind of sweet.
(07:45):
Bungie, as a studio, does a lotof really unique things that a
lot of other studios don't.
Just really unfortunate thatthey get bad reputation based
off of just corporate things,because you know that's usually
how it goes.
You have the corporate CEOsthat are 70 and they don't
really know how video games work.
They just see it as a profitrevenue stream.
(08:07):
But either way, thank you again, bungie.
If the stars align and thissomehow lands at your table,
thanks for making such anamazing game and thank you for
inspiring me and basicallyspearheading my aspirations to
be a video game narrativestoryteller.
(08:29):
Anyway, I know that was a reallyweird episode this one's kind
of just, I guess, for me in asense.
But if you enjoyed listening toit fucking great, I'm glad you
did.
We're going to be back to ournormal routine.
I also have been adapting tothis night job and I am
exhausted beyond belief.
So, again, if there's a lag inpost, it's just because I'm so
(08:50):
tired, and you can probably hearit in my voice now.
I just finished up a shift nottoo long ago, so I came home and
just wanted to get my secondepisode of the month out and I
just wanted to say thank you tothe team and to the game that
really has charted the directionof my life and has really just
done a lot for me.
So thank you once again formaking the game and thank you
(09:14):
all of you out there who decideto hang out and listen to this
really niche podcast.
That is just the thing thatexists, because I like to do it
and I will.
Yeah, it's crazy, we're alreadylike the double digit episodes
in.
It's been.
It's been an awesome ride.
(09:34):
So, again, thank you forstaying with me, hearing my
rants, hearing the conversationsI have with other brilliant
guests, and I think we're goingto have another one on soon,
maybe night fire again, butwe'll figure that out when we
get there and I will catch allof you in the next one.
Be safe, have a good one.
Hello everybody and welcome back to the Ink and
Bytes podcast.
Last episode we had a goodconversation about cybersecurity
basics for both beginners andmore experienced users, and
today I just wanted to take astep back and dive back into
some video game related thingsand, in particular, a somber
(00:22):
topic, even though it's veryexciting of saying kind of
farewell and goodbye to Destiny2's first 10-year saga and this
might seem a little weird if youhave no idea what I'm talking
about and you don't play thegame, and that's completely fine
.
But I just wanted to putsomething out there in the world
(00:44):
of creativity, kind of justsaying farewell, since this has
been a very large part of mylife and kind of feels weird
that I would not mention it atall.
So, without further ado, let'sget into this really short
episode of Ink and Bytes.
So I started playing Destinyback in 2015 when the Taken King
(01:16):
expansion was released, and Iwas, I believe, if I search my
memory banks very early, middleof high school.
My memories are weird.
It's so hard for me to rememberanything about my childhood,
but I remember playing, or Ishould say I remember waiting
(01:39):
for school to be over, gettingdone with all my homework and
stuff Because, yes, unlike a lotof people, I actually do my
homework, and stuff because, yes, unlike a lot of people, I
actually do my homework andtried to study.
I would always recall thinkingabout going home playing the
game and at the time at the timeit was then I was a lot younger
, so a lot of the intricaciesthat I enjoy in the game now
(02:01):
kind of went over my head, likethe storytelling, but the game
was very addicting.
It had a very cool art styleand there was a lot of content
in the game that I enjoyedplaying.
I have many fond memories ofraids and I used to do them over
and over again.
They're basically the hardestthing you can do in the game a
(02:23):
six player activity and you haveto find a group of people to
join up, usually using somethingcalled an LFG or looking for
group predominantly on discord,because until recently we never
had an official LFG in the gamefor people to use and that alone
, just rating every day, uh, oron my every day, like at least
(02:43):
once a week, meeting a bunch ofnew people from all across the
world, was definitely a positiveimpact on me as I was
developing better social skills,because it is actually.
Ironically enough, I find itsignificantly harder now to go
on to Discord and find a groupwho are doing a raid, because
(03:07):
now that I've grown up I've beenable to key in on social cues a
lot more and I know when peopleare toxic.
And you know, I guess I becamemore insecure as I grew up.
I guess when I was younger Ididn't really care, I just
thought the game was fun.
Kind of missed that it's reallyreally hard to find games or,
in particular, find raiding asfun as I used to when I was a
(03:29):
kid, just because I can see andunderstand people a lot better.
But back then I never had thoseskills.
So I would always enjoy meetingthese random people and maybe
they were either stoned or toxicand I would never know because
I was too young.
But I love doing that stuff andthere was a raid in particular
(03:49):
that I enjoyed called Wrath ofthe Machine.
I actually taught people how todo it.
I taught people significantlyolder than me.
It was just a wild time.
That game, or Destiny in general, has had a really big impact on
me and it's another reason,like I mentioned at the start of
this episode, is why I wantedto at least get something out
there.
Thanking Bungie, thankingDestiny and the community for
(04:13):
just creating unique moments andjust based like also inspiring
my career as a writer becausethe reason why I decided to
follow this career path, eventhough currently life is taking
me down very different sidepaths to get there.
I never really expected to bedoing like real estate stuff,
(04:36):
but I'm very thankful for it.
It has taught me a lot ofdifferent skills.
Working at a small scalestartup Just not how I thought
my life would go.
Still very thankful for it, butthis game has inspired me to
become a writer because of theamazing story and lore of the
game and just the creativepotential that it has.
(04:57):
I've made many I guess you cansay fan fictions.
I've made many custom weaponstories because in Destiny all
of your important weapons havelike a lore tab where you can
read some cool story in theuniverse.
I wrote a bunch of those formyself.
Just in general, this game hasquite literally propelled me to
(05:17):
where I'm sitting right now inmy own place, far away from home
, still trying to be a writerand writing blogs, writing
podcast scripts, and even thoughI haven't wrote a script in a
while, as well as working on abook that I keep restarting
because you know just writermentality, but you know those.
(05:38):
2015 to 2018 was like the goldenage for me and Destiny 2 came
along.
And when Destiny 2 was comingalong, it was about the golden
age for me and Destiny 2 camealong.
And when Destiny 2 was comingalong, it was about the time
that I started to get into PCgaming after years of begging
and my friend group persuaded meto get Destiny 2 on the PC
because originally it was goingto be consoles.
(05:59):
They tried and true andunfortunately, once I got it on
my PC everybody else kind ofdipped.
They never really vibed withthe game.
So I was kind of thrust backinto this single-player only
lifestyle, which is fine.
I've been playing the game solopredominantly for my entire
career, playing it until I haveto do things that require other
(06:21):
people.
But Destiny 2 has been going onsince around 2019, 2018, I think
, and it's been great.
The stories that are told havebeen nice, the changes that made
were nice, but overall I don'twant to get into gameplay
discussions and all of that,because that's not really what
this is about.
(06:41):
This is really just a thank you, like I said to bungie for if
they're never gonna hear this,but just in general, a thank you
for creating such an awesomegame and allowing experiences
that many people would never beable to have had if the game
never existed.
On that as well, I just seen ayoutube video from bungie
(07:02):
because, um, they have a uh, Iguess, a charity it's the make a
wish, I think foundation thatthey call it or something like
that and they've recently had anindividual named Trevor come in
who has beaten cancer and theyactually made him a custom ghost
(07:23):
shell in the game, which isjust a cosmetic that you can
equip.
They also allowed him torecreate some cut scenes and
become his favorite character,calus, in the game.
He got to put on all those likewhite sponge balls and stand
straight and become likeanimated for a little bit, and I
thought that was just likereally kind of sweet.
(07:45):
Bungie, as a studio, does a lotof really unique things that a
lot of other studios don't.
Just really unfortunate thatthey get bad reputation based
off of just corporate things,because you know that's usually
how it goes.
You have the corporate CEOsthat are 70 and they don't
really know how video games work.
They just see it as a profitrevenue stream.
(08:07):
But either way, thank you again, bungie.
If the stars align and thissomehow lands at your table,
thanks for making such anamazing game and thank you for
inspiring me and basicallyspearheading my aspirations to
be a video game narrativestoryteller.
(08:29):
Anyway, I know that was a reallyweird episode this one's kind
of just, I guess, for me in asense.
But if you enjoyed listening toit fucking great, I'm glad you
did.
We're going to be back to ournormal routine.
I also have been adapting tothis night job and I am
exhausted beyond belief.
So, again, if there's a lag inpost, it's just because I'm so
(08:50):
tired, and you can probably hearit in my voice now.
I just finished up a shift nottoo long ago, so I came home and
just wanted to get my secondepisode of the month out and I
just wanted to say thank you tothe team and to the game that
really has charted the directionof my life and has really just
done a lot for me.
So thank you once again formaking the game and thank you
(09:14):
all of you out there who decideto hang out and listen to this
really niche podcast.
That is just the thing thatexists, because I like to do it
and I will.
Yeah, it's crazy, we're alreadylike the double digit episodes
in.
It's been.
It's been an awesome ride.
(09:34):
So, again, thank you forstaying with me, hearing my
rants, hearing the conversationsI have with other brilliant
guests, and I think we're goingto have another one on soon,
maybe night fire again, butwe'll figure that out when we
get there and I will catch allof you in the next one.
Be safe, have a good one.
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