The 2013 E3 Destiny Reveal is Upon Us!
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It's mere hours away! You can follow Bungie's Destiny reveal over at their site by using the following link:
https://www.bungie.net/7_Destination-E3/en-us/News/News?aid=10565 (https://www.bungie.net/7_Destination-E3/en-us/News/News?aid=10565)
In the US, television viewers with access to Spike TV can also get in on the coverage.
And if you haven't already pimped out your PC, you can get 40 different wallpapers over here (https://www.bungie.net/en-us/Destiny#page=media). The art is gorgeous!
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I was very, very impressed. It's a beautiful looking world.
When I was very young, I was given the "Terran Trade Authority" books by Stewart Cowley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terran_Trade_Authority). I spent hours flipping through them and looking at all of the spectacular ships... mystified by the illustrated "spacewrecks" like these:
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I do believe I read (or heard) once that Jason Jones had these books. Maybe in a Staten interview on the old podcasts. If so, perhaps the opening cinematic (shown during this Sony E3 presentation) was a reference to the images above (skeleton in an old wrecked car sitting in a field vs. skeleton in an old wrecked spacecraft sitting in a field). The design of the ships and buildings in the Destiny world really reminds me of the artwork from these books.
Imppa, it was really cool watching that whole two-hour presentation with you over XBL Party Chat! Scatters- totally cool that you dropped in as well. It's already a fond memory!
P.S. Bungie has already made a new post (http://www.bungie.net/7_Destiny-Gameplay-Reveal/en-us/News/News?aid=10566) about the reveal which includes links to a multimedia gallery (http://www.bungie.net/en-us/Destiny#page=media) of screenshots from the gameplay.
Aforementioned skeleton in car from today's E3 Trailer:
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...and another great shot from the trailer
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