ARGs (alternate-reality games) can be fun and all, but they often feel like they obscure just as much as they reveal. Destiny Planet View isn't an ARG. Not really. What it does is, it uses Google Technologies, operating similarly to how Google Earth operates, to let you run around several locations in Destiny's universe.
It doesn't advance along roads as smoothly as Google Earth, but it pans nicely, and there are lots of little signposts along the way that have video snippets, weapons you can fawn over in 360 degrees, Wikipedia links to pertinent subjects ("moon rocks," "International Space Station"), and lots of narration from a confident, slightly impatient-sounding Ghost—not Peter Dinklage.
Destiny Planet View is neat way to absorb a little Destiny lore. Read our preview if you need to get up to speed on all this Destiny hooplah you've been hearing about.
Destiny launches on PlayStation 3 and 4, and Xbox 360 and One in one week, on September 9.
