a silly little theory

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Sunday, June 23, 2013, 12:46 (4190 days ago)

So, I've been revisiting the fine city of New Mombassa. Some recent ODST co-op games renewed my interest, so I decided to do a legendary run with a new profile, so I would get all of Vergil's audio log signals, which really brought the city to life during my original play through. I had a great time this time, too!

At the beginning of the Coastal Highway level I was lingering over the Destiny teaser image that NSUSoldier called to everyone's attention a while back. (BTW, happy birthday, dude!)

I've been so captivated by the appearance of the traveler at other times, that I've not thought about the company name, "Asklon," very much. This time I did, and I was struck by the idea that "Asklon" is a kind of portmanteau of Ask L(ater) On. Heh.

I'm thinking this could save Deej a lot of time in the mailbag.

Fan: Hey Deej! Will there be a PC version of Destiny?

Deej: Asklon!

I may not be the first to come up with this. (Searches of HBO's forum yielded some corrupt data that I couldn't read.) Loftus says that in earlier games Asklon was Askloun, but they removed you "u" to avoid it being pronounced as "ass clown." That detracts a bit from my theory, but "Ask Later On" gave me a chuckle regardless.

Did we ever confirm which artist put this in?

Kermit

P.S. I debated for a bit which forum to post this to, but I thought if someone from Bungie would like to comment, they might better see it here.