UPDATED Oct. 23 5:57 p.m. ET Sorry to do this, but it looks like the full crew won't be ready until 6:30 p.m. ET. We'll start up some kind of stream before then to warm up, but expect the raid run to start a half hour later than advertised.
What can we expect from the newly released "Hard Mode" for Destiny's King's Fall raid? Will you have to solve all the jumping puzzles blind? Does Golgoroth jump out of his pit and yell at you if you don't use all six bubbles like you're supposed to?
If you're read this far, you're interested enough in Destiny to give a crap about King's Fall Hard Mode. Maybe you'd even like to tune in and watch some seasoned pros take their first crack at it.
We've assembled an all-star supergroup of Destiny fans from all corners of entertainment and online media, and some of us are going to be streaming our attempt to crack Hard Mode's secrets on Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. ET.
The talented fireteam I'll be joined by includes:
Michael Rougeau, freelancer extraordinaire turned kickass games editor at Playboy. (Bungie.net profile)
Kirk Hamilton, longtime Kotaku critic/featuresmith and one of my favorite Destiny voices out there. (Bungie.net profile)
Jason Schreier, ace Kotaku reporter and another of my favorite Destiny pundits (his one-liners always kill). (Bungie.net profile)
Patrick Allan, a Lifehacker writer and host for the geek-loving D6 Mafia team. (Bungie.net profile)
Jake Lear, a behind-the-scenes web developer at Vox Media and one of the chillest people I've ever had the pleasure of gaming with. (Bungie.net profile)
And here's my Bungie.net profile.
Note that we're running this blind, so we'll be figuring things out as we go and not relying on the Internet for solutions. But we're all experienced King's Fall veterans who have run the raid together many times, so we've got all the Normal Mode strategies nailed down.
Mike, Kirk and I will all be streaming the raid action from our respective Twitch feeds. All three are embedded below for your viewing pleasure.