merritt k

merritt k

merritt k is Content Manager at Fanbyte, covering Destiny 2 and other live games.

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Destiny 2 IKELOS Hand Cannon Deepsight Guide - IKELOS_HR Pattern Farm

Just like in Season of the Haunted, Destiny 2 Season of the Seraph is bringing back some old favorite weapons. In this case, we’re getting reprised IKELOS weapons from way back in the&nb...

Starfire Protocol and the Problem With Warlock Drip in Destiny 2

The Solar 3.0 changes in Destiny 2 have elevated a whole bunch of Exotics that were previously situational at best to S-tier choices. One of these is Sunbracers, which lets Warlocks...

How Vendor Engrams Work in Destiny 2 Lightfall

Lightfall has brought a lot of changes to Destiny 2, including an overhaul of the the vendor reputation system. Previously, ranking up with a vendor like Commander Zavala w...

Misspent Youth: Video Games All Summer in the 90s

I feel ancient lately. It’s ridiculous, really — I’m only in my mid-30s. But I feel the years piling up, the recollections heaped atop recollections, filtered through retrospectives and reimaginings....

Throwback Thursday: Yoda Stories Was Star Wars But Chill

For nearly as long as there have been video games, there have been Star Wars video games. Some of these, like the Super Star Wars games on the SNES, the Jedi...

The Rarest Transmat Effects in Destiny 2 (January 2023)

So it’s come to this, huh? Do you really want to know what the rarest transmat effects are in Destiny 2? These cosmetic items change the effect that appears when you load into an area an...

The 10 Weirdest, Best Wii Games You Probably Never Played

There were a lot of games released for Nintendo’s little monster, the Wii. At the time of its original run, I missed out on a lot of them because I was a broke college student. Havi...

Ranking the Vaulted Raids of Destiny 2

Much of the content that Destiny 2 has built up over the years is currently unavailable. It’s been locked away in the Destiny Content Vault, to make room for newer and presumably be...

Why is Every Caveman Game Appearing on the Switch SNES Online?

Last week’s update to the Nintendo Switch Online service was pretty lackluster, adding Congo’s Caper and Rival Turf for the SNES alongside Pinball <...

The Dadish Games Are Quietly Some of the Best Platformers Around

I picked up Dadish 2 on a whim when the game was on sale on the Nintendo Switch eShop last year, despite not having played the first. I was drawn in by the simple style — bold color...

How to Get the Quicksilver Storm Exotic Auto Rifle in Destiny 2

What a day for Destiny, huh? The Season of Plunder just dropped, and we got a lot of details on the upcoming Lightfall — the new Neptune location, Strand subclasses, a...

Destiny 2 Titles
What Are the Rarest Seasonal Titles in Destiny 2?

Destiny 2 offers a range of seals and accompanying titles that players can earn to show off their achievements in-game. A number of these are tied to seasonal content, requiring players...

Destiny 2 Players Are Seeing Sagira in the New Lightfall Trailer

A new trailer for Destiny 2 Lightfall dropped today, and one moment in particular seems to be catching fans’ eyes. In a collection of short scenes that flash midway through the trai...

The Top 10 Best Hunter Exotics in Destiny 2 (March 2023)

Hunters have historically had some of the best Exotics in Destiny 2. With all those powerful options, it can be hard to find the right one to use. So, we’ve created a list of the top 10...

10 Japan-Only Super Famicom RPGs for Fans of Live A Live

It took nearly 30 years, but Live A Live finally saw a western release last week. The Square JRPG is unusual amongst its contemporaries for its episodic structure, but it’s far from...

Ranking All Nine of the Vaulted Strikes in Destiny 2

Nobody wanted the Destiny Content Vault, but now we all know how it works — destinations and activities move into the DCV each year, to be replaced with newer content. There are currently nine strikes...

How Destiny 2 Created and is Solving its Villain Problem

Destiny 2 has a problem. On the one hand, it is a game about shooting stuff and making things go boom. On the other, it’s increasingly a story about humanizing its various enemy factions...

Destiny 2 Season of the Haunted as It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia GIFs

Season of the Haunted is here in Destiny 2, and it’s real spooky — ghosts, recriminations, and regrets abound. Zavala, Eris, Crow, and Caiatl are all facing the mistakes of their past and lea...

Orewing's Spirit and the Problem with Meta-Objectives in Destiny 2

Iron Banner is back in Destiny 2, which means a whole lot of Guardians are trying to complete the Iron Lord title. Doing that involves more than just playing a whole lot of the competiti...

The Rarest Weapons in Destiny 2 (January 2023)

Most Destiny 2 weapons aren’t terribly hard to get — it’s getting a god roll that’s the real challenge. Still, there is some loot in the game that relatively few players own. So, in...