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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

the most exciting part of indie games - that first external playtest

Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I have worked with so many champions who are now not gunna be there there tomorrow at work. Being at Bungie means to be forged in the fires of incredible start-to-finish release cadences multiple times a year. Very few people do what they do, and the industry was better for it.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Today marks 5 years since I first showed up at @bungie.net as a contractor. 4 major expansions, 15+ seasons, and a whole Marathon later, thank you deeply from the bottom of my heart. It will never be enough.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I make shooty shoots and pew pews for video games and I fuckin love it.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Tech Test day one in books for me. I will never get tired of seeing our work get out to the test in front of thousands of players and getting all the feedback. Thank you thank you thank you!

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Slowly but surely building up the shelves of Important Stuff.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

find a way to make some peace with how the story ends.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

As expected but still always manages to surprise me, The Midnight blew it out of the water with Syndicate. 17 tracks in full sync from top to bottom. You HAVE to listen to this one in order at least one time. The Afterglow couplet is a particular highlight.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

god, i fuckin love my job. there ain’t nothing better than being a combat designer. fuck.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 22/09/2025

If you're on LinkedIn, here's the opt-out for LinkedIn's AI bullshit using your content. www.linkedin.com/mypreference...

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

as if my 2025 wasn't stacked enough - this goes right to the top. ty rami and @aesthetic.games !

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Fuck me. Superman was 10/10. No notes.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

the bazaar from tempo games has eaten so much of my life this week, it's so good

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

VALINOR (INTIMATE) IS OUT ON STREAMING SERVICES EVERYWHERE!!!! open.spotify.com/album/2zqtaS...

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Valinor (Intimate)

Going Digital · Single · 2025 · 2 songs

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Don't forget graphic designers/typographers! I didn't study letterpress for 2 years to have my writing assumed to be AI.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

EP #2 on the way. See you soon.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

5 years later, I still feel these things but I am equipped with better tools now. I wanted this version of Valinor to feel wistful, nostalgic. In both good ways and bad. Because I have my good days and also my bad ones. If Valinor is truly about the act of journeying, then I have so much more to do.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I wish I understood then what I do now about failure, grief, and guilt. At the time, this song represented my desire to desperately understand what I could feel but not address. Valinor is what got spat out instead.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Valinor (Intimate) will be streaming everywhere on 07.31.25. It’s been 5 years since I put out my first tiny little EP. I said that Valinor, as a song, was about the act of journeying. That’s true. But it’s about more than that.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

we do it because people did it before us. we self select into that responsibility because we know no other way if people didn’t make the art we loved, nor us for ourselves and others - how else would we know who we are? it’s cyclical and our responsibility to spin; to churn

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

i've always thought making art was an act of defiance. it takes audacity to create. the world has what it needs to keep spinning, nothing i make will change that. and yet

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austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Fourteen Thousand. The long campaign to dehumanize Palestinians is, fundamentally, about this. To provide cover for the annihilation of a people and their culture, from the youngest to the oldest, to shrugs from the most powerful nations in the world.

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Marathon Development Team @marathonteam.bungie.net · 16/04/2025

We've spun up MarathonTeam accounts across several platforms including Steam, Discord, Twitter, Reddit and here on Bluesky. These accounts will allow us to share more details and clarifications from the Marathon Team on various topics about the game as we get feedback from the community.

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Marathon @marathonthegame.bungie.net · 07/04/2025

Nothing compares to a warm dead body. 🐈 Join us on Saturday, April 12 @ 10AM PT for the Marathon Gameplay Reveal Showcase. #MarathonReveal 📺🟣 twitch.tv/marathonthegame ▶️ youtu.be/PZUv1-qR1Aw

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Marathon | Save the Date Trailer

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Adam Conover @adamconover.net · 01/03/2025

It may feel hopeless right now, but there are actual, concrete ways you can fight back against what's happening in our government. Watch the full video on YouTube: No one is coming to save us. youtu.be/By1Z1nk31iE

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No one is coming to save us.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

seven hundred miles away, eyes on fire

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

If anyone is a cool video editor, i'm looking to update my portfolio reel, mainly with new Destiny stuff, and i do have a small budget so i guess just DM me? idk how this works.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I do not feel that one of the aspects is Skyfall and the other is Die Another Day. At all. It’s funny because perception presented as fact against my lived reality is objectively good for a chuckle.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I never do this but this is too funny since I was the designer for both Storm’s Keep and On The Prowl. I was also the designer for Banner of War and The Wanderer. It’s just super funny to me.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happy release day! I put a ton of effort into Heresy abilities and it's so bittersweet seeing the last set of aspects and updates I played a major part in designing going out into the wild. As always it takes a village and the Combat Gameplay team is the best in the business❤️

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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 31/01/2025

classic Loony Tunes have much to teach us about class solidarity

Bugs and Daffy standing by a tree, sign reads DUCK SEASON, then RABBIT SEASON then ELMER SEASON, and they both glare ominously off camera

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I am profoundly sad today. But also more motivated this time around.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

I got to chat with @woodwould.bsky.social about the designing of Slayer's Fang! Completely humbled to get to do what I do. This is so surreal. Thanks for the chat and thanks for a great first week of Slayer's Fang out in the wild! www.gamesradar.com/games/destin...

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The Destiny 2 dev behind Titan's game-changing Banner of War was also on its new Exotic shotgun Slayer's Fang: "I gotta live up to this, especially as my first gun"

The making of Slayer's Fang, the crown jewel of Kell's Fall

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

This is true. Games are little evil pieces of software who no matter how many times you thought you wrestled it into submission, the game will always find a way to remind you that you are a mortal fool. Games aren't released; they escape.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

happy new year. in 2025 i hope humans are kinder to each other and i hope the video game industry sees massive success both for the people that make the games and the people that play them - we're all in this together.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Nanni’s 2024 Games in Review open.substack.com/pub/dannynan... As is my Christmas tradition here's my GOTY list. Top 10: Towerborne Astro Bot Thronefall The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Super Mario Party Jamboree Tiny Glade Star Trucker Castaway Aero GPX Balatro GOTY: Astro Bot

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Nanni’s 2024 Games in Review

I felt the spark of joy again (for a moment)

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

dandadan has consumed my life. i'm fine with this.

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

my life for your level of output

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

one day i gotta see the magic in action

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Danny Nanni @dannynanni.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Oh dear god no. I’m on marathon officially in the new year. But also as a gameplay/sandbox designer coming up with player facing strings isn’t really a core part of my job (though a number of my strings have shipped like the names for The Wanderer and Banner of War, etc)

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