What's this? A way to get Bungie executives removed, you say?

 Before I revel in being a terrible person, here's the traditional report on people being terrible in Ukraine and Gaza.  In Ukraine, winter is setting in, so, likely, not a lot of news is going to come in on that front for a while... which is good, because we (USA and Europe, but mostly USA) can't seem to get our act together to keep Ukraine funded for their fight against Russian invaders.  Meanwhile, while there was a ceasefire and exchange of some hostages in Gaza, the fight is back on now... and apparently, the USA had to veto a resolution at the UN trying to force another ceasefire.  The UN is good for many things, but trying to decree the end of active fights, not so much.

Anyways, turning to something I might have a bit more influence over, it's the situation over at Destiny 2's developer Bungie.  According to reports from a couple of days back like this one, the amazingly tone-deaf behavior of Bungie's executive leadership team of late may be due in large part to a simple driver:  self-preservation.  Per reports, if Bungie doesn't make certain financial goals in short order, Sony can wipe out the current board and replace it with people of their own choosing.

Looking at that from a slightly different angle, one result I come up with is:  by not giving Bungie any money in the form of microtransactions or season/expansion purchases, I can do my part to usher the bad-for-customers-and-employees board members out the door.  There are a number of reasons why this isn't a sure-fire, unalloyed good of an action to take.  Most obviously, the current board is likely to cause even more chaos among the employees and players as they seek to avoid their fate.  Also, well, it's Sony who would set the rules thereafter, and they've demonstrated in the past that they're not the most customer-centric sorts either.  That all said, the current state of affairs for both players and employees is pretty bad, and Sony taking over direct control likely wouldn't be much worse (or, if it did become that much worse as an immediate result, it would be that much easier to walk away from the game).

So, yeah, I'm on board.  So long as nobody comes up with a compelling reason otherwise, count me in the camp of "I'm not giving Bungie any money until their current board is removed."  Will that happen before the next expansion launches later next year?  I'm hopeful (the sooner the better, really), but we'll see.