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Re: Why retcons don't bother me anymore
Posted By: Evil Otto	Date: 5/12/11 4:31 p.m.
: This opinion bothers me coming from someone in tune with the inner workings : such as yourself. Sorry, I don't mean to sound flippant or dismissive. I also don't mean to imply that I, as a UI designer, have any control over story in our games, and I certainly don't want to get in a spitting match with our fans. I'm one myself. This is my personal opinion, but I believe that people should take the games at face value as the source. Supplemental materials such as novels, comics, and other tie-ins are nice, but should not dictate the story (yes, even if they came first). The Empire Strikes Back would have been a much different movie if Lucas incorporated "Splinter of the Mid's Eye" into the canon - and it would've lost everyone that hadn't read it. And yes, I recognize the fact that there are some inconsistencies between the games themselves (how did Miranda and Johnson get back to Earth?). This is why I applauded the original post to begin with. Sometimes, in movies and games, things happen when you have to take a revisionist approach in order to make the game fun or the cinematics concise.

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