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Re: Weaponized Transhumans: Halo, Deus Ex, Crysis.
Posted By: davidfuchs <davelikesdinos@gmail.com>	Date: 7/4/11 11:37 a.m.
Well, I think that school of thought is pretty damn rash--context is everything, and to ignore that context is folly. You won't be saying anything "correct" or plausible if you ditch a boatload of evidence. I think your piece is interesting, but as pointed out, comparing a game to other works is a dangerous road. Cortana exists not because Bungie wanted to point out the folly of man but because they needed a plot dump and constant objective updater for the player character. In short: some interesting and valid points, but I think you're reading too far into it. : Maybe not - but there's a school of thought (which I subscribe to!) which : believes that once a text - book, movie, game - is written and released, : the intent of the creator becomes irrelevant. We pay attention to what the : text says, not what the creators want it to say! : Also, there are smart people at Bungie. Frankie is smart; he likes Culture : books (this means you are smart, it is a law.) A lot of Halo was : influenced by good SF. It was also influenced by Marathon, which is quite : explicitly about AIs trying to transcend their human makers! : Crysis 2 has the good fortune to have been written by Richard Morgan, with a : novelization by Peter Watts - two excellent SF writers who deal with the : way technology changes people. I can't speak for all of Crytek, but I can : guarantee that those themes were on Morgan and Watts' minds. : Thank you! Sometimes I just get the urge to type all these words

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