Re: It's outright carelessness.





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Re: It's outright carelessness.

Posted By: free Date: 9/19/10 7:35 p.m.
In Response To: Re: It's outright carelessness. (Stephen L. (SoundEffect))

: If Bungie wants Reach to be the defining canon, then why can't we get a Fall
: of Reach rewrite to make this better? Why republish the novel virtually
: untouched along side the game now, knowing they can't be reconciled?
: I'd prefer a rewrite of the novels so long as it make the universe consistent
: again. It's the inconsistency that's killin' me.
Oh yeah, I'd completely forgotten about the re-release of TFoR (new cover, fixed typos). Not exactly a re-write. But you know, I'll bet that novel's sales took a massive spike when they made that move.
Must have been really nice for the marketing directors.
"Reach is looking great, all we're missing is a tie-in novel. But that takes time, money. Would have to hire an author to work with the writing team and craft a whole side story."
"No we won't"
'The Fall of Reach, the official tie in novel to the award winning video game, Halo: Combat Evolved.'
Strike that,
'The Fall of Reach, the official tie in novel to the new video game, Halo:Reach.'
Done and done.
It's funny though Loftus, I specifically thought of you when I played through Reach with my buddy the other night. I haven't been on this forum for a long time and haven't even played Halo for a while, but I always loved your articles and what a good job you did putting all of the pieces of Halo together and making them fit. When I lost track of the number of changes that Reach made while we were playing, I had an image of a massive stack of crumpled papers surrounding one of those basketball-hooped garbage cans at your place.
C'est la vie. I've still got the books and Microsoft can't take them away. The stories and the characters are still there and I'm still going to enjoy re-reading them.

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I think we hold the books in too high a regard.	Riceatron	9/19/10 2:28 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Hawaiian Pig	9/19/10 2:41 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Riceatron	9/19/10 2:42 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 10:56 a.m.
SP in my post	Avateur	9/19/10 11:06 a.m.
Re: SP in my post	The BS Police	9/19/10 2:50 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	DHalo	9/19/10 2:54 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	scarab	9/19/10 2:56 p.m.
That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/19/10 4:23 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Louis Wu	9/19/10 5:31 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Hawaiian Pig	9/19/10 5:53 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Bry	9/19/10 5:56 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	The BS Police	9/19/10 6:11 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/20/10 10:10 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/19/10 8:16 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/20/10 10:07 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/20/10 11:03 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/20/10 12:40 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/20/10 12:58 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/20/10 1:08 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	kapowaz	9/20/10 5:53 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/20/10 10:14 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Bry	9/19/10 5:42 p.m.
I agree *SP	Injunfett	9/19/10 6:35 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	LionoftheMorning	9/20/10 5:12 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Bry	9/20/10 7:16 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	LionoftheMorning	9/20/10 8:31 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Bry	9/20/10 8:46 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/20/10 10:19 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/20/10 1:08 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 5:51 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/20/10 6:14 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/21/10 9:12 a.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/21/10 3:15 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	thebruce0	9/21/10 4:47 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	Avateur	9/21/10 5:52 p.m.
Re: That's stupid from a gaming standpoint SP	kapowaz	9/20/10 5:43 a.m.
Re: SP in my post	Hawaiian Pig	9/19/10 3:26 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	uberfoop	9/19/10 4:03 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	scarab	9/19/10 5:17 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	SonofMacPhisto	9/19/10 4:29 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	Bry	9/19/10 4:52 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 6:44 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	Avateur	9/19/10 4:33 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	LionoftheMorning	9/20/10 5:20 a.m.
Re: SP in my post	thebruce0	9/20/10 10:57 a.m.
Re: SP in my post	Avateur	9/20/10 11:05 a.m.
Re: SP in my post	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 5:56 p.m.
Re: SP in my post	thebruce0	9/21/10 9:15 a.m.
I agree wholeheartedly.	NobleSixActual	9/19/10 4:07 a.m.
Games > Novels	Riceatron	9/19/10 5:24 a.m.
Re: Games > Novels	YNation913	9/19/10 10:04 a.m.
Re: Games > Novels	Crab	9/19/10 4:13 p.m.
Re: Games > Novels	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 6:39 p.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	mattroe	9/19/10 5:37 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	NobleSixActual	9/19/10 5:47 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	scarab	9/19/10 5:57 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	mattroe	9/19/10 6:03 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 11:00 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Bry	9/19/10 11:13 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 11:19 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	dizzy	9/19/10 8:23 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Azo 'Galvat	9/19/10 8:28 a.m.
It's not just The Fall of Reach	The BS Police	9/19/10 2:46 p.m.
Re: It's not just The Fall of Reach	Eddy 071	9/19/10 4:05 p.m.
Re: It's not just The Fall of Reach	The BS Police	9/19/10 5:58 p.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Bry	9/19/10 9:28 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 11:05 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Jinno	9/19/10 11:35 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Quirel	9/19/10 11:37 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 1:14 p.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Xmoosev3	9/19/10 8:27 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	General Battuta	9/19/10 8:34 a.m.
It's all about consistency. SP	SPARTAN-034	9/19/10 8:37 a.m.
Re: It's all about consistency. SP	Bry	9/19/10 9:35 a.m.
Re: It's all about consistency. SP	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 10:53 a.m.
Re: It's all about consistency. SP	Bry	9/19/10 11:02 a.m.
Re: It's all about consistency. SP	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 11:14 a.m.
Well, duh.	Riceatron	9/19/10 12:51 p.m.
Re: Well, duh.	Bry	9/19/10 2:51 p.m.
Re: Well, duh.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 3:02 p.m.
Re: Well, duh.	Bry	9/19/10 3:37 p.m.
Re: Well, duh.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 6:28 p.m.
Re: It's all about consistency. SP	Azo 'Galvat	9/19/10 12:53 p.m.
Re: It's all about consistency. SP	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 1:21 p.m.
Re: It's all about consistency. SP	Bry	9/19/10 2:04 p.m.
'We'? Didn't know we had a hive mind.	Leviathan	9/19/10 10:21 a.m.
Re: 'We'? Didn't know we had a hive mind.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 11:08 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Kermit	9/19/10 11:12 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Bry	9/19/10 11:24 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 1:10 p.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Kermit	9/20/10 10:00 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 5:55 p.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	Quirel	9/19/10 11:56 a.m.
Halo's just gotten too big for its britches	free	9/19/10 2:12 p.m.
It's outright carelessness.	Hawaiian Pig	9/19/10 3:46 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/19/10 4:22 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 6:34 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/19/10 6:44 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	free	9/19/10 4:30 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 6:47 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/19/10 6:54 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 6:59 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	free	9/19/10 7:35 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 9:52 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	YNation913	9/19/10 8:34 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/19/10 10:03 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/19/10 10:20 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	uberfoop	9/19/10 10:39 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 5:21 a.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/20/10 9:13 a.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 5:39 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/20/10 7:06 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 9:24 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/20/10 11:33 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Quirel	9/20/10 11:50 p.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	uberfoop	9/21/10 12:09 a.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Bry	9/21/10 12:15 a.m.
Re: It's outright carelessness.	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/21/10 6:36 a.m.
This. NM	thebruce0	9/20/10 10:24 a.m.
Re: I think we hold the books in too high a regard	BanditORR	9/19/10 3:03 p.m.
A longer term fan's perspective	reprobate	9/19/10 8:54 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	dizzy	9/20/10 12:04 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	Louis Wu	9/20/10 12:40 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	9/20/10 1:20 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	Louis Wu	9/20/10 1:52 p.m.
A fair point. NM	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	9/20/10 2:06 p.m.
Re: A fair point.	The Loot	9/20/10 3:05 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	Kermit	9/20/10 2:13 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	uberfoop	9/20/10 3:28 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	LionoftheMorning	9/20/10 2:33 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	dizzy	9/20/10 2:48 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	9/20/10 2:58 p.m.
Wait... what?	Louis Wu	9/20/10 3:53 p.m.
Re: Wait... what?	Leviathan	9/20/10 4:47 p.m.
Re: Wait... what?	dizzy	9/20/10 6:27 p.m.
Re: Wait... what?	Leviathan	9/20/10 6:44 p.m.
Re: Wait... what?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 6:44 p.m.
Re: Wait... what?	Stephen L. (SoundEffect)	9/20/10 6:50 p.m.
Re: Wait... what?	Anton P. Nym (aka Steve)	9/20/10 6:57 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	Kermit	9/20/10 5:21 p.m.
Re: A longer term fan's perspective	Quirel	9/20/10 6:20 p.m.
I was talking to Stephen in-game.	Riceatron	9/19/10 10:04 p.m.
What I've learned from all this...	Gravemind	9/20/10 7:21 a.m.
I feel the same way. NM NM	LionoftheMorning	9/20/10 8:33 a.m.
Yep. This.	Hawaiian Pig	9/20/10 3:07 p.m.
Re: Yep. This.	LionoftheMorning	9/20/10 4:06 p.m.
No, you didn't.	Kermit	9/20/10 4:53 p.m.
Re: No, you didn't.	Gravemind	9/20/10 5:51 p.m.
Re: No, you didn't.	Quirel	9/20/10 6:00 p.m.