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| Re: Interesting Frankie Quote | |
| Posted By: Cocopjojo | Date: 6/14/11 11:35 a.m. |
In Response To: Re: Interesting Frankie Quote (Narcogen) : To choose the video games as the authoritative form does not require : selecting *gameplay* as the authoritative expression. The cutscenes of : each game alone essentially comprise near-feature-length animated films, : and that's in addition to all the corroboration that gameplay, perspective : moments, and scripted sequences add to that when they aren't doing : something that can't be assigned canon value because of gameplay : requirements-- like invincible cinematic characters, for instance. : For me it's an issue of primacy. Halo is a series of games on which some
: As a collection of light novels, anime episodes, and comic books upon which
: I realize who I am talking to here, and I'm really not trying to be rude--
: In your example, a laser is a more accurate and complete method of measuring
: I would not accept that a novel or a comic book is a more accurate, more
: I might very easily say it is because of those constraints. Just because an
: I might perhaps concede that game development is "more constrained"
: More realistic? I'm unsure how that even applies, except with the rather
: For me, playing the game is where Halo comes alive. It is a place I can visit
: I'm speaking generally, here, and not of specifics. This doesn't really apply
: Honestly, within the ancillary material I've seen few things I can think of
I think you're still speaking much more broadly than I am. You mentioned not wanting to be rude because of who you're talking to, but don't worry about that at all. I'm not taking issue with you wanting to assert Bungie as the authority on Halo. I personally disagree with the idea (I accept Man-Kzin Wars as canon because Niven accepts them as canon), but I honestly don't think it's totally unreasonable for you to think that way. The particular instance I wanted to discuss was just where you said you accepted the fight between an Elite and a Spartan as more accurately portrayed in the games than in the novels. You said above that feature films are made with less budget than the Halo games, but that's not the point - I could make a home video in my backyard that had me fighting a caterpillar and it would be more realistic than any video game today is able to be. I can roll a grenade along the ground, I can blind fire from any angle, if the enemy gets too close, I can grasp him, push him away, throw him on the ground - basically all the ways the fights are described in the novels. In the game, I can only do whatever features the game supports. Whether it's Halo or Call of Duty or even something like Fight Night, it will be a long time before the game allows me to truly do whatever I'd be able to do were it real. So I wasn't talking about canon stuff, story stuff, exploration stuff or anything else like that. My original reply was simply regarding why you accept a fight between a Spartan and Elite as more realistic in a video game rather than in a novel.
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