The crux of this argument is that if Ryan didn't laugh then Merrick is a liar, full stop. Regardless of what Ryan says he said, I have a very difficult time believing that Merrick made up the exchange out of whole cloth on the spot (about Ryan laughing the whole situation off, so we're clear) when he could have said he didn't know or that he said nothing or that he was busy juggling.
Further, your link has nothing to do with the specific situation we're discussing. I personally don't give a rip about Halo or this entire spectacle about showing or not showing this or any other title based on the IP--what I do care about is someone having their reputation impugned because the fans decided that since the guy they like denied it then that's that, end of discussion, the other guy's full of shit because it fits neatly into the meme that's been constructed about the guy because he made the grave mistake of holding back showing off a bloody video game.
I'll ask again: does it make sense that Mattrick made up, out of whole cloth, that Ryan laughed and brushed off the entire exchange? Based on the evidence at hand, a dash of common sense and referencing Occam's razor, I'd say no, it doesn't make any sense for the guy to do that when there was almost nothing to be gained by it and, going by this thread, a lot to lose.
YMMV.
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