Crysis 2 writer: Halo’s story is “bullshit”

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rocketpig said:

Scoobes said:

rocketpig said:

2. He's a sci-fi novelist. That puts him right up there with "game writer" in my book.

Really? You think H.G Wells and Arthur C. CLarke are the same quality as game writers? Have you ever tried to write a Sci-Fi short story? Sci-Fi is actually one of the harder genres to write because it not only has to be original but you have to balance humanising the story with outlandish ideas and science.

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Yes, because I believe Arthur C. Clarke is the same as (fill in blank game writer here). Or Asimov. Same thing.

BTW, HG Wells was a fucking hack. He was nowhere in the league of the two I just mentioned.

Well, he did win the Arthur C. Clarke award in 2008 (not to mention the Philip K. Dick award in 2003). So in a sense, yeah. 

That's a good Mass Effect editorial, but I think that's precisely Morgan's point too. You give gamers something they're familiar with, and then do it better. He's a sharp guy and very aware of the medium differences and challenges therein--it's all in the rest of the interview.