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by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Monday, August 26, 2013, 18:31 (4105 days ago) @ rhubarb

"Unlikely to happen. Especially since you said up front that you WANT it to happen. You can't design a cultural touchstone -- you can only discover them."
- Ginnie Bowen

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/127185-Bungie-Wants-Destiny-to-Have-Star-Wars-Cultural-Impact

That's not going to happen for the simple reason that Bungie simply does not have good writers that actually understand and can tell stories with significant human experience or emotion. Sounds harsh but it's true.

"We like to tell big stories and we want people to put the Destiny universe on the same shelf they put Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter or Star Wars"

Big is not the reason these things were successful. There were many many films before Star Wars which were bigger in scope. Why was it Star Wars that caught on?

Hint: Star Wars was actually about something and tapped into the human condition in a significant way.

Someone the other day compared the writing in the Halo games to the writing of Dexter right now, and if you don't watch Dexter, then realize that the comparison is not flattering for Halo because the writing in Dexter is terrible.

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Gameindustry.biz Pete Parsons interview - Xenos, 2013-08-26, 10:29
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        The purity argument always annoys me. - Xenos, 2013-08-26, 19:37
        
        The purity argument always annoys me. - Ragashingo, 2013-08-26, 19:57
        
        Plenty of PEOPLE - rhubarb, 2013-08-26, 20:34
        
        Plenty of PEOPLE - Xenos, 2013-08-26, 20:37
        
        Here we go... - General Vagueness, 2013-08-26, 22:00
        
        I think this is the best place to post this - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-08-27, 17:19
        
        +1 - Kermit, 2013-08-27, 19:32
        
        Post of the week (month?) right here ^^ - Avateur, 2013-08-27, 19:56
        
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        Thank you sir! - Mr Daax, 2013-08-27, 21:35
        
        I think this is the best place to post this - Captain Spark, 2013-08-28, 12:14
        
        And Back to Video Games - Cody Miller, 2013-08-28, 14:12
        
        And Back to Video Games - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-08-28, 15:35
        
        And Back to Video Games - Captain Spark, 2013-08-28, 16:48
        
        And Back to Video Games - General Vagueness, 2013-08-31, 10:03
        
        Here we go... - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-08-27, 17:21
        
        -1 - Kermit, 2013-08-27, 19:32
        
        Time to veer wildly off topic - Ragashingo, 2013-08-27, 20:12
        
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        -1,000,000,000 and all my respect forever. - Leviathan, 2013-08-27, 20:20
        
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        These are the kind of threads... - Leviathan, 2013-08-26, 22:33
        
        Well said - Xenos, 2013-08-26, 22:35
        
        These are the kind of threads... - Ragashingo, 2013-08-26, 23:03
        
        These are the kind of threads... - General Vagueness, 2013-08-31, 08:23
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  - Here we go... - Cody Miller, 2013-08-26, 18:31
    - Here we go... - INSANEdrive, 2013-08-26, 19:09
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        Here we go... - Cody Miller, 2013-08-27, 08:44
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Captain Spark, 2013-08-27, 09:26
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Cody Miller, 2013-08-27, 10:02
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Captain Spark, 2013-08-27, 11:16
        
        I'm one of "those people". - mnemesis, 2013-08-27, 20:01
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Captain Spark, 2013-08-28, 05:45
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Cody Miller, 2013-08-27, 21:19
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Claude Errera, 2013-08-27, 21:22
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Cody Miller, 2013-08-28, 08:26
        
        I'm one of "those people". - General Vagueness, 2013-08-31, 10:00
        
        I'm one of "those people". - Cody Miller, 2013-08-31, 12:19
        
        Here we go... - Ragashingo, 2013-08-27, 10:07
    - Here we go... - Bones, 2013-08-27, 17:46
      - Here we go... - NsU Soldier, 2013-08-28, 23:37
    - We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Avateur, 2013-08-27, 20:46
      - We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Cody Miller, 2013-08-27, 21:08
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Avateur, 2013-08-27, 21:39
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Avateur, 2013-08-27, 21:54
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - HawaiianPig, 2013-08-28, 02:41
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Cody Miller, 2013-08-28, 08:48
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Leviathan, 2013-08-28, 11:18
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - HawaiianPig, 2013-08-28, 16:32
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Avateur, 2013-08-28, 18:22
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Xenos, 2013-08-28, 18:49
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Leviathan, 2013-08-28, 22:58
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Ragashingo, 2013-08-28, 18:59
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Leviathan, 2013-08-28, 23:11
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Ragashingo, 2013-08-28, 23:45
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - breitzen, 2013-08-29, 05:22
        
        A gushing love for Halo 3 transcribed. - Leviathan, 2013-08-28, 22:51
        
        Loved reading that, thanks Levi - Xenos, 2013-08-28, 23:09
        
        Nice. - Ragashingo, 2013-08-28, 23:28
        
        Nice. - Leviathan, 2013-08-28, 23:53
        
        Nice. - Ragashingo, 2013-08-29, 00:15
        
        A gushing love for Halo 3 transcribed. - HawaiianPig, 2013-08-29, 02:03
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - Avateur, 2013-08-28, 18:55
        
        Addendum from one of your HBO posts, Cody - HawaiianPig, 2013-08-28, 02:53
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Cody Miller, 2013-08-27, 21:55
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Xenos, 2013-08-27, 22:01
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Cody Miller, 2013-08-27, 22:05
        
        Halo and Destiny are ACTION games - Xenos, 2013-08-27, 22:09
        
        Halo and Destiny are ACTION games - Cody Miller, 2013-08-27, 22:14
        
        Halo and Destiny are ACTION games - Xenos, 2013-08-27, 22:20
        
        Halo and Destiny are ACTION games - Ragashingo, 2013-08-27, 22:18
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Avateur, 2013-08-27, 22:03
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Stephen Laughlin, 2013-08-28, 00:45
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Ragashingo, 2013-08-27, 21:57
        
        We both know that Halo stories have been done very well - Chewbaccawakka, 2013-08-27, 21:47
    - Here we go... - Kermit, 2013-08-27, 20:56
      - Here we go... - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-08-30, 11:16
  - Here we go... - Risay117, 2013-08-27, 10:08
- Regardless of what happens... - serpx, 2013-08-27, 20:53
  - this - kidtsunami, 2013-08-28, 03:33
- Gameindustry.biz Pete Parsons interview - Oholiab, 2013-08-31, 20:44

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