I Never Did the Terminals (Destiny)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Sunday, September 14, 2014, 16:12 (3869 days ago) @ TTL Demag0gue

I also don't understand Jillybean saying she didn't like them because she prefers things to be shown, not told. Any written story is told, not shown. And stories can be quite evocative in that they ask you to imagine the events that are described. I always found Bungie's terminals evocative.

The phrase "show, don't tell" is a common adage among writers. It's not the difference between visual versus textual media. Rather, it basically boils down to the idea that the author needs to detail the action of the scene, rather than always resorting to an information dump.

Indeed. I know this adage as well as I know my name. Have been taught it and have taught it. That's part of my confusion with Jilly's usage of the phrase in this context.

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Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 14:32
- Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 14:35
- I Never Did the Terminals - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 15:06
  - I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 15:21
    - I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 15:26
      - Halo 4 felt similar - Jordan117, 2014-09-14, 21:18
        
        Halo 4 felt similar - Hyokin, 2014-09-15, 10:49
    - I Never Did the Terminals - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 15:28
    - I Never Did the Terminals - TTL Demag0gue, 2014-09-14, 16:02
      - I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:12
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:16
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:40
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:26
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 20:06
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - car15, 2014-09-14, 20:11
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:34
        
        I Never Did the Terminals - CaneCutter, 2014-09-15, 14:36
      - Example - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:05
        
        Example - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 18:10
- TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 15:31
  - TL;DR - Psyrixx, 2014-09-14, 15:34
  - TL;DR - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 15:38
    - TL;DR v2 - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:09
      - Hey, Insane. - Joe Duplessie (SNIPE 316), 2014-09-14, 20:11
        
        Hey, Insane. - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 20:15
        
        Hey, Insane. - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:36
  - TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:03
    - TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:11
    - TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:14
      - TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:18
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:21
        
        TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:30
        
        TL;DR - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 16:41
        
        TL;DR - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 16:49
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 17:15
        
        TL;DR - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 17:32
        
        TL;DR - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 17:40
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 17:42
        
        TL;DR - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 18:02
        
        Staten Perhaps? - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 16:39
        
        Staten Perhaps? - car15, 2014-09-14, 17:46
        
        TL;DR - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 16:29
      - TL;DR - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:31
        
        TL;DR - Avateur, 2014-09-14, 16:41
        
        TL;DR - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 16:49
        
        TL;DR - kidtsunami, 2014-09-15, 06:52
        
        TL;DR - uberfoop, 2014-09-14, 16:53
    - TL;DR - uberfoop, 2014-09-14, 16:16
- Terminals Work, Grimoires Don't - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 16:40
- Skyrim - minasodaboy, 2014-09-14, 17:34
  - Even a la The Last of Us - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 18:03
    - This! - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:10
      - This! - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 18:19
        
        This! - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:22
      - Yep, exactly. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 18:24
        
        Yep, exactly. - General Battuta, 2014-09-14, 18:40
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 18:56
        
        Yep, exactly. - Monochron, 2014-09-14, 19:02
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 19:09
        
        Yep, exactly. - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:06
        
        Yep, exactly. - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 19:18
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 20:14
        
        Halo 2 redux? - Kermit, 2014-09-14, 20:31
        
        Yep, exactly. - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 20:31
        
        Yep, exactly. - car15, 2014-09-14, 21:08
        
        Yep, exactly. - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 19:21
    - Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) also did this well. - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2014-09-15, 08:04
      - Fallout 3 (and New Vegas) also did this well. - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:44
    - Even a la The Last of Us - CaneCutter, 2014-09-15, 17:24
- Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:25
  - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 18:28
    - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 18:28
      - Nobody mentioned the other obvious problem? - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 19:59
  - Orly? - INSANEdrive, 2014-09-14, 18:44
  - WTF Is Going On Around Here: #22/500 - griknir, 2014-09-14, 19:20
  - Nah, not really a problem given the current implementation - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 19:23
    - Nah, not really a problem given the current implementation - Jillybean, 2014-09-14, 19:30
      - Oh, library in the Tower is a good one - ZackDark, 2014-09-14, 21:16
        
        Oh, library in the Tower is a good one - Kermit, 2014-09-15, 08:53
        
        Bungie can have that one for free - Jillybean, 2014-09-15, 11:33
- It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Jordan117, 2014-09-14, 20:15
  - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Blue_Blazer_NZ, 2014-09-14, 20:41
  - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Fuertisimo, 2014-09-14, 21:25
    - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Cody Miller, 2014-09-14, 21:46
      - It doesn't help that Grimoire is a UI train wreck *LONG* - Yapok, 2014-09-14, 22:43

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