Bungie. Unequivocally.

by Revenant1988 , How do I forum?, Thursday, February 21, 2013, 04:37 (4105 days ago) @ narcogen

"I don't like magic" just seems to me like a very odd position.

Everything we know about the universe seems to indicate that faster than light travel does not exist. Yet games like Halo feature this. When it needs to be explained, you get a bunch of psuedoscientific jargon.

How is this distinguishable from "magic"?

Does it matter, when your Spartan turns invisible, that the fictional reason is fictional science instead of fictional magic?

Does the writer or the OP play Mass Effect? Does it affect one's opinion of the game if "biotic powers" were suddenly called "magic"?

I'm given to wonder if this position is informed by a topic that I assume is verboten on this board...

I've already addressed this concept in a previous post within this thread.

I am aware of the... similarities. My perception has to do with presentation. "Magic" triggers the fantasy genre in my mind. "Magic" exists in sci-fi, but it is never specifically referred to as "magic". ME3 is a good example of this.

There was a mix up between what was reported on a few journalistic websites and what Bungie has actually quoted so far. I'm sure this will happen several times. I am only human.

I personally don't like the term, "Magic".

That is not the main point of this thread.

The point of this thread was to gauge an idea on what folks here thought about regarding what the article asked: Bungie? or Halo?

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Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - Revenant1988, 2013-02-20, 15:16
- Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - yakaman, 2013-02-20, 15:26
  - Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - stabbim, 2013-02-20, 15:30
- Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - manti452, 2013-02-20, 15:46
  - Magic - Xenos, 2013-02-20, 15:48
    - Magic - Ragashingo, 2013-02-20, 15:59
      - Magic - SIX min WHISTLE, 2013-02-20, 19:16
- It's like with music... - RC, 2013-02-20, 16:32
  - When they decided to switch to hip hop I was skeptical *NM* - Xenos, 2013-02-20, 16:45
  - It's like with music... - Revenant1988, 2013-02-20, 17:37
  - It's like with music... - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-02-20, 20:51
    - It's like with music... - ckamp, 2013-02-20, 20:58
      - It's like with music... - SonofMacPhisto, 2013-02-20, 21:04
        
        +1 - ckamp, 2013-02-20, 21:12
    - It's like with music... - Kermit, 2013-02-20, 21:36
- Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - NsU Soldier, 2013-02-20, 17:07
  - Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - Revenant1988, 2013-02-20, 17:27
    - Space Wizards...in SPACE! - NsU Soldier, 2013-02-20, 17:47
      - Space Wizards...in SPACE! - Smee, 2013-02-20, 17:50
        
        Space Wizards...in SPACE! - NsU Soldier, 2013-02-20, 17:53
      - Space Wizards...in SPACE! - Revenant1988, 2013-02-20, 18:02
        
        On labels, and genres...kind of. - NsU Soldier, 2013-02-20, 18:19
        
        Oh believe me, I'm giving it a chance. - Revenant1988, 2013-02-20, 18:25
- Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - Kermit, 2013-02-20, 17:29
  - Annnnnnnd here comes the PS4 news dump. D'oh! - Revenant1988, 2013-02-20, 17:46
  - I have faith. - Xenos, 2013-02-20, 17:52
  - ^Furreal *NM* - Ibeechu, 2013-02-22, 08:36
- Bungie fan - Mr Daax, 2013-02-20, 17:45
  - +1 - Kermit, 2013-02-20, 17:46
  - Thats all you need. No explanation necessary :) - Revenant1988, 2013-02-20, 17:47
- Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - Avateur, 2013-02-20, 18:18
  - Bungie? or Halo? (from the front page) - narcogen, 2013-02-21, 20:45
- Bungie fan, ready for something new! - Leviathan, 2013-02-20, 18:48
- +1 for Bungie Fan! - Smee, 2013-02-20, 18:49
- Started out Halo; became Bungie after doing my homework - Anton P. Nym (aka Steve), 2013-02-20, 19:33
- Started out Halo... - mikefishr, 2013-02-20, 19:48
- Bungie. Unequivocally. - narcogen, 2013-02-21, 02:36
  - Bungie. Unequivocally. - Revenant1988, 2013-02-21, 04:37
    - Bungie. Unequivocally. - narcogen, 2013-02-21, 20:43
      - Bungie. Unequivocally. - Kermit, 2013-02-21, 21:43
      - Bungie. Unequivocally. - Reconcilliation, 2013-02-21, 21:53
        
        FTL? - Xenos, 2013-02-21, 22:30
        
        Bungie. Unequivocally. - narcogen, 2013-02-22, 01:17
    - Bungie. Unequivocally. - Ibeechu, 2013-02-22, 08:27
- Bungie - Ibeechu, 2013-02-22, 08:18

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