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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] TheSpiderChief [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] OrderedComa So, you'd rather place information from secondary sources over what comes directly from the creators and developers themselves? No offense, but I find that more than a bit odd to take as a position. The material directly produced and released by the original creators of the series is what should be held in the highest regard.[/quote] As much as I agree I would like to point out that the authors of the books worked closely with Bungie/343i. Not too mention that Joseph Staten, the author of Contact Harvest I believe, is an actual Bungie employee.[/quote] They still add their own views and interpretations to it...and 343i has done a rather poor job with following up on the books and making sure they adhere to canon *cough*Glasslands*cough*. They may work with the writers to an extent, but it's still the writer's interpretation of what they're given in terms of information and so on that they put into the book, and some, like The Fall of Reach for instance, was done with very little oversight, according to both Bungie and Nylund, as Bungie was more focused on getting Combat Evolved published than anything else. So yes, the writers for the games do work with the people they've contracted for book writing, but the biases and personal views of the book writer are still going to seep into the work and differ to varying degrees from the creator's own visions. The highest regarded canon should be what comes directly from the writers themselves or those heavily involved in that process, such as Marty O'Donnel, even though he isn't one of the official writers he's still had some influence on the story and its direction (at least from what Staten said/implied in at least one interview). Joseph Staten was one of the people writing the story of the Halo games. I'm not saying the games are the only important thing and everything else should be completely ignored, I'm saying that whatever comes directly from the people who actually write for the game(s) should be taken ahead of what anyone else writes.[/quote] I am so glad 343i disagrees with you. Regardless of how badly Traviss botched Glasslands, at least 343i acknowledges that the extended fiction is equally valuable and not second priority like Bungie insisted.
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