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Edited by Foggen:
6/23/2015 1:31:24 PM
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I listened to lukems on 1Up Yours and the Bungie Podcast during the run-up to Halo 3 and ODST, so I have a pretty good idea what to expect from him, which is to say that he is a committed irascible asshole. It's charming at times, but it's also obnoxious. And it's not the kind of thing you want to put out there when your community is as sensitive about being taken advantage of as Destiny's is. For a better appearance by Smith, check out what he said about the Taken King on Giant Bomb's E3 live stream. It's not mind-blowing or super surprising, but it at least gives a better sense of how he's trying to address the general reaction to Destiny, warts and all.
Edit: the timestamp tag didn't make it to the embed, but the Lukems segment starts around 2:33.
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He's an honest, down-to-earth, and brilliant guy, but god damn does he not need to be doing interviews. This is the second time he's sounded like a total dick in a widely known interview where he represented the entire company. It's nice to be able to hear the honest, personal touch of a guy with his boots on the ground so to speak instead of Deej's carefully crafted vaguely positive PR charms, but he really seems to have no idea where the line actually is in talking about your playerbase.
