One Ring To Rile Them All

So. Yes. I played it. Yes. So. Halo. One word. One ring. One movie: Aliens. Halo: (what's the opposite of anxiety in this context? pride) The Pride of Influence. When you're storming some alien placement and a marine screeds across the screen: "we're all fucked, we're all fucked..." The signature image of Halo = the haunch of the Famous gun. And on that gun: a counter, ammo. And on Aliens' pulse rifle: the same counter. Gentle homage? No. This is Aliens: the game. Unsuccessful attempts have been made to recreate Aliens. From Jaguar (great) through Saturn (hmm), SNES (enjoyable), and PC (not played but meant to be great) and most have seemed to miss the point. That is: you don't need to be so damn literal. Aliens = feeling harrowed to yr very inner marrow; that ache-sense of anticipation/dread. So, it seems impossible to capture using the orig. sprites: use an analogy then. With tinctures of reference. For example, Marcello says Scary World Theory (in essence) = Entertainment. So, I'm saying Halo = Aliens. MY GOD! What a game. This game is so important. Important in the sense that "ohmygod the world didn't collapse after Freak Like Me went to #1" ie important as an event not for its probable, possible, implausible repercussiongs. But, as an event. As an event.

The PS2 and GC have a way to go before they have a game this good.

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