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Halo found in my textbook as well
Posted By: RuneOfRed <runeofred@gmail.com>	Date: 3/12/09 12:46 p.m.
In Response To: Halo fan fiction goes scholarly (vector40) : This is too fucking much. : I'm taking a course through my university's art department about the : structure, function, and aesthetics of video games. The textbook we're : using is a very earnest volume called Understanding Video Games : I just read through Chapter 7 (Player Culture), and look what I saw. : On the other end of the scale, creative fiction writers and manga artists : who are inspired by games are not interested in gameplay at all, but only : in the narrative, or rather, the possible narrative inspired by a : particular game. They will elaborate on a character's history, re-tell : events that happened in the game adding explanations and feelings, and : even write poetry based on their favorite characters. Stories, poems and : drawings expand the emotional universe in ways that the game cannot do. : Here is a Halo fan poem called "Hymn to the Fallen." : Like the sunflower leaning towards the sun, : So trivial is life. : Let us retrace our steps, : From which all this chaos derives. : We have fallen, : We have prospered. : Among the distant suns we long to live, : But do not realize the mistakes we have made. : Mistakes that have cost millions of lives. : We honor our fallen heroes, : For they have protected us, : Against an enemy so deadly, so ruthless, : That our own imaginations couldn't comprehend. : Protect the mother planet, : So we say. : But what is there left to protect, : After the devastation these barbarians have caused? : Nothing. : All we have left is our own lives, : Which we must struggle to cherish. : We will never forget the ones, : The brave ones, the strong ones, : Who have saved us from further destruction. : Hope is what remains of an empire, : Put down upon its knees, : Torn apart by parasites and floods. : Our faith in God must be strong, : Otherwise, the spirits of the dead ones, : Will haunt us through the long, cold and cruel nights, : That have set their domination among us. : Faith is what makes us stand united, : Is what makes us survive. : The nightmare is far from over. (39) : The footnote cites this URL: : http://halosn.bungie.org/fanfic/?story=UNSC_Trooper0704071531331.html : dot dot dot. I've never seen the poem before, but I'm a Communication major and in my Mass Comm./Media Lit class (which I'm going to in 15 minutes). They use Halo 2 as a major point in gaming history. Thought it was kinda cool. It's got an entire chapter devoted to the history and current use of video games, so yeah. :-). Probably not news but I thought it was cool.

Runeofred

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Halo fan fiction goes scholarly	vector40	3/11/09 7:36 p.m.
You're just jealous. *NM*	Louis Wu	3/11/09 8:01 p.m.
Re: You're just jealous.	vector40	3/11/09 8:08 p.m.
Re: You're just jealous.	Pkmnrulz240	3/11/09 9:07 p.m.
Re: You're just jealous.	bobcast	3/12/09 1:09 a.m.
Re: You're just jealous.	Sep7imus [subnova]	3/12/09 8:36 a.m.
Re: You're just jealous.	bobcast	3/12/09 10:50 a.m.
Halo found in my textbook as well	RuneOfRed	3/12/09 12:46 p.m.
Does Trooper know?	Jillybean	3/12/09 12:47 p.m.
Re: Does Trooper know?	vector40	3/12/09 2:06 p.m.
Re: Does Trooper know?	RuneOfRed	3/12/09 3:34 p.m.
Re: Does Trooper know?	Jillybean	3/12/09 4:19 p.m.
Re: Does Trooper know?	RuneOfRed	3/12/09 7:40 p.m.
That's wild...	stan	3/12/09 6:09 p.m.
Good find Vec!!! *NM*	wado	3/13/09 12:17 a.m.