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Re: Grenade rifle from Aliens
Posted By: Bob-B-QDate: 2/1/24 7:41 a.m.

In Response To: Grenade rifle from Aliens (VikingBoyBilly)

: I recently watched aliens and spotted this literal checkhov's gun. So
: Bungie's AR was inspired by the gun from Aliens. They don't appear to be
: using a dual firing mode with it, so Marathon improved on the concept.
: Then bungie took the shotgun idea from Terminator 2.

I... don't think that's what "Chekhov's gun" means.

Also not sure what the importance of a "dual firing mode" is or why a video game gun not being limited by the constraints of a physical prop is an "improvement on the concept".

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Grenade rifle from AliensVikingBoyBilly 2/1/24 3:26 a.m.
     Re: Grenade rifle from AliensBob-B-Q 2/1/24 7:41 a.m.
           Re: Grenade rifle from AliensVikingBoyBilly 2/1/24 3:09 p.m.
                 Re: Grenade rifle from AliensBob-B-Q 2/2/24 8:59 a.m.
     Re: Grenade rifle from AliensLion O Cyborg 2/2/24 12:13 p.m.

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