: People who come up with allegories based on incomplete theories piss me off.
: Halo is not a political allegory -- from experience in a certain other
: game, we can deduce that Bungie is better at making underhanded
: comparisons than this suggestion, well, suggests. What evidence is there
: that the Covenant are supposed to represent any government on Earth?
: "Oh man, they're expansionist, just like medieval Japan" or
: "LOL, they're bound by the thought of a religious prize, just like
: 16th century Spain!!!" Yeah, right.
: The attitude of the Covenant is pretty vague. Despite what you may think, the
: entirety of the United States' government is not fanatically religious, so
: your whole theory just fell to shit. I don't think our fearless leader
: is looking for some mysterious item of prophecy in Iraq anywhere. So, even
: from a literal sense, the Covenant can't be the US, but even without that,
: it's stupid to try and come up with BS theories about allegories in a
: stupid video game. It's rather similar to the people -- and they do exist
: -- who took the "analysis" of the Marathon terminal text way,
: way too far. Yes, the text is loaded, but I find it very unlikely that
: Bungie had really created that many layers, so it's just idiots trying to
: reach conclusions from indecisive evidence.
: My point is, shut up about political stuff and play the game. Even if you
: were right, and the Covenant are supposed to play as the US (and I'd
: sure like to hear a second opinion about that theory), all it would lead
: to is a torrent of bogus political "allegories." What's next,
: anyway? "The Flood represents Mexico because there's so many of them
: and they're invading LOL XD RACISM LOL"
The above is the kind of reasoned (if slightly inflamed) msg you could expect at HBO. Kudos. ;)
