(Left) Cora sporting Flood Carrier Form costume. / (Right) Screenshot of Flood Carrier Form from Halo 3.
This costume takes all of five seconds. Merely stuff a bunch of… stuffed animals in his/her PJ top and watch them walk towards you, itching to trip, burst, and release those pesky infection forms (which are better off ignored than trying to waste ammo on). What’s this “flood”, you ask yourself somewhere deep in your uninterested subconscious? Holy shit! Have you never played Halo — the video game franchise that sold over 27 million copies worldwide? Still no bells ringing? Well, then a couple facts wouldn’t hurt: Halo 3 sold $170million dollars worth of copies* just in the first 24 hours after release.** (I’m sure you recognised all those blemish-riddled nerds stinking up public transport with the smell of partially-digested Cheetos and Red Bull late in September of 2007. That is, if you aren’t a hermit.) The franchise boasts a hand dipped deep into the the entertainment spectrum, boasting five console games (Halo 1, 2, 3, Wars, ODST, Reach, and i’m sure there will be more), books, movies, animes and the usual fare of toys and collectibles. If you’re still confused I’d suggest moving back to Tibet. I hear they got color TV, now.
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*“Xbox 360 Exclusive Halo 3 Registers Biggest Day in US Entertainment History[…]“, GameSpot, 2007.
**“The $300m space invader” by Laura Parker, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2007.
