Landon

Really interesting point. I was taken in by the title alone. When I was playing Halo 5, I couldn’t help but feel like their was something off. Even though they were loading me up with lore, I felt like I was getting LESS. I felt this because the lore was often used rather than introduced. For example: bringing a character from the books into the scene without telling me the who or why.

Good explanation for one of the games that has been eluding me for years. I think this falls in line with many movies, tv shows, games, and even albums that leave us a tiny trail of narrative bread crumbs without actually leading us anywhere. It is an interesting plot style and just like Sigur Ros’ album “()”, these are purposefully “unfinished” works so the viewer, listener, player, or reader can finish it for themselves.

I was just talking about repetition in my poetry class during a lecture about popular music and poetry. We were discussing why pop singers will repeat certain words, like a catch phrase or in a row (think “haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate). It was interesting to see how many different purposes people in the class thought repeating phrases had, and it shows how each poetic device can be made anew by a talented poet. My take was it was a sonic thing, as in the repeated the words like a classical composer would have the same note a few times in a row, resulting in a subtle emphasis on the phrase or note. Obviously, in this book, it takes on new meanings and boundaries. Great read.