The Flood is a fictional parasitic alien life form. Flood-infected creatures, also called Flood, in turn infect other sentient hosts. They were introduced as a second enemy faction in the 2001 video game Halo: Combat Evolved, the first game in Bungie's Halo multimedia franchise. Their design and fiction was spearheaded by Bungie artist Robert McLees, with sound design led by Martin O'Donnell. The ringworld setting of the first Halo game was stripped of many of its large creatures for Halo 2 to make the Flood's surprise appearance more startling. For Halo 3, Bungie environment artist Vic DeLeon spent six months of pre-production time refining their fleshy aesthetic and designing the organic interiors of Flood-infested space ships. Reaction to the Flood has varied; while some reviewers found the creatures too derivative and a cliché element of science fiction, others ranked them among the greatest video game villains of all time.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1870:
Representing Mississippi in the Senate, Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to serve in the United States Congress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiram_Rhodes_Revels
1948:
Fearful of civil war and Soviet intervention in recent unrest, Czechoslovakian president Edvard Beneš ceded control over the government to the Communist Party. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_Czechoslovak_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
1994:
Israeli physician Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Muslim Arabs praying at the mosque in Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs, killing 29 people and wounding 125 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Patriarchs_massacre
2009:
Members of the Bangladesh Rifles mutinied at its headquarters in Pilkhana, resulting in 74 deaths, in addition to 8 mutineers killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Rifles_revolt
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
stance: 1. The manner, pose, or posture in which one stands. 2. One's opinion or point of view. 3. A place to stand; a position, a site, a station. 4. (specifically, climbing) A foothold or ledge on which to set up a belay. 5. (Scotland) A place for buses or taxis to await passengers; a bus stop, a taxi rank. 6. (Scotland) A place where a fair or market is held; a location where a street trader can carry on business. 7. (obsolete, rare) A stanza. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stance
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
More noise occurs from a single man shouting than a hundred thousand who are quiet. --José de San Martín https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn