Metroid Sign Language

Ugh. Don't get me started.

In other news, Metroid Prime is a classic game. I can hardly summarize it if you've never played it, but one fascinating aspect is the different beam types. Samus gets four main beam weapons (alongside lots of supplemental upgrades): her original weapon the beam cannon, wave beam, ice beam, and plasma beam.

In the picture, if you look closely at the bottom right corner, you'll see hand symbols—almost like sign language. The beam cannon hand sign looks like pretending your hand is an airplane. The wave beam looks like an open hand. The ice beam looks like "rock on." The plasma beam looks a bit like "live long in prosper."

What's extra cool is that, in the game, Samus gets a x-ray visor. When that's active, you can see her hand in the poses described above. I'm not sure what the feeling is, but I envision that there's power in words—even the words of sign language. I may have to use that concept sometime. Not today. Not today. Werbel needs to be finished.

Speaking of Werbel, I don't feel like working on him. It's hard work. Thus, I'm off to work on Werbel.