Interprotean Xenomorph

It was time to resume the fan art series this blog introduced so long ago.

It so happened that MisterIngo contacted me right after I made this decision.

So, here is another great piece of fan art by MisterIngo.

One can undoubtedly sense the admiration and fear such a creature would evoke.

My thanks to MisterIngo.

This image is © MisterIngo. Used Under Authorization.

Every Friday, I will post a piece of artwork inspired by the original work of HR Giger and by the Alien franchise.

This week, I am pleased to present the incredibly talented artist known as herisheft.

This piece is titled “Alien Runner”. In fact, this is only a crop of the actual piece.
Please visit herisheft’s Home Page for more great work by this artist.

This image is © herisheft. Used Under Authorization.

Now, there is a nasty word.

In particular, anthropomorphism is the attribution of human characteristics and qualities to non-human beings, objects, natural, or supernatural phenomena.

Why such a pompous lecture?

Because xenomorphs are not human beings.

Xenomorphs are beasts, monsters. They start their life as parasitoids. They evolve to become near-humanoids, but remain primordial in nature.

From the movies, xenomorphs seek to procreate and survive.
It’s unclear whether they feed on humans.

So, xenomorphs are not the opposite of Colonial Marines. They are lethal creatures that complicate any situation.

The storyline of any new Alien-inspired game should probably avoid paraphrasing the movies.

Movie-to-game adaptions have often led to terrible games, as much as game-to-movie adaptions have led to terrible movies. (I am still trying to forget AVP: Alien vs. Predator, but the memory of a predator running hand-in-hand with a human female still haunts me.)

So, I think Gearbox and Obsidian should look for intersecting or parallel storylines. Clearly, those new games should take place in the Alien universe, but the franchise timeline has many gaps to leverage.

Example:

The action could start on LV-426.

The terraforming colony just discovered The Derelict and the egg chamber. They load up a few eggs for study.
Now, this is a terraforming colony, not a science facility. So, while the local Science Officer attempts to learn more about the eggs, a few samples are shipped to the main Wayland-Yutani-controlled science complex in the Zeta II Reticuli system.
The rest of the game tells the story of what happens within the Wayland-Yutani-controlled science complex, located on an unrecorded planetoid.