Area 51 is back - play the game for your own good
Midway is releasing some of their older games, the full versions, as free downloads. They’re ad-supported, of course, but from what I’ve seen the ads are relatively unobtrusive.
But behind this magnamimosity, I fear, is something far more sinister.
For example, Area 51 - a 2005 game that, surprisingly, holds up extremely well for its age. The graphics are quite acceptable and tha gameplay is a bit like that of F.E.A.R., with strange, alien things going on and squad-based combat.
Aside from all that, Midway may be trying to slip us a clue with the ad they’ve “chosen” to support the game: a video advertisement from the U.S. Air Force of a rocket launching into space. The POV of the video suggests that you are affixed to the side of the ship, and you get to witness a booster section of the rocket jettisoned toward the earth.
Area 51, the supposed top secret airbase connected to the Roswell incident and more, seems like the last sort of video game that the USAF would legitimize by buying an ad. Conspiracy?
With this in mind, I visited PlayWhat’s authority of choice on the UFO phenomenon: AlienZoo, an indispensable resource for information on all things Alien. AlienZoo’s mantra is “Don’t feed the conspiracy”, so I feel a bit sheepish about concocting yet another wild-eyed theory. But here goes.
AlienZoo has a resident Gray, Gunther, who blogs about conspiracies in order to set humans straight, debunking that which must be debunked. I can’t tell you whether this is a real Gray, and if he is, whether he resides on our planet or simply channels his information to the AlienZoo staff. But given my suspicions, I’m not about to dismiss his existence. We’re being surreptitiously prepared for something.
In a recent blog entry - Humans film UFOs over Turkey - Gunther sheds light on recent UFO sightings in Turkey, caught on video. It’s pretty spooky stuff. In one of videos you can see a closeup of a - wait for it - cigar-shaped craft, clearly metallic in appearance, hovering in the distance, at one point directly below the moon. The videographers seem to catch it from several different angles.
In one of these angles, the craft takes on the appearance of a very familiar ship: the Jupiter 2 from the original Lost in Space series. Look at this pic and tell me you don’t see a creepy resemblance:
Maybe (well, certainly) I think too much, but go with me. For decades, extra-terrestrial beings may have been exerting a mild form of mind control over creative people, in particular filmmakers and game designers, to influence the designs of alien spacecraft and alien “monsters” preparing us for, perhaps, a devastating alien invasion to come - in the hopes that we will find a way to stand up for ourselves and defeat them.
In this scenario, I see the Grays as benevolent beings, and why not? Certainly if they had wanted to conquer us they would do a lot more than hover in their ships just far enough away that we can’t see them clearly. Right? Plus, we have Gunther. I’m sure he’d warn us if evil, STS creatures like the Lizzies were anywhere near our planet.
So, back to Area 51. Is it some kind of virtual training module a la America’s Army (or even The Last Starfighter? Chew on that for a minute). In any case, it’s free. It’s the entire game. And despite its obviously linear design, it’s definitely fun to play. I’d suggest that you play it - better safe than sorry.
I guess I fed the conspiracy. Sorry, Gunther.
