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Elegance Is a Shotgun  Bookmark and Share Wednesday, Mar 17,
2010 There is nothing more elegant than punching a button and
watching something die.  Taking at least one thing off before
going out, the little black dress, the black tie, the shotgun.
What do these things have in common?  Obviously, their elegance.
I have been groping around for years for a way to convey to
others the pleasure that I get from using the shotgun in a first
person shooter.  And it has finally come to me, it is the very
definition of elegance.  I first noticed my preference for the
shotgun playing Doom 2.  There was something purely pleasurable
about loading up, pressing the trigger, and watching really ugly
critters die.  As I have continued to play FPSs, I continually
note my tendency to eschew nearly all other weaponry for a
double barrel.  While first person shooters often offer the
player about eight different options of weapons to use, I can’t
imagine that any player d