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...Talking shit is as much a part of playing HALO as actually playing HALO is,” explained Olugbenga T. Okusanya ’05 in one of the many pre-game e-mails the group exchanged. Despite helpful advice from the other players (“Aim for the head” from Graham and the widely advocated “Just keep shooting”), FM fails miserably. After noting the results of the match-up: “Threw grenades at self, shot self in foot, etc.,” it’s time...
...Espy notes, this might be deceptive. “We never went to class before. [HALO] gave us more incentive,” he says. In a childlike voice, Graham admits he has had dreams about HALO. The players’ aliases even carry over to real life. Okusanya says he’s entered as “Azazel” on Lambert’s phone, for example. Caleb I. Franklin ’05 chooses more historically inspired names, one of his favorites being “Dred Scott...
...Okusanya, who is now dating a Berklee student, says he didn’t accept her offer. He harbors no illusions about what drew this woman. Asked to attribute the role of his own irresistible qualities, Okusanya is blunt. “I think I’m more charming [to these girls] because I go to Harvard,” he says. “I would say 60 percent of it is my personality, and 40 is definitely because I go to Harvard. They assume that you’re some kind of super-genius...
...some, this may not be far from the truth. “I can’t imagine trying to hit on a girl from Harvard if it’s so obvious that she’s smarter than me,” says Okusanya. “When she has that much more control, it would be so much more difficult for her to be pursued...
...This campus breeds intellectual people and people who are too serious, who are taking 1,001 classes, saving babies, and being so concerned with the real world already, that it’s hard for people to just step back and laugh at themselves,” Okusanya complains. “To find a girlfriend who will relax and not take things so seriously and kind of be happy with the way things are and not stress you out is a difficult task...