Metroid Prime, Phendrana Drifts
The Phendrana Drifts area in the 2002 action-adventure Metroid Prime makes me feel like I’m seeing the world from the perspective of an ice cube—it shades everything in a dull refrigerator blue. Its snow is uncomplicated, round white dots that seem to be suspended rather than falling down, and the floury layer that sticks to the ground provides a soft landing pad for armored Samus to gun down her enemies. The snow is secondary to the action, but it helps that it’s there.
Poem: “I counted till they danced so / Their slippers leaped the town – / And then I took a pencil / To note the rebels down –” – “Snow flakes.”, Emily Dickinson
