Much Ado About “Carriers”?
Our staff member Sandy noticed these wall writings while playing the demo earlier. Most wall writings are frivolous; at most, they might talk about some of the locations the Survivors are about to visit, but otherwise, they seem to be largely trivial. These writings, however, discuss carriers. In medicine, an asymptomatic carrier is “a person or organism infected with an infectious disease agent, but displaying no symptoms.” For instance, if you’ve seen 28 Weeks Later, the mother is a carrier.
The military seems to be relegating these individuals and ferrying them off before the others. This could either be a simple flavoring added to the game to enhance realism or a deliberate clue placed in the game to hint at the game’s lore. So far, Valve has been mum about the nature of the outbreak. This may foreshadow future content that gives us a better look at the infection and how governments are handling it.
It also makes us wonder if the Survivors in both games are carriers, and if the military’s policies will affect them after rescue. Food for thought.
