Imaginationland

It's that time of year again, where Monopoly has taken over Mcdonalds. My friends and I have every piece for every color except for the "rare" ones, but that's beside the point. Yesterday I was at Mcdonalds, and we were talking about money. Scott, one of my friends, then thinks of an idea out of the blue. He proposes using Halo credits as money, and this one of his many thoughts of a world based on the ideas of Halo.
First off, a little background. Halo: Reach, the final Halo game made by Bungie, was released about a month ago. Since then, he has been playing as much as possible and at this point is a Major Grade 2, which puts him in the top 2% of gamers online. Even when he's not playing, he thinks about the game. Earlier this month he proposed a Halo "religion" as a way to get out of school. The so-called "religion" and its ideas occupied his mind for a day or so, and he came up with a whole elaborate religion based on Halo. We came up with the idea that we are waiting for the second coming of Master Chief, the main character of the game. Our disciples are the Marines who are his sidekicks throughout the game. Cortana is our equvialent of the Virgin Mary, and our "cross" is two energy swords crossed. This elaborate plan was his first crazy thought about Halo.
Then yesterday, when a group of us were at Mcdonalds, he proposes using Halo credits as currency. For example, he said a steak would take about 2000 credits, or 4 games worth of play roughly. He also believes that would give him an excuse to play a lot because that would be how people earn money. Even though the world would self destruct if this happened, he would be perfectly fine with it.
Although he takes video games a little too serious sometimes, he does think about some interesting points. For example, if someone established the Halo religion and got enough followers to recognized, how would he school system work? It is philosophical questions like these that do make me at least listen to his question, no matter how ridiculous it may seem. I love his proposals on some of these ideas, and I wish the world would have more fun ideas such as his Halo religion.