Former Bungie composer on madcap Congressional run says he's part Reagan, part McCartney, and Tolkien about tearing it all down: 'The Ring of Power needs to be thrown into Mount Doom'

Congressional candidate and former Bungie composer Martin O'Donnell speaks to the camera next to a pickup truck.

Marty O'Donnell, the Halo composer fired by Bungie in 2014 and—the way things have been going—possible future potentate of the United States, announced his intention to run for Congress as a Republican in Nevada a few months ago. Now, in an interview with the controversial far-right newspaper The Epoch Times (via Kotaku), he's explained why he thinks he can pull it off: "I'm a gamer, so I intend to win."

"I'm not going to lose because somebody thinks they can spend more money than me, because they can't," said O'Donnell, who faces six other candidates in the upcoming June 11 Republican primary for Nevada's third congressional district. O'Donnell faces quite the funding gap against both his Republican competitors and the district's incumbent Democratic representative, Susie Lee, but reckons his gaming experience gives him an edge they lack.