A noble effort, ta. Mind you, I have no idea how the rotation of that chain actually feeds in the rounds.

: As for where you picked up the term "chain gun" to describe the
: Warthog's machine gun, like I said, this all goes back to id Software.

Well, maybe, but Halo was pretty much my first shooter game, so I'm not sure I got exposed to the term much before then, in the videogame sphere. Can't remember. But perhaps other folk developed the misunderstanding that 'chain' referred to a belt of bullets feeding into a gun, and thus the term was getting misused also outside of videogaming? I wonder if it got misused also in some action films or TV series for example.

: but it's a misnomer nonetheless, just like when people refer
: to magazines as "clips."

Dang, I seem to recall having the clip discussion before. Maybe even within the last two years or so. Just did a forum search too; nothin'. Maybe you'd care to remind me what a clip really is?