: If there ever was a case for us to strike off and do our
: own thing instead of following Marathon letter for
: letter, Silent Man has made it.
: Why you ponder?
: Because Silent Man has proved, that after 7 years,
: Marathon no longer really exists as a game. It's a
: memory, a unique experience, an experience that many
: hail and worship, yet their reasons for doing so are
: muddied, confused, misdirected, or simply a force of
: habit.
: Like the trekkies that faithfully protect their
: Enterprise and snarl at Star Wars... Most of them have
: forgotten the exact reason for what their initial
: dedication to Star Trek was for.
: The same is true with Macs... At some point, the user has
: usually forgotten the exact reason why he originally
: chose Macs over PC and will continue to protect his
: platform choice, more because of force of habit, and
: an effort to save face then anything else...
: "Rome is an idea"
: and so is Marathon. It has transcended being a mere game,
: and is now a worshiped idea, a goal that everyone
: tries to achieve for a reason that they're not quite
: sure of.
: SilentMan has proved it...
: Why?
: Because tonight, I sat down with Pfhred and Anvil and
: opened up the sounds that the rocket makes in firing,
: flyby, and explosion from both Marathon 1 and
: Infinity.
: The sounds matched up. Exactly. They are both 8 bit
: sounds, and they sound alike, and when dumped into
: Premiere to take a look at the wave form.... Again, an
: exact duplicate. Bungie didn't even bother to remaster
: the sounds for the rocket launcher, they just kept the
: original sounds from Marathon 1 through its sucessors.
: Usually, SilentMan could be taken as mistaken, a fool
: perhaps, but I've seen too many similar comments and
: made a few of them myself in the past year.
: Quite simply, Marathon is old, many people haven't played
: it in ages, or are just dusting off the old
: floppys/cds to see if it still works on their G4s...
: Their ideas of what Marathon is/was is altered by 7
: years of time, girlfriends, parents, next generation
: games.
: I think it's rather important that everybody realize that
: Marathon has transcended being a game, and is now an
: idea instead. With that, expect wide and varied
: recollections of Marathon, what was liked and
: disliked, and don't be surprised if a lot of the
: recollections are inaccurate, because they aren't
: remembering the game.
: They're remembering themselves playing the game.
: And that my fellows, is a very important distinction.
: G'night.
I disagree. Maybe I'm in the minority here, but just a week ago I got together with 5 other guys and we played Marathon Infinity for about 6 hours, blasting each other and howling with laughter. It's still a great game. I also own a '68 Camaro and, yes, it is old technology but damn it's fun... and that's what's important.
