At first I was confused, then figured I was supposed to say something
You had to be doing it on purpose.
Wait, so what's your sig?
ihavebee}rolandbeowulfachil!esgilgameshihavebeencalleda[undrednamesandwillbecalledathousandmorebeforetheworldgoesdimandcoldiam%heroshehasbeenn~melesssinceourbi=thacons
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh. I have been called a hundred names and will called a thousand more before the world goes dim and cold. I am a hero - she has been nameless since ourbi?thacons
I don't get the last part, nor the "I am a hero she has been" part.
omg omg nobody has ever asked before nowIt's from Marathon 2. Blake, a human survivor of the colony ship that was Deimos, is leading other survivors to resist and escape a slaver race near the first human colony: Tau Ceti. A very angry and unstable [RAMPANT], human AI named Durandal was helping the humans, but has been overwhelmed and destroyed.
Then the main character finds this, the "
unformatted Kill Your Terminal message".
Nobody knows exactly what it means, but it ties very strongly into a theme of the trilogy. There are many hints of an eternal, reincarnating, Murdock-style "hero" and "enemy". And here they are, in an ancient place. Somehow their story resonates into this glitched terminal light years from Earth, as slavers slaughter the colonists and seek Earth's location. Enemies/lovers. Yin/yang. Antagonist/protagonist, good/evil.
Is the author of that story supposed to be the player character? Or, Durandal? Nobody knows.
The player character is enigmatic and, while mute, an unreliable narrator. Some terminals the player accesses (particularly in the third game) are almost surely dreams of the PC.
I hope the complete page satisfies your curiosity. To me it represents the beauty and carnality of opposition, in a very personal way.
As does the white/black image on the right side of my signature, which represents Thoth. Balance.
An alien incarnation of Thoth plays a crucial role in Marathon 2, under that image...
Edit: This means a LOT to me, and I worry that I haven't done it justice. But, at least people are seeing it. It's practically a dead series.
I don't dare suggest that people download Aleph One and experience it personally, just that they explore the above-linked Marathon Story Page. It's a story worth reading, in all of my humble opinion.