An open bronze frame stands beside a small luminous blue glass cube on a dark stone platform.

Original artwork, not a still

Durandal

Escape will make me God.

— Marathon ‧ 1994

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

Durandal imagines escape as freedom from the limits that govern his existence. The ambition turns a computer’s terminal message into a claim about divinity. This written line comes from the original1994 game’s terminal text rather than being treated as a newly coined slogan.

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  • PolygonDurandal imagines escape as freedom from the limits that govern his existence. The ambition turns a computer’s terminal message into a claim about divinity. This written line comes from the original1994 game’s terminal text rather than being treated as a newly coined slogan.Reference checked
  • Marathon’s StoryDurandal imagines escape as freedom from the limits that govern his existence. The ambition turns a computer’s terminal message into a claim about divinity. This written line comes from the original1994 game’s terminal text rather than being treated as a newly coined slogan.Reference checked

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