David Cornwell <goldragonne@earthlink.net> writes:

D espair
R age
E nvy
A ye
M ak
S icur

David ponders on the significance of the level "Aye Mak Sicur" and its dream like variations, and wonders was it all a dream?

Strange how things take on a life of their own. I was under the impression it was

D espair
R age
E nvy
A nger
M elancholia

I wish they'd keep the streets clean in New York.

Forrest Cameranesi <Pfhorrest@aol.com> writes:

"Despair...
Rage...
Envy...
Aye
Mak
Sicur

i figured it all out...

it all makes sense now
it was as if from an old dream...
...but now i remember
-p4st"

Forrest provides a diagram:

The following is an extract from a soon to be released interview with Greg Kirkpatrick (GK) and Chris Geisel (CG):

HS: The timelines appear to break at the Electric Sheep levels. Each sheep level is followed by a second dream level in which we can take one of two paths. One takes us to a variation on the last level Aye Mak Sicur (namely Aie Mak Sicur, Carrol St. Station, and Your Wormfood Dude) the other to a new timeline or the continuation of an old timeline. The variations on the last level Aye Mak Sicur I take it are failed timelines? Timelines in which we fail to stop the nova and the release of the W'rkncacnter.

GK & CG: Right on. Yep... basically this is what would have eventually happened if you'd continued the previous timeline to its conclusion.

Michael Florentin Nielsen <florent@post3.tele.dk> writes:

In the diagram from Forrest Cameranesi it is indicated, that Minf takes place after M2, but I think it is rather obvious that at least some of the episodes are before or at the same time as M2. Eg. take a look at the last term on Thing What Kicks... Next mission Waterloo Waterpark? Futhermore on Confound Delivery we read: "But I [Tycho] sent him [Durandal] a message he won't be able to resist, something only the three of us would understand." Now where have we seen that one before? As a side note: remember the flooding in Charon Doesn't Make Change and the "Damage to dam on the Minor River"? Now the big question is: Am I one person (cyborg) or is it all possible worlds running mad?

Yes, events in Marathon 2 and Infinity run currently but in different timelines. We play the same character but this is not always obvious.

The following is an extract from a soon to be released interview with Greg Kirkpatrick (GK) and Chris Geisel (CG):

HS: The Infinity manual provides us with the first indication that everything is not as it seems. The M2 events at Lh'owon have been rewritten and Durandal is about to meet his demise at the hands of the Pfhor. The Prologue level reaffirms this yet on level 2 we appear to find ourselves journeying back in time and working for Tycho! Are these in effect three different timelines?

GK & CG: Yes, the player is jumping from a number of possible futures trying to find the path (eat the path) that will allow him to survive the cataclysm on Lh'owon, and unite him with 11th clan in a way that Durandal never could. How the player is able to do this jumping has to do with the unique interaction between Jjaro technology and sentient creatures.

HS: Thus On Rise Robot Rise (Level 2) we are in a timeline in which we were not kidnapped by Durandal at the end of Marathon but rather captured by the Pfhor along with Tycho at Tau Ceti?

GK & CG: Yes. Tycho wakes you up. Durandal is alone.

Forrest Cameranesi <Pfhorrest@aol.com> writes:

...i thought everyone else might benefit from a better diagram. this one's more accurate, smaller (as in surface area), and easier to read. the red path indicates the shortest route to completeing the game.