: In the story page, there is a section about Grendel. I've noticed that all of
: the references are to comic books. Well, recently, I have been reading
: John Gardner's novel Grendel. An interesting thing to note is that in some
: of the chapters, at the beginning, there is a lot of weird, randomness, in
: the form of poems, songs and just oddness. For some reason, it really
: reminds me of Durandal when he is going rampant in Infinity. The sheer
: randomness of some of the statements reminds me of some of Durandal's
: terminals when his mind is essentially breaking down.
Thanks. I haven't read the book but will take a look. Do you have any quotes from the text that are Durandal like?
The main reason why the Grendel section on the Story Page references the comic book character is that the character appears as an image in an early version of the game. Thus someone at Bungie must have been a fan of the comic book. There are also a number similarities between the comic book plot and Marathon itself. The Grendal section also refers to the Grendel character in Beowulf, which is what John Garner's book is about. Though the story is told from the monster's point of view.
Cheers
Hamish
