No doubt about it - there's absolutely no escaping Marathon, as long as you have a Macintosh and an Internet connection, and don't have a problem with the idea of computer games or something. At least, I've long since given up thinking of ways I could have avoided it permanently. Of course, now Halo's release for Xbox opens up a whole new path in....
: Knowing how easily I can become addicted, I resisted playing the PID demo
: that came with my Mac - I think it was my PB 520 - for the longest time.
: Eventually I succumbed, but by then was purchasing a new PowerMac, which
: came with the M1 demo. I played the M1 demo over and over until I could do
: it blindfolded on TC. By then, the M2 and Moo demos were available, so I
: downloaded them and played them over and over. Finally, I realized I would
: never be satisfied until I played all 3 full games, so I purchased the
: Bungie Action Sack - I don't know how I managed to wait so long, but my
: fears of addiction were obviously well founded ;-) . Little did I know how
: many 3rd party scenarios would follow, or that A1 would keep the fever
: going. Interestingly, I never went back and played PID.
