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¹In the beginning, there was the Word, and the Word was God, and the Word was of God. And God spoke the Word:

²And All was.

And God saw that All was darkness, and on the second day He spoke again:

³And the light emerged from the dark: piercing pinpricks of brilliance in the blackness of the void, giving shape to substance and bringing form to Creation. Stars and planets circled the blazing gravity well in the center, ⁴and Man sped through this space, subject to the weight and mass of Creation as the wedge-shaped craft dueled with the elegant needle-like rocket ship. And God saw that it was Good.

On the third day, God again spoke:

⁵And there was sound: jarring noise as the ball struck the paddle, staccato electric blips as the Invaders fired upon the firmament, static explosions rewarding failure, warbling shrills of despair signaling capture by the maze monsters. ⁶And Man heard these sounds, measuring his actions by them. And God saw that it was Good.

On the fourth day, God beheld the starkness of Creation and spoke:

⁷And the harsh, contrasting light of the void was softened by the panoply of tones between black and white; not only blends of the two extremes in every possible proportion, but the rainbow and all its myriad colors and shades as well; ⁸jewels to be collected that captured and refracted the light with their crystalline structure; metallics to glimmer off the surface of coins that could be redeemed by the hundred for a 1UP; and even subpixel hues beyond the comprehension of Man’s eye, invisibly adding nuance to Creation. ⁹And Man exulted in these colors, creating vibrant works that were pleasing to the eye and mind. And God saw that it was Good.

On the fifth day, God surveyed the planes of existence and spoke once more:

¹⁰And the farthest points receded, creating dimensionality: the illusion of distance, parallax motion behind the foremost plane, mathematical points plotted along three axes. And Man delighted in this new axis, exulting in the perpetually unreachable end of a racetrack and the false parallel illusion of isometric space; ¹¹and he stood tall, reaching toward the Heavens. And God saw that it was Good.

On the sixth day, God hove above the waters and spoke one final time:

¹²And suddenly all had a purpose: now the carpenter leapt deadly hazards to rescue his beloved from the mad gorilla; now the nameless hero explored endless dungeons in order to put an end to the reign of the cruel demonic force; now the maze monsters were to be evaded in a quest for love rather than for the sake of mere challenge. ¹³And the wild-eyed wizard appeared in a puff of smoke and mumbled, “Faith,” and Man understood, and believed, and knew the Truth of things, and he used this baseline of Truth as a foundation upon which to build structures of fantastic words, constructing vivid tales of unreality. And God saw that it was Good.

¹⁴On the seventh day, God surveyed All that Was, and found it to his satisfaction. And so did He rest on that day.

But Man, having grown accustomed to these new gifts, felt entitled to more. ¹⁵Though he had enjoyed the works God had granted him, Man felt more could be done; though what, precisely, he knew not what. And so Man approached God and asked:

¹⁶“O Great One, Your gifts are indeed generous, and Your Creation is truly wondrous, but what now? Are we to live without further blessings? Do You no longer intend to expand upon Your work?”

And God heard Man’s supplications, and He was moved; yet He knew that the time had come for Man to contribute to Creation with his own works. ¹⁷And so God said nothing. ¹⁸But Man took His silence as affirmation that God had abandoned His works, and Man’s heart burned with resentment.

And so Man challenged God with words:

¹⁹“If You are indeed the all-powerful Creator, able to accomplish any task, is it possible for You to create a rock so heavy that even You can’t lift it?”

And God felt annoyance for the first time, because such trivial logical paradoxes were simply a function of humanity’s limited perception. ²⁰But He accepted the burden of this nuisance, for He had made Man, and He was therefore the architect of their shortcomings. So did God create a rock of such mass that even He couldn’t lift it, but Man’s comprehension was insufficient to grasp its nature, and Man took this as further proof of God’s failings.

And so did Man again approach God to ask:

²¹“If indeed You can create all things, can You create the impossible? For even the impossible must be possible for one who can accomplish any task.”

And God’s heart grew heavy, for He knew that Man couldn’t begin to understand the impossible; ²²and though he could indeed do impossible tasks, Man’s perspective made him incapable of realizing the sublime Truth of such actions. Yet God rose to the task anyway: for Man, He constructed four special worlds, each with its own Tower; ²³and the whole of each world was contained within each Tower, yet the Tower was contained within its own world, and within the other worlds as well. Each world contained all Towers, and each Tower contained all worlds, and the Towers and worlds contained one another as well. ²⁴But Man could not perceive the totality of this work, and he was satisfied with his belief that he had once again outwitted God.

And so Man again approached his Creator and asked:

²⁵“If You are the all-powerful Creator, immortal and eternal, can You create a weapon that can kill even You?”

And so did God create the Chainsaw, which he placed within one such Tower for Man to discover. Weary of Man’s graceless challenges to His divinity, ²⁶God then retreated to the topmost point of the Towers, the furthest extent, where He would find respite from Man’s petulant questions as He rested.

And Man sought God to ask further questions, but did not find Him; so then did Man set forth into the Towers in search of God. ²⁷And lo did he find therein God’s Chainsaw, which he claimed as his own, avaricious yet uncomprehending of its true power.

²⁸For many hours did Man travel through the interlocking existence of the Towers in pursuit of God, besting many lesser gods along the way, until at last he reached the abode of the Creator.

And then did Man, in anger, strike God with the Chainsaw of His making. ²⁹And God was slain; though Man’s feeble comprehension regarded it as a glitch, and felt a great emptiness within himself: for though he had triumphed, ³⁰it was a hollow and meaningless victory.

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