Escape Will Make Me Pod

Ryan crashes out in Skarrow's direction about StarCraft and the boys finally get hot. In this week's episode, the gang answers some Twitter questions before talking about the lore for a long time. Welcome to the Marathon Hour. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Art by Michael Veselovsky and Candor

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Marathon season 3 is off to a bit of a slow start ... unless we're talking about the loot economy, which has ballooned wildly, flooding the economy with gold items. This week, the boys discuss the new Vandal cinematic and their hopes for how Bungie might avoid these economy issues in the future. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Art by Michael Vesel...

Season 2 week 2 has coincided with the final Destiny 2 update ever ... making for a slower news week for Marathon. This week, the boys discuss where Marathon should go from here, how it can evolve into the future, and what an "expanded scope" might look like. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Art by Michael Veselovsky and Candor

Season 2 is here, and it had a bit of a rough start. After some major server issues, Bungie has hit the ground running with season 2 and the new Night Marsh map, as well as the first real PvE mode in the game. The gang chats about the flood of purple and gold into the economy, and all the positives and negatives of the season so far. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and...

A new cinematic? The kit for a brand new runner? A new ViDoc? And an early balance patch preview? It must be new season season. Bungie dropped a ton of news about season 2 this last week, including some hints of how the story might be coming together in Marathon season 2. In the 20th episode of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the boys chat through everything we know about season 2, and speculate on some...

Destiny 2 is coming to an end. Season 1 is nearly done, but Bungie isn't done adding cool stuff. Season 2 is nearly upon us. This week, Ryan and Skarrow chat for a bit about Destiny 2 and the impact it's had on them and on Marathon. Then the guys all dive into what makes the end of season 1 so great n Marathon before chatting about the new Triage cinematic! Watch the video version of the show on Y...

New end of season events? A state of the game for Marathon? Teases for season 2? Bungie is ramping up the season 2 info with just three weeks left in the season. There's new teases for Night Marsh, our first real look at Sentinel, and a host of amazing changes coming to Marathon next week. The boys chat about all of it, with a real focus on how Ryan was right about the release date, even though ev...

I (Ryan) write these notes and my wife and I are in the hospital waiting for her to give birth, so I'm gonna keep this one brief. There was a patch! Also new numbers from Sony! Also self rezzes are obnoxious! Enjoy the show and see ya next week! Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Art by Michael Veselovsky

The return of the WSTR? Batman cosplay? Matchmaking conspiracies? With just a month left in season 1, the boys chat about some upcoming changes Bungie is making to grenades and other aspects of the game. They also dive into the current Cryo meta, including a devious/awful strategy Skarrow has been implementing to rob people of their joy and keys. And the gang discusses many of the matchmaking cons...

The community is loving Cryo! The community is hating Cryo! What is going on with the WSTR nerfs, and who is the new great enemy of the people? Will Ryan and Jake let their Compiler kills get to their head?! We're now a week out from the mid-season patch, and less than a week into the Great WSTR Nerfs of 2026. In episode 15, the guys discuss the Compiler fight (now that they've all done it), the n...

Is the C.A.R.R.I. Event good? Is Marathon a Battle Royale now? Who is the big mid season patch for? ARE WE FINALLY GETTING A NEW CHEMISTRY SEGMENT? It's (probably) the last busy week of the season, and the boys have a lot to talk about in this two hour show between the new patch, experimental queues, and the first in-game event. The gang also talks about Ryan's increasing disappointment with Cryo...

The knife? It's worse! The Bubble Shield? It's easier to pop, but as common as ever! And the Goo Gun? It's still stupid! In this week's episode, the gang talk about the recent balance changes Bungie made to the game, their hopes for the Mid-Season patch, and what the hell the C.A.R.R.I. event even is. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Art by Michael...

Everyone is mad about the Goo Gun in Marathon, even after Bungie nerfed it! In this week's episode, the gang chats about Cryo's third weekend, the future of the game, upcoming meta changes, the brutality of matchmaking, and what ultimately turns out to be a less clear metaphor than Ryan originally intended. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Read the...

Skarrow is back home, and everything is back to normal outside of fact that this is a super slick, jam packed, 2 hour+ episode all about Cryo Archive, baby. Woo! The endgame map for Marathon is here, let's FIGHT about it. There's a ton to talk about this week from Skarrow's trip to Bungie, the launch of the first endgame map, what we think Bungie is teasing for the future, and if the Marathon play...

This week, the boys discuss ... well, this is a weird one. Skarrow is at Bungie for the Cryo Archive stream and the ARG, which caused some interesting issues when trying to record. So we've got a Skarrow monologue, a Ryan and Jake yap session, and some other fun stuff. It was touch and go for a minute, but don't worry: Jake fixed it. He fixed it up real good. Watch the video version of the show on...

After a long, long road, Marathon is finally here! In episode 9 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about the full launch of Marathon, all of the new Cyro Archive ARGs, the first major patch, and more! Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Read the weekly write-up by Ryan on Rogue . Art by Michael Veselovsky

Marathon is nearly here, and Bungie is absolutely slamming us with information. In episode 8 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about the new cinematic, seasonal information, sales theories, pain points from the server slam, and more! Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Read the weekly write-up by Ryan on Rogue . Art by Michael Veselovsky

The Server Slam is here! And people have opinions about it, it seems. In episode 7 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about all the new stuff they've seen, the Rook cinematic, and how to stop yourself from losing your mind in the discourse! Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Read the weekly write-up by Ryan on Rogue . Art by Michael Veselovsky

Bungie is revving up the Marathon Marketing machine this week as we got multiple new gameplay trailers and our first OST drop! In episode 6 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about the original Marathon and prepare for the server slam by picking apart some of the recent gameplay clips! Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Read the weekly write-u...

It's a big news week for Marathon , with the new trailer from PlayStation's latest State of Play, reviews out of Marathon 's China event, and streamed gameplay of the mysterious Outpost map from the game's director and some very popular streamers. In episode 5 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about all this and more before diving into the expansive lore found in the trailer and another Ma...

This week we got a new trailer for Assassin and some unofficial details about Marathon's ranked modes. In episode 4 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about the latest cinematic, Jake's wild hidden sword theory, the collector's edition, the ranked leaks, and more! Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Read the weekly write-up by Ryan on Rogue . A...

This week we got some cool new marketing bits for Marathon, including a special trailer for Destroyer and an audio log. In episode 3 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about the Destroyer cinematic and the return of the Artifacts while pressuring Jake to give them answers about The Anomaly. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright . Read the weekly wr...

Marathon officially has a release date. Bungie announced on Monday -- along with a lot of other news -- that the game will hit on March 5. In episode 2 of Escape Will Make Me Pod, the guys chat about the new trailer, the game's fast-approaching release date, and if Marathon looks to be making a comeback or not. Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright. Read...

Welcome to Tau Ceti IV, nerds. Join Skarrow9, Ryan Gilliam, and JakeTheAlright as they introduce Escape Will Make Me Pod, a podcast about Bungie's upcoming extraction shooter, Marathon. In this week's episode, the crew discuss the recently released Runner-centric Developer Insights Video, the divide between "heroes" and fully customizable characters, and Ryan asks Jake to describe the would-be-god...