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Day #986 This is what happens when three rookies meet a seasoned player. Moral of the story? Get those game hours in or be fodder. Estimates suggest 49 hours a week minimum. Otherwise you are going to lose your life+gear+loot.  Marathon by k (@KyeZzzz) on x.com. April 20, 2025. And there is nothing your Mom will be able to do about it this time. Harsh I know but...  Assassin is the second Shell cinematic. But don't expect one for everyone in the audience. Bungie writes: Hey cinematic fans -- we see y'all theorycrafting our release schedule, and while we do have cinematics in the works for all our shells, not all of them will be coming before launch (team's got their hands full with Other Stuff 👀) Thanks for being patient, can't wait to share more ♟Who will draw the short straw(s) and fail to meet the launch deadline?
 Wagering has already begun. Who will win and who will lose? And who will go home with a wad of cash? The Runner Shell cinematics are being created by Jeremy Hanna who is based in Wellington, New Zealand.  Jeremy Hanna. May 28, 2012. Bungie's Brian Austin (Marathon Brand Marketing) writes: For all our Key Art and these Runner Shell cinematics we are collaborating with an insanely talented artist and animator Jeremy Hanna.Jeremy's résumé is impressive having created concept art for movies such as Dune, the Avatar sequels, Blade Runner 2049, Ghost in the Shell, just to name a few.   Back on May 25, 2023 I wrote... How do you take a world-building sci-fi classic and reimagine it? Now you know. Check out Jeremy's Instagram page for his Marathon Key Art. And yes he did this piece from way... way... back.  Marathon Developer Update Press Pack. October 2024.  marathonthegame.com. October 2024. Note the difference. But I digress. His work can also be seen on the Marathon Collector's Edition Box (Runner anatomy/manufacture process).  Runner anatomy/manufacture process by Jeremy Hanna on Instagram. April 13, 2025. So Destroyer and Assassin Shell Cinematics are done.
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Day #985 Yet another Marathon Collector's Edition Box Art poster. This one floats on the wall and has a clean Marathon aesthetic to it.  Marathon Collectors Edition Box Art poster by Crazy_Dreamer_93 on r/marathon. February 1, 2026. Crazy_Dreamer_93 gave a link to where you can get these floating acrylic wall frames. But wait... ...this is not alright.  Just stuck on the wall by Jake (@JakeTheAlright) on x.com. February 2, 2026. You just can't stick them to the wall. But it gets worse. Far worse.  Worm acquired by AlexB207 (@AlexB207Swag) on x.com. January 24, 2026. AlexB207 (Alex Blashill) shows us his worm but makes the mistake of framing his photograph with the original Marathon Poster stuck to his wall with tape! To quote Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness... The horror. The horror. Frame your Marathon art!  Marathon concept living by Nathan Gillner (2023).   How to carry your worm.  Worm carry by tMParagon (@tMParagon) on x.com. January 27, 2026. Yes, it's Worm EDC. May not be TSA compliant. If they take your worm will they take your girl? remakku gives us the acrylic Vandal keychain based on his own artwork. So no copyright problems here, no sir. As they say in the movies... " She's a criminal. Criminals are HOT! ".
Get your orders in quick before she breaks your heart. OG Marathon fans had the UESC Marathon keychain.  Battle damaged Marathon Keychain posted by drop-database-reddit on r/marathon. February 2, 2020. This 3 oz chunk of unobtanium was banned by the TSA which is why you don't see many of them these days. This one has been kept in stasis and resides in the Museum of Marathon Antiquities.  To be opened on July 25, 2794. Will you be there? |
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Day #984 Nomine magnus, virtute major. Cookedbread writes concerning the Destroyer Deluxe Skin. You know the one...  He points out that the crest on the Deluxe Edition of our boy Locus is a Rampant Lion and is the family crest of Roland. Yes, Roland as in Count Roland. Rampant as in out of control. The Roland family crest (coat of arms) does appear to vary in design but the Rampant Lion (Lion Rampart) remains prominent.   Lion Rampart is also the coat of arms of Scotland. Because the Scots are totally out of control. Just ask the Romans. But I digress. OG Marathon fans will be well acquainted with Count Roland having read The Song of Roland a hundred times and will read it a thousand more before the world goes dim and cold. I am...  The Song of Roland is immortalised in Marathon on the first terminal of Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! This is the opening level of the Durandal chapter in the game.  Durandal is the name of Count Roland's sword. This is also the level that gives you a clue to who you really are... The 10th military Mjolnir Mark IV cyborg. At this stage you should be connecting the dots. But where it will take you is a story for another day.  If you bought the Marathon Deluxe Edition you will also get the Misriah 2442 Pump Shotgun with Lion Rampant crest.  Misriah 2442 refers to the Misriah Massacre on Mars in the year 2442. If you go by the date in the original game then the Misriah Massacre occurred on January 6, 2345.  But dates in Marathon are a little fuzzy. One might even say unstable. Bungie would later correct the inconsistent ones in The Lost Network Packets. Good to know that NuBungie are now using the corrected dates. The Misriah 2442 Pump Shotgun would be superseded by the WSTE-M5 Combat Shotgun. This later version with its complex loading mechanism was used with deadly force against the inserectionists during the Ares Raid on July 14, 2444. As it is MIDA Monday we remember the Misriah Three.  Their actions lead to the Third Martian War. Marathon Is Deadly Activism. Postscript. So you bought the Marathon Collector's Edition with the girlie thing and now wished you had bought the He-Man Marathon Deluxe Edition. Don't fret. The Marathon Collector's Edition comes with everything in the Marathon Deluxe Edition. Two for the Price of One... or something.  |
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Day #983 It's a new month. But what happened last month? Well here's a snapshot of what we featured. What did you miss?
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