Escape Will Make Me Pod

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 conspiracy theories going on in the community, and why Bungie shouldn't confirm or deny them.Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 new meta, when Marathon's second season will come out, and grenades, grenades, grenades.Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 Archive and some experimental ideas that would really shake up the game.Skarrow talks about science, or something, I'm not totally sure.Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 Veselovsky

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 weekly write-up by Ryan on Rogue.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 players who can't get a Drewsky carry even stand a chance in Cryo.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

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 YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright. Read the weekly write-up by Ryan on Rogue.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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-up by Ryan on Rogue.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 Marathon minute!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

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.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 write-up by Ryan on Rogue.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 the weekly write-up by Ryan on Rogue.Art by Michael Veselovsky

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 of Marathon himself in the first Marathon Minute.Watch the video version of the show on YouTube via @Skarrow9 and @JakeTheAlright. Read the weekly write-up on Rogue.Art by Michael Veselovsky