Kotaku: Marathon

Bungie's Other Sci-Fi Series Improved, Free

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:30:00 EST

Marathon, the classic FPS series that made Bungie kinda-famous before Halo made them really famous, has been modernised and brought kicking and screaming into the 21st century. You can get 'em on PC, Mac & Linux. For free. [Aleph One] More »

How Do You Fuel a Marathon Gaming Session?

Mike Fahey — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:20:00 EDT

Aside from making us all hungry, commenter FortWaba shares with us the supplies he needs to make it through a video game all-nighter. What food and drink fuels your power-gaming sessions? Bring enough to share in today;s Speak Up on Kotaku. More »

The Sumptuous Video Game Art of Craig Mullins

Luke Plunkett — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:00:00 EDT

We showcase the work of a lot of talented artists here on Fine Art. But we're in for a real treat today, as few are as talented or as influential as Craig Mullins. More »

Labor of Love Brings Marathon to the iPad for Free

Owen Good — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:30:00 EDT

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Thanks to the spare-time efforts of a single coder, Marathon the beloved FPS from the zenith of Mac gaming's days, will be released on the iPad by Bungie for the low low cost of zero dollars and zero cents. More »

Timeless Speculation: Exploring The Games Of Bungie's Past

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:30:00 EDT

What fruit will this new partnership between Bungie and Activision bear? Perhaps the answer to that question lies buried in the Halo developer's past games. More »

A New Marathon Trademark? What's That Pfhor?

Owen Good — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:30:00 EDT

One week ago Bungie filed a new trademark application for Marathon, the FPS superstar of Mac gaming's brief apogee during the mid- to late-1990s. There are few details beyond that but the paperwork's enough to stoke fantasies of a reboot. More »

Beyond Halo, Marathon, Myth, Oni, What's Next For Bungie

Brian Crecente — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:00:00 EST

As Bungie works to finish up what they say will be the best Halo game ever produced they're also hard at work at something else, their first non-Halo game in more than ten years. More »

New Year's Marathoning: Video Games or TV?

Brian Crecente — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:30:00 EST

The last and first day of the year for me has always meant spending way too much time in front of the TV. Be it playing video games until I pass out or watching televised marathons, I consider it a guilt-free over-indulgence. More »

The Super Mario Marathon For Child's Play

Mike Fahey — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:30:00 EDT

Click to viewBrian Brinegar, Dan May, and John Groth are three former college roommates who plan on spending the next fifty-five hours playing through seven different Mario games in their entirety. That's Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3, Super Mario World, Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Three gamers, seven games, fifty-five hours, all for the sake of the children. The trio is broadcasting their Super Mario Marathon live all weekend via UStreamTV, kicking off at 3PM Eastern and going until all the games are completed or they go crazy and turn on each other. More »

Who Will Win the Race to the End of Resident Evil 4?

fdemarco — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 19:00:00 EST

The gaming marathon mad folks over at cameronbanga.com (aka Four48) have issued a challenge in their latest charity driven attempt. They will be competing with seven other teams from around the world to see who can reach the end of Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition first. Currently, two teams have dropped out leaving six left to slaughter their way through the zombie hordes. You can make your donations (which will go to Child's Play) on their website as well as follow the multiple teams' progress via live streaming video. More »

Marathon Zelda Gamers at it Again

fdemarco — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:00:00 EST

You may remember last weekend when I posted about the guys at cameronbanga.com who tried to make it through four Zelda games in 48 hours. Due to some glitches, they weren't able to squeeze in all four games but still managed to raise over $1200 for Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. So, in an attempt to make up what they couldn't finish, the boys are at it again but this time they have given themselves eleven hours to complete Twilight Princess. The marathon gaming session will again benefit Child's Play and will be the first in a series of charity driven weekend gaming sessions. Good luck on your mission guys, you are benefiting a great charity. More »

Four Zeldas in Forty-Eight Hours

fdemarco — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 10:00:00 EST

Some feisty gamers embarked on a charity mission this weekend. Their goal: to play through four Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess in forty-eight hours. While the playing is happening, you can go on to their website to watch some streaming video of the action as well as donate some money for their efforts that will go to Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. More »

Marathon Resurrected

Mike Fahey — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:30:06 EDT

Now you can relive the glory of a thirteen year-old game from within an eight year-old game! A labor of love seven years in the making, the team behind the just released Marathon: Resurrection 2.0 project have poured their hearts, minds, and a good chunk of free time into recreating Bungie's 2.5D shooter in full 3D as a modification for Unreal Tournament. While the mod takes several liberties in updating the game to the new engine, the flavor of the original is strong in this extremely comprehensive mod. It comes complete with 27 solo maps, 16 new multiplayer maps, 10 new monsters, 10 new weapons, and 15 new and remastered music tracks. A hell of a lot of love has been put into the project, and all it requires from you is a working version of Unreal Tournament An excellent way to dust off one of your old favorites and experience an even older one at the same time. More »

First Halo 3 Easter Egg Found

kotaku.com — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 07:00:18 EDT

Oh, thou obsessive geeks. I admire you. I sit here, withered away in cynicism like an Aztec mummy, my eyes staring at the internet like desiccated plums. I do not love gaming so much anymore that I would comb a 2500 pixel Halo 3 promo pic and discover, hidden in the texture of the assault rifle, an 18x18 pixel square nursing the Marathon logo. Yet even the dead vortex of my heart feels a slight throb when I marvel upon your crazy obsessed works. Florian Eckhardt More »

Marathon Will Live Arcade, Halo 2 Won't Live Anywhere

brownlee — Tue, 30 May 2006 09:00:23 EDT

Although we suspect the rather ho-hum news that Halo 2 will not be playable through Live Anywhere will strike people as more interesting, we can't help but get a little fist-pumping psyched over the hint that Bungie's proto-Halo, Marathon, is seriously being considered for XBox Live Arcade. Many a day we played that game on the ancient Macs in high school computer lab. Doom was better, but hey... we'll take what we can get. More »

Mans Heart Explodes After Game Marathon

Brian Crecente — Tue, 09 Aug 2005 16:20:48 EDT

It sounds like 50 hours is about the maximum amount of time a person can game before their heart explodes. CNN reports that a South Korean man died of heart failure minutes after finishing a 50 hour game marathon. The man had recently quit his job to play more games, that's a bad sign. More »

A Day in the Life of Xbox Live

Brian Crecente — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 13:29:52 EDT

A blogger set out to play games on Xbox Live for 24 hours straight. Six tuna fish sandwiches, four vitamin waters, four handfuls of mixed nuts, two Clif bars, one Balance Bar, three multivitamins, two yogurts, two Liftoff drinks, three quarts of water and ten bathroom breaks later, he succeeded. More »