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Pixeltank
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The legend of the Pixeltank has its roots in the ancient world. There are subtle references to it scattered all throughout primitive and classical writings. Herodotus speaks of a weapon fashioned by Hephaestus in his forge as a gift for Apollo and Ares, the gods of music and war. He writes of its origin: "And Hephaestus forged the formidable megaulos to satisfy the respectable urgings of Apollo. But Ares, not to become an enemy of this new weapon spoke kindly to Apollo and convinced him of his friendship. Then while Apollo was away, Ares, having become close to Apollo and his servants, was able to steal this formidable megaulos and hand it down to his minion Marsyas in order to betray Apollo. Marsyas, having his own grand ambitions, used the megaulos to challenge Apollo in battle, much to the pleasing of Ares." Another account of the battle explains that Marsyas controlled the megaulos with his reed instrument. Somehow, the sounds of the music he played caused the weapon to come to life and wreak great havoc on Apollo. It was supposed by medieval scholars that this same “megaulos” was used when Joshua blew his trumpet to siege the city of Jericho. References to this weapon continue in various forms throughout the Persian, Greek, and Roman Empires, but suddenly cease altogether some time in the 3rd century. It is at this time the megaulos is supposed to have been hidden away. In the year 2006, two researchers, only known by the names ‘abot’ and ‘ninjalan’ located the hidin
