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The Polybius Conspiracy

By: Jon Frechette Todd Luoto
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  • Originally heard on Radiotopia's Showcase, The Polybius Conspiracy tells the story of a mysterious arcade game from the '80s whose alleged existence in the Pacific Northwest is fueled by a blending of fact and fiction.
    2017 @ Radiotopia
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  • A message from...

    A message from...
    Feb 18 2023

    A message from the makers of The Polybius Conspiracy...

    BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds host The Incident at Ong's Hat, a new audio drama created from the creators of The Polybius Conspiracy and Passenger List.

    Our final episode airs live next Friday (2/24) on Radio 4, but you can download the entire series now by going to the BBC Sounds' Limelight feed.

    We appreciate your continued listenership. Thank you a million times, no matter what dimension you're connecting from.

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    1 min
  • Introducing...The Incident at Ong’s Hat

    Introducing...The Incident at Ong’s Hat
    Jan 24 2023

    Ong’s Hat is rumored to have once been the site of a gateway to another dimension. After meeting on a forum devoted to the urban legend, yoga instructor Sarah Larsen, and schoolteacher Charlie Brill, go on a road trip to the New Jersey Pine Barrens where a group of renegade Princeton professors had once conducted quantum physics and chaos theory experiments to discover a new theory for dimensional travel. When Sarah disappears, Charlie finds himself at the center of a mystery. Corey Brill (The Walking Dead) stars in this docu-thriller for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds from the makers of The Polybius Conspiracy and Passenger List.
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    3 mins
  • Episode Seven: The Final Level

    Episode Seven: The Final Level
    Aug 18 2022

    Fact, fabrication, history and hoax converge as the search for Marc comes full circle.
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    36 mins
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Thoughtful and raw

Gripping, twisty, and psychological. More melancholy than I thought it would be, in an interesting and meditative way.

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Not very good

first off the episodes are labeled backwards which make playback a pain in the butt.

if this is supposed to be a true story then it sucks. this has very little to do with with the Polybius myth and they are just grasping for staws at anything to try and drag this story out of an attention starved weirdo. if this is a work of fiction then perhaps these guys need to follow another career path because the story just isn't good.

as an arcade collector it's very clear these guys know little to nothing of the hobby/community of arcade games. thinking that every cabinet that was painted black is possibly a real Polybius cabinet is ridiculous and shows their lack of knowledge.

if you are also an arcade collector this podcast is laughable and will trigger you for sure.

if you're just here for the conspiracy story there are much better out there.

the best part of this was the arcade sound effects at the end of each episode.

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