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Aug 4
40m 36s

Polybius: The Arcade Conspiracy

CHELSEY WEBER-SMITH
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This is a bonus episode from our subscribers-only podcast Hysteria Home Companion. I share the history of an 80s urban legend with our producer Miranda Zickler, one about a dangerous video game that appeared in Portland arcades with possible links to the mysterious government agents known as the Men in Black and then disappeared without a trace. ⁠Become ... Show More
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