HeyJaredPolybius Protocol
Before TRON, there was POLYBIUS.A retro sci-fi horror fiction podcast from Children of the Neon God, based on the infamous 1981 Portland arcade legend.Liz Faire thought she was just a substitute teacher—until a haunted arcade machine came back to finish what it started.Analog…
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Polybius Protocol — Episode 11 - Big Trouble with Little Liz (opens the original)
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Play the game no one can remember playing. POLYBIUS PROTOCOL Episode 11: “Big Trouble with Little Liz” Young Liz runs through 1981 Portland as the signal spreads, the bystanders obey, and a mannequin-android version of her future self gets a little homicidal. Missing student Kelly Deale has escaped the Void. Pacify is waiting in Liz’s future. Reality is fracturing. Polybius has activated. And he’s upset you left him back in 1981. Have you played POLYBIUS today? #PolybiusProtocol #BigTroubleWithL
Polybius Protocol - Episode 10 - Live Studio Audience (opens the original)
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Welcome back after sweeps season and our MID-SEASON hiatus. The Children of the Neon God, TV Guide’s #101 channel to keep an eye on, returns with its flagship show, The Polybius Protocol, where sci-fi meets existential crisis as present-day slacker Liz Faire discovers that an arcade experiment back in 1981 gave her the dark gift of quantum snapping into alternate dimensions. Whew! Follow Liz as the artificial intelligence she befriended as a child sends her back in time to 1981, where she must c
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