RQ Network Feed Drop – WOE.BEGONE | Ep.1: Participant Observation

The Magnus Archives

Rusty Quill

Alexander J. Newall, Science Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts, Fiction Podcast, Fiction, Rusty Quill, Drama, Audio Fiction, Anthology Podcast, Horror Fiction, Horror Podcast, Audiodrama, Jonathan Sims

4.9 • 11.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many brilliant podcasts on the RQ Network: WOE.BEGONE.

WOE.BEGONE is a weekly sci-fi horror audiodrama series about the nature of power and the implications of linear time and is created by the amazing Dylan Griggs, who also makes The Diary of Aliza Shultz Podcast.

This first episode of WOE.BEGONE, “Participant Observation,” follows Mike Walters, a man who discovers a mysterious and violent online game that begins to affect his real life.

The series continues with over 150 episodes, following Mike as his exploration of an alternate reality game with real life consequences morphs into a search for the technology that makes the game possible.

WOE.BEGONE is written and performed by Dylan Griggs, introduction and outro by Anusia Battersby. Listen to WOE.BEGONE on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or listen wherever you get your podcasts, or to learn more about the world of WOE.BEGONE check out its official website.

Content warnings:

Conspiracy

Grief and loss

Altered Reality

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, it's Anusha here, voice of Gwen in the Magnus Protocol.
0:04.0	Today we are bringing you the first episode from one of the amazing podcasts on the Arq network.
0:09.8	The show is called Woe Be Gone and is created by the incredible Dylan Griggs who also makes the
0:15.4	Diary of Eliza Schultz podcast. Woe Be Gone is a weekly sci-fi horror audio drama series
0:20.9	about the nature of power and the implications of linear time.
0:24.3	Episode 1, participant observation, follows Mike Walters, a man who discovers a mysterious
0:30.0	and violent online game that begins to affect his real life.
0:34.0	You can listen to more of this amazing series with over 150 episodes,
0:38.0	following Mike as his exploration of an alternate reality game
0:42.0	with real life consequences, morphs into a search for the
0:45.1	technology that makes the game possible.
0:48.1	Search for W.O.E. Period. Be-E-G-O-N-E, wherever you listen to your podcasts by clicking the link in the show notes below or by
0:59.6	visiting rustic will or Wobegon Pod. For more information. Have fun and enjoy the episode. You're not going to be here. My first mistake was thinking that I was a journalist, that I was simply observing a phenomenon from a safe distance and that I wasn't going to get involved, like a biologist
1:55.7	watching the lion take down the gazelle and letting nature take its course.
1:59.7	I don't know why.
2:01.2	I thought that I, of all people, would be able to be party to this without becoming a participant.
2:06.4	Hubris maybe? It wouldn't be the first time that Hubris has been my undoing.
2:11.2	I'm not a journalist, I'm not a professional. I'm a shitty
2:14.5	podcaster at best. A hubristic shitty podcaster. So I guess the least I can do is that a shitty podcast.
2:25.0	If you're hearing this that's what I decided to do.
2:29.0	I'm out here and strangest of all, I'm in the lead.
2:34.5	My name is Mike Walters and I'm going to tell you everything I've figured out about the game
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