One of the most famous modern urban legends is that of Polybius, a mysterious video game that was released in Portland arcades back in the early 1980s. Supposedly teenagers who played this game suffered migraines, amnesia and strangely aggressive behavior. Was this game part of a secret government mind control experiment? In this episode we dig into the truth.

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Notes:

https://retro-bitch.com/2015/11/04/dying-to-play-the-berzerk-curse-fact-or-fiction/

https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2017/11/polybius-the-most-dangerous-arcade-game-in-the-world

https://www.coinop.org/game/103223/polybius

https://www.inverse.com/input/gaming/polybius-is-real-video-game-urban-legend

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/polybius-the-most-dangerous-video-game-to-never-exist

https://www.mentalfloss.com/fun/video-games/unraveling-legend-polybius-most-dangerous-video-game-1980s

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