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Oracle Game: “They went under. Pyrrhus, misled by an oracle”

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In this special episode, Wendy challenges the group to a game that tests their knowledge of Ulysses and reveals “nice guy” Eric’s competitive side.

Drawing on Modernism’s love of chance, wyrd, and spiritual intervention, Wendy devised the “Oracle Game.” The aim of which is to test the group’s knowledge and divine the future!

You, dear listener, are invited to play along with Eric, Shinjini, and Wendy. The game is as follows:

  1. The Oracle flicks through a copy of Ulysses and someone says stop.
  2. The Oracle casts their eye, at random, along the pages and starts to read a passage
  3. After a tantalizing tease of time, the Oracle stops and asks the listeners to identify (a) the passage, (b) the episode, and (c) the context of the passage
  4. The Oracle role passes to the next person, and we play again.

    5. The second “quick fire” round follows the same structure except the Oracle keeps reading until a player says “stop” and takes a guess.

    Who will triumph in this game of knowledge and nerdery? What do the selections reveal about our future and fate? Tune in to find out!

    Mentions:

    • Cheap and cheerful at $1.40, Tecate lager (surprisingly, it was much nicer than the price or name would have you think)
    • Much less affordable, but unsurprisingly quite good, Lord Grey, an Earl Grey sour ale by Three Taverns Brewery, Decatur, GA

      • Theme song: “Come on Over” by Scalcairn, via Blue Dot Sessions

      Special thanks to Carin Goldberg, whose cover design for the Gabler edition of Ulysses inspired our logo.

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