STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING MR BONZO GODDAMN DISGUSTING PIECE OF VILE SWEATY SAGGY RUBBERY PUFFY SKIN COQUETTISH POSH BASTARD BIGGEST CLOWN WORST MASCOT SHITTEST COLOUR SCHEME HORRIBLE SHAPE MOTHERFUCKING MR BONZO IF HE CAME FOR ME I WOULD MUTALISE MYSELF SO HE DOESN'T GET THE SATISFACTION I WOULD DISSOLVE MYSELF IN ACID OR FEED MYSELF TO THE OCEAN SO I DON'T HAVE TO DIE BY HIS HANDS IF HE CAME FOR ME I WOULD BREAK HIM WITH MY BARE HANDS I WOULD RIP HIS RUBBERY SKIN APART AND HIS SKIN WOULD BURST LIKE THE WORST KIND OF WATER BALLOON I WOULD BECOME MORE OF A MONSTER THAN HIM IF IT MEANS KILLING HIM MOTHERFUCKING RUBBERY PIECE OF UNTWINKABLE SWEATY CLOWN MR FUCKING WANTS TO STAY WITH HIS STUPID HAT HIS UGLY FUCKING HAT I HOPE IT BURNS I HOPE HE BURNS AND THE SMELL OF BURNING RUBBER WILL BE A SYMPHONY FOR MY SENSES TO MARK THE DAY MOTHERFUCKING MR BONZO FINALLY DIES
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Totally Killer (2023)
dir. Nahnatchka Khan
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my two states of listening to woe.begone:
That's it, that's why I look crazy listening to it
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"the magnus protocol had a whole ARG beforehand? what?"
yes! it did!
"oh so I need to have participated in this whole big thing to actually understand the podcast?"
not at all! from the official post-mortem put out by RQ, "while the ARG was not something that was necessary to participate in to understand the magnus protocol, it was designed to contain a wealth of background story and context that would enrich any player's listening experience."
"a wealth of background context that would enrich my listening experience 👀👀👀 how can I learn about this?"
SO glad you asked. sadly, many of the materials made for the arg have been taken down since the game ended 😔 (ex., the official OIAR, magnus institute, and bonzoland websites. though @strangehauntsuk is still up!), so we're a bit low on primary sources, but in terms of learning about what happened:
for a starting point, I would really recommend this video by @pinkelotjeart
it's super accessible, it was made in real time as the game progressed and follows the solving and revelation of clues as they happened, it hits all the major points of the mystery and moments of community insanity while eliding some of the nitty gritty puzzle grinding, 10/10 would recommend.
here's the official summary put out by RQ, and I'd recommend reading through this once you've already gotten a basic handle on the flow of the story and the basic connections between major clues and events. it's got some fun behind-the-scenes info and lays out the thought process behind the puzzles in simple terms
here's the full masterdoc of all puzzles and resolutions put together in the statement remains discord server. masterdoc my absolute BELOVED, masterdoc my bethrothed, masterdoc my soul mate. I'd recommend this as a second port of call after the above video as it either contains all details about the puzzles about or links to other expanded docs that do.
here's the narrative summary doc that lays out all the plot and lore discovered in three pages of plain prose. if you just want to get to the good bits as fast as you can and get blasted directly in the face by contextless lore bombs, this is the doc for you. if you don't want to start with the video, I'd say this is another good entry point.
once you've got the lay of the land, some of the game materials that I found particularly interesting include:
the in-universe east germany expat usenet forum, with all content translated into english. most of it is irrelevant space filler with occasional extremely sus lore, but I still found it fun to read through. love to soak in some fictional forum drama.
chdb.xlsx, the spreadsheet of the names of all the children the protocol 'verse magnus institute was studying/experimenting on.
klaus.xls, a (very corrupted) spreadsheet with what looks like the classifications of a bunch of old OIAR cases.
once you start poking around in these documents, you'll find a bunch of links to others with further information, the materials I've included here just contain what I feel to be the most relevant details to getting a broad feel for the whole game. once again, huge shout out to the statement remains server, I was barely in there as the arg was in progress and only ducked my head in every so often to find links like these. true mvps of the fandom.
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this is sorta my understanding of the 3 Mikes in w.bg rn
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"That's fascinating, I should write a paper!" — says a guy who is rapidly decomposing in front of his own eyes.
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as someone going thru staff cuts rn I was not expecting tmagp talking about redundancy dkskxisjzisjia rusty quill put job security into trigger list pls
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The effects on the doctor who special are amazing!
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David Tennant is fifty something and treating his body like he’s thirty something again in The Star Beast. Here’s your meal, king.
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