1: Participant Observation
Summary
Mike Walters recounts his involvement with Wobegon, a clandestine competitive game with secret rules that are enforced by an anonymous group. His first challenge forces him to confront a painful past memory by calling an ex-boyfriend, only to discover afterward that the traumatic event he relived has been erased from his reality. Mike grapples with the unprovable nature of these reality shifts and fears what future games, or losing, might bring.Episode description
Mike Walters discovers a mysterious online game called WOE.BEGONE. The first challenge isn’t even that hard. It will probably stay that way, right?
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