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The episode explores the dark and terrifying cover-up of the Renraku Arcology Shutdown in Shadowrun lore.

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Topics covered

• Shadowrun lore
• Renraku Arcology
• corporate cover-ups
• horror
• gaming history

Keywords

• Renraku Arcology
• Shadowrun
• corporate utopia
• Seattle
• shutdown
• horror
• gaming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Renraku

Books & works: Shadowrun

Places: Seattle

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