3: The Chalice

About this episode

The episode explores the challenges faced by SwordQuest players as they question the legitimacy of the contest and its prizes.

SwordQuest players discover that being video game rock stars comes at a price. Meanwhile, delays in the contest raise suspicions among contestants that Atari may not intend to see it through to the end—and that the prizes may not even exist at all. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• video games
• contest
• suspicion
• prizes
• Atari
• players

Keywords

• SwordQuest
• Atari
• video game contest
• prizes
• suspicion

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Atari

Books & works: SwordQuest

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