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This Is Not a Game with Marc Fennell
- Narrated by: Marc Fennell
- Length: 3 hrs and 19 mins
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This Is Not a Game with Marc Fennell
Publisher's Summary
This Is Not a Game is the extraordinary untold story of the internet’s first conspiracy theory, the legend of Ong’s Hat.
Marc Fennell will dive deep into a previously unexplored world of tech hippies, eccentric web subcultures and simmering paranoia, uncovering how this tongue-in-cheek artistic experiment backfired on its creator and went on to influence much of what’s wrong with the internet today.
Hosted and co-produced by Marc Fennell
A BBC Studios production for Audible
This is like nothing you've ever heard before...
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- Anonymous User
- 26-05-2024
Great story-telling and a wild ride!
This is an amazing tale from the wild frontier of the early days of the internet, told with Fennell’s usual flair. A thoroughly enjoyable listen.
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- Rohan
- 30-05-2024
a must listen!
loved this dive into the internet's first crazy conspiracy - a hippie's dream that spiralled out of control - the original qanon it seems -
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- Anonymous User
- 14-05-2024
Gave me the creeps!
I don’t know why but this one made me scared to go to the toilet in the night. Something spooky and eerie about it, even though I know none of the Ong’s Hat stuff was even true!
A fascinating story, very atmospheric and really had me feeling creeped out, a bit sad, curious, optimistic…so many emotions!
The first episode was a bit of a drag, and took me a while to get into it. But after that it picked up rapidly.
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- Darren Rathbone
- 30-06-2024
An engaging story.
A great telling of how this particular series of events played a part in shaping the internet as we know it today. Designed for audio, it’s an engaging listen with various interviews used to bring the story to life.
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- marc
- 28-06-2024
Great narrative as with all Mark Fennell series.
Great reflection on how we got where we are with the internet. Good characters and as above, Mark delivers a funny and interesting approach to the story.
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- amanda
- 20-06-2024
Great listen.
Interesting cautionary tale. Very well researched, produced and narrated. Makes you wonder what rabbit hole AI could take us down.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-06-2024
Good fun beautifully crafted
I’m really enjoying the originated content from Australian names. Marc Fennell does a great job pulling this together.
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- Amy Robertson
- 13-05-2024
The internet mystery you didn’t know you needed
Marc Fennell never disappoints when he goes digging into a mystery. This story I had never heard of but I was hooked immediately and still desperate for more when it ended.
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- KJ
- 11-05-2024
This was artfully pieced together
The series of interviews and historic facts were cleverly pieced/stitched together to create a very interesting and engaging story. I really enjoyed learning about our internets history.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-06-2024
one of the most interesting and thought provoking listens I've found in a long time
a great story, very well presented with balanced analysis that is sure to intrigue anyone who has witnessed the rise of, or simply partakes in the internet
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