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Published: Oct. 2, 2017, 7 a.m.

Ever played a video game and felt almost addicted? We\u2019ve all been there. Then you get nauseous, have horrible nightmares, suffer from convulsions, and maybe even die? Oh wait, the Street Fighter 2 marathon didn\u2019t do that? Well, a mysterious arcade game in the outskirts of Portland, Oregon did in the early 80\u2019s. Polybius, allegedly only in a few arcades, was under constant surveillance by (you guessed it) men IN BLACK SUITS. Soon after it appeared, the mysterious arcade game vanished without warning\u2014leaving no record of its existence. Did the game really exist? If so was it some sort of mind control experiment by the government, or something even more far fetched? Could it have been a testing ground to find the best and the brightest future stars of the US military? The H 51 I-Team investigates (but mostly just plays video games). Plus, is C Bot\u2019s favorite game Global Thermonuclear War or Tic-Tac-Toe (hint: is isn\u2019t Tic Tac Toe)? Who\u2019s the best at Dig Dug (hint: it isn\u2019t Brent). And is the Power Glove just\u2026so bad (yes, of course it is). All of that and more on the podcast that\u2019s never had our mind controlled by a video game, but HAS controlled a video game with our minds\u2026and forearms\u2026and fists \u2013 Hysteria 51.

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