Chowder City
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| Chowder City | |
|---|---|
| Presentation | |
| Genre | Interactive audio noir podcast Alternate reality game |
| Written by | Emma del Valle |
| Narrated by | Rill Causey |
| Language | English |
| Production | |
| No. of episodes | 13 episodes + 6 Newscast episodes |
| Publication | |
| Original release | March 3, 2022 – Current |
| Website | https://Chowder.City/ |
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Chowder City is an interactive audio podcast, an ARG that began on March 3rd, 2022, with its roots dating back to 2019. This is paired with other forms of social media like a Twitter account, an Instagram account, and a Discord server to organize efforts. Hints and clues are hidden throughout the audio for listeners to pickup on, then later make a decision as their path forks,
Plot Summary[edit]
Following Arlo Pilgrim as they're drug forward in time to the year 2099 after encountering particularly unique refrigerator. On the other end they find Pollux, an artificial intelligence succinctly informing them that the human race's future is in jeopardy. Skepticism rises when Arlo is told that there isn't really another way around this, his other choice is to go back to his normal life and expire later that evening. The obelisk is sloppily outfitted with scalpels, suction cups, and anesthesia ready for Arlo's affirmative compliance before the procedure can begin; the man of 33 years really wishes the choice were more difficult to make.
Episodes[edit]
13 episodes, 6 amount of newscast episodes, with x amount of choices that diverge episodes into different universes.
| No. | Title | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | "Echoes" | February 24, 2022 | |
| The trailer for Chowder City's series played on loop on their website, slowly gaining in length, severity, intensity, cryptic clues, and glimpses of the coming calamity. It tells the tale of people lost, forgotten, and irreparably damaged by something that can only be experienced first hand to rationalize. | |||
| 1 | "The Obelisk" | March 3, 2022 | |
| Confronted with a digital readout after finding an abandoned pickup truck, while driving through the desert, it greets him. A refrigerator in the bed, and infinity in front of him. | |||
| 2 | "The World" | March 10, 2022 | |
| Sucked through time into the sunless dawn of the 22nd century by an intelligent, sass riddled computer named Pollux; Arlo Pilgrim is given a choice that isn't much of a choice. | |||
| 3 | "Newscast 1 - 11.2.99 12:00 PM" | March 14, 2022 | |
| The year is 2099. In the mega-metropolis Chowder City, the morning news is derailed by a catastrophe in Rookwurst Place. The event will have ramifications that will change course of natural history. | |||
| 4 | "The Sentinel" | March 17, 2022 | |
| On his first walk through the high-rise streets of Chowder City, Arlo Pilgrim learns about the apocalypse he's been summoned to prevent. Later, he and Pollux encounter their first obstacle. Arlo is presented their first significant choice that will split the podcast from this point forward depending on which choice is made. | |||
| 5 | "Newscast 2 - 11.2.99 3:00 PM" | March 21, 2022 | |
| The situation at Rookwurst Place continues to unfold on the morning news, as the dire situation worsens. Newscast is also altered based on the choice option chosen in the previous week. | |||
| 6 | "Equivalent Value" | March 24, 2022 | |
| Pilgrim and Pollux venture into Chowder City’s underbelly to locate the Black Market with hopes of purchasing a biometric override device./Pilgrim and Pollux incapacitate a cop and impersonate him in order to gain access to Agnostine Tass’ apartment. This podcast is only unlocked once you have listened to the previous one and make your choice, take different paths, are different lengths, and provide different clues. | |||
| 7 | "Newscast 3 - 11.2.99 6:00 PM" | March 28, 2022 | |
| Kru Fortune preemptively eulogizes some of Rookwurst's trapped residents. This has also been altered been altered based on the previous choice made, if you chose to knock out the cop it is mentioned in the news. | |||
| 8 | "Thirty Taxidermied Polar Bears" | March 31, 2022 | |
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Pilgrim and Pollux go to Agnostine Tass's office to look for any information or clues that can lead them closer. Arlo finds himself confronted by a four digit pin pad, ending with a sigh and the entry of 0000 after saying that only 9,999 more possible combinations. | |||
| 9 | "Cutlass Cauldron" | April 7, 2022 | |
| Pilgrim and Pollux head to Cutlass Cauldron and try to interrogate the wrong maître d'. | |||
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