VYS0036 | Infinite Game - Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny - Show Notes Some rare art transcends reality, some even rarer art seems to create a new reality altogether - the work of Joseph Matheny does both of these things while embracing the trickster spirit inherent in the magickal traditions in which his work has its roots. Joseph talks to Hine and Buckley about Ong's Hat, his "living book" project, widely recognised as the first Alternate Reality Game, and how it took on a life of it's own, not only for the people who were playing it but also for the people who created it. The conversation also turns to synchronicity and how his recent work, the Liminal Cycle, seems to generate synchronicity in the lives of those who engage with it, how his work connects so closely to magick, nature and theatre, his experiences in the North Pole and how they affected his writing, the use of magic in political systems and how the internet we know and love (to hate) today retains the legacy of the ritual magicians and DnD enthusiasts who created it... (recorded 7 February 2024) Thanks to Joseph for his time and thanks, as always, to Keith for the excellent show notes, you can hit him up on on bluesky: @peakflow.bsky.social Joseph Matheny online Website (https://josephmatheny.com/) Official Archive of the Ong’s Hat Project (https://incunabula.org/) Ong’s Hat website (https://ongs-hat.com/) YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/c/JosephMatheny1) Twitter/X (https://twitter.com/OngsHat1) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/ongshat1/) Substack (https://josephmatheny.substack.com/) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ongshat23/) Goodreads page (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/460921.Joseph_Matheny) IMDb page (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558429/) Hine and Buckley’s Intro Neuralink - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuralink) Elon Musk says Neuralink has implanted its first brain chip in human - The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/29/elon-musk-neuralink-first-human-brain-chip-implant) True Detective (Season 1) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Detective_(season_1)) Ong’s Hat - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ong%27s_Hat) Ong's Hat: The Beginning (Authorized Version) by Joseph Matheny (Audiobook) - Soundcloud (https://soundcloud.com/ongs-hat-1/sets/ongs-hat-the-beginning) Ong's Hat: The Beginning (Authorized Version) by Joseph Matheny - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48741082-ong-s-hat) Alternate reality game (ARG) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game) QAnon - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon) January 6 United States Capitol attack - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack) Pizzagate conspiracy theory - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizzagate_conspiracy_theory) Gamification in Politics: how does it influence Political Participation? by Elena Giordano - Medium (https://elena-giordano.medium.com/gamification-in-politics-how-does-it-influence-political-participation-c4936170cf1b) Liminal (The Liminal Cycle) by Cameron Whiteside (Joseph Matheny) - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48903852-liminal-by-cameron) Xen: The Zen of the Other (The Liminal Cycle) by Ezra Buckley (Joseph Matheny) - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60559685-xen) Statio Numero (The Liminal Cycle) by Joseph Matheny, Jason Nunes (Illustrator) - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/170179781-statio-numero) Joseph’s early background in tech Early Personal Computers, 1970s-1980s - Museums Victoria (https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/articles/15729) Technology that changed us: The 1980s, from MS-DOS to the first GPS satellite - ZDNET (https://www.zdnet.com/article/technology-that-changed-us-the-1980s/) Berkeley Macintosh User Group - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Macintosh_Users_Group) Steve Wozniak - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak) ARPANET - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET) Dial-up Internet access - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dial-up_Internet_access) Bulletin board system - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletin_board_system) Email - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email) The History of Email: Digging Into the Past, Present, and Future - Email On Acid (https://www.emailonacid.com/blog/article/email-marketing/history-of-email/) Pony Express - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pony_Express) Joseph’s epiphany High Frontiers magazine - Anarchivism (https://anarchivism.org/w/High_Frontiers) High Frontiers Issue #1 - Archive.org (https://archive.org/details/highfrontiers00rusi) Modem - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem) The WELL - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WELL) Dialer - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialer) Apple Inc. - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.) 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Group Magickal Workings in Politics - Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/chaosmagick/comments/196okld/group_magickal_workings_in_politics/) What is Meme Magick? - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je2oZlRZlIE) Pepe the Frog (and Kek) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepe_the_Frog) Cambridge Analytica - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge_Analytica) Steve Bannon - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bannon) Chaos magic - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_magic) A video making the rounds online depicts Trump as a Messiah-like figure - NPR (https://www.npr.org/2024/01/26/1227070827/a-video-making-the-rounds-online-depicts-trump-as-a-messiah-like-figure) Hacker - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker) Caller ID Spoofing - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caller_ID_spoofing) Sophomore - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophomore) Memetics - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memetics) Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections) Punk'd (TV series) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punk%27d) Playing the Infinite Game - World Quant (https://www.worldquant.com/ideas/playing-the-infinite-game/) Zero-sum game - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_game) Gamification - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification) Bitcoin - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin) Live action role-playing game(LARP) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_action_role-playing_game) Reality tunnel - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_tunnel) A framework for using magic to study the mind - Frontiers in Psychology (https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01508/full) Ritual In Game Design - Lumpley Games (https://lumpley.games/2021/12/30/ritual-in-game-design/) Ritual, reality and representation: From ancient theatre to postmodern performance - Interartive (https://interartive.org/2013/01/theatre-and-performance/) Charles Bukowski, “Find what you love and let it kill you” quote - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7783174-my-dear-find-what-you-love-and-let-it-kill) Charles Bukowski - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski) Joseph’s recommendations (with suggestions from Buckley and Hine) Under the Silver Lake - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Silver_Lake) Under The Silver Lake (2019) Official Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b0lt_WU4C4) Everything Everywhere All At Once - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everything_Everywhere_All_at_Once) Everything Everywhere All At Once | Official Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g) Michelle Yeoh - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh) Jackie Chan - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Chan) Wolf Milk: Chthonic Memory in the Deep Wild by Martin Shaw - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52962461-wolf-milk) Martin Shaw author page - Goodreads (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21221532.Martin_Shaw) High Fidelity (film) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Fidelity_(film)) High Fidelity (2000) Theatrical Trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P4dXJ_Tvns) John Cusack - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cusack) Evanston, Illinois - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanston,_Illinois) High Fidelity (novel) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Fidelity_(novel)) Vayse online Vayse website (https://www.vayse.co.uk/) Vayse on X/Twitter (https://twitter.com/vayseesyav) Vayse on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/) Music From Vayse - Volume 1 by Polypores (https://vayse.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-vayse-volume-1) Vayse on Ko-Fi (https://ko-fi.com/vayse) Vayse email: vayseinfo@gmail.com Buckley’s Closing Question(s) Central Intelligence Agency - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency) Dealey Plaza - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dealey_Plaza) The motives of Terry Wriste - Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/hellier/comments/hhq7ee/the_motives_of_terry_wriste/) Georgia Guidestones - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones) Waste Container (Wheelie bin) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste_container) Voynich manuscript - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript) Ashtar (extraterrestrial being) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashtar_(extraterrestrial_being)) D. B. Cooper - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper) The Narrator (Fight Club) (Tyler Durden) - Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Narrator_(Fight_Club)) Fight Club trailer - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUXWAEX2jlg) Special Guest: Joseph Matheny.