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Speedy Delivery: The Messenger’s Tale

This article excerpt, part of a series entitled The Quorum Chronicle, appears in full — along with expanded audio content — exclusively for our Patreon backers. See our Patreon page for further details. Click here to access the Patreon page for this episode. Working in the design field in the days before the ubiquity of PDF documents…

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Buck Rogers’s Visual Style Has… Evolved

With our recent live performance of “Nostromo 2: Electric Alien Boogaloo,” we were technically honoring the 40th anniversary of the TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, but we also did some research about previous incarnations of Buck, which is where we got things like the Tiger Men from Mars, so… well, just enjoy.

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Online Poker: The Walls Come Tumbling Down

This article, part of a series entitled The Quorum Chronicle, appears in expanded audio form exclusively for our Patreon backers. See our Patreon page for further details. Click here to access the Patreon page for this episode. On April 15, 2011 — a date that would soon be known as “Black Friday” within the poker world —…

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Online Poker Faces Opposition and Scandal

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The Advent of Online Poker

This article, part of a series entitled The Quorum Chronicle, appears in expanded audio form exclusively for our Patreon backers. See our Patreon page for further details. Click here to access the Patreon page for this episode. As is readily apparent from the opening episode, online poker plays a significant role in the world of…

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The Las Vegas “Underground”

This article, part of a series entitled The Quorum Chronicle, appears in expanded audio form exclusively for our Patreon backers. See our Patreon page for further details. Click here to access the Patreon page for this episode. In researching Las Vegas while writing Quorum, I was amazed to discover the existence of a hidden world…

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The Main Character Influences of Quorum

This article, part of a series entitled The Quorum Chronicle, appears in expanded audio form exclusively for our Patreon backers. See our Patreon page for further details. Click here to access the Patreon page for this episode. The world of Quorum is most assuredly made up of fictional characters. While we have set the backdrop…

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Poker on Television

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The World Series of Poker

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The Criminal History of Las Vegas (at Least as It Relates to Quorum)

This article, part of a series entitled The Quorum Chronicle, appears in expanded audio form exclusively for our Patreon backers. See our Patreon page for further details. Click here to access the Patreon page for this episode. As anyone who’s seen The Godfather or Casino will tell you, Las Vegas has a long historic association…

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