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The Havana AWE was an Altered World Event that took place inside a U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba on September 23rd, 2017. Within the US Embassy in Havana on September 23rd, 2017, the embassy's...

Seriously, they even mark out that the US blame it on a foreign power directing a sonic weapon to US embassy workers.

I may behind by just finding this out, but fuck that's funny. Could this be an elaborate troll by a fan? A viral marketing campaign for a Control DLC got out of hand?

  • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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    3 years ago

    The more prosaic truth us that the first "Havana syndrome" event got reported in 2016, so way before the game came out. An even more prosaic truth is that this scare is not new, and happened before, in the 70s, aka the Moscow Signal. The lore is deep is what I'm saying :)

    • GothWhitlam [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Hey, why invent a new story when you can recycle an old red scare? Thanks for the heads up!

      • fox [comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Part of what I like about Control is the degree of :illuminati: :cia: it evokes by way of hinting at real history.

      • Yanqui_UXO [any]
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        3 years ago

        It's funny and on a purely literary level it's a good, catchy story. Maybe that's why it's popular. I'd read a novel about it.

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      How am I only now learning about Havana Syndrome Sr. today?