<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:psc="http://podlove.org/simple-chapters" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Hyperion Presents: The End Games]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>The End Games is a darkly comic actual-play podcast for fans of fantasy, science fiction and absurdist satire. </p><p></p><p>It follows ordinary workers from a roadside tavern who win a workplace lottery and are drafted into the biggest televised death game in the universe, where they must survive a corporate-owned megadungeon for the chance to have reality itself rewritten.</p>]]></description><link>https://riverside.com</link><generator>Riverside.fm (https://riverside.com)</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:19:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://api.riverside.com/hosting/rx6pdKkV.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><author><![CDATA[Matt Wright]]></author><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:15:58 GMT</pubDate><copyright><![CDATA[2026 Matt Wright]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><ttl>60</ttl><category><![CDATA[Comedy Fiction]]></category><category><![CDATA[Science Fiction]]></category><itunes:author>Matt Wright</itunes:author><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;The End Games is a darkly comic actual-play podcast for fans of fantasy, science fiction and absurdist satire. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It follows ordinary workers from a roadside tavern who win a workplace lottery and are drafted into the biggest televised death game in the universe, where they must survive a corporate-owned megadungeon for the chance to have reality itself rewritten.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:type>serial</itunes:type><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Matt Wright</itunes:name><itunes:email>matthew.wright210683@gmail.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:explicit>yes</itunes:explicit><itunes:category text="Fiction"><itunes:category text="Comedy Fiction"/><itunes:category text="Science Fiction"/></itunes:category><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/e6abf0d7-aa59-40ef-8f1f-4a94f1f6b5c5/logos/c2e3bc29-778c-4e94-bffe-7249316afb7d.jpeg"/><item><title><![CDATA[Hyperion Presents: An Introduction...]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><b>The End Games</b> is a darkly comic actual-play podcast where ordinary tavern workers win a workplace lottery and are drafted into the biggest televised death game in the universe. Trapped inside a corporate-owned megadungeon, they must survive monsters, rival contestants and the increasingly bizarre demands of Hyperion Leisure Industries for the chance to win one reality-altering wish.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">903fe3ef-671f-4ef6-8a5b-ecfdcb5835ee</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Wright]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 15:02:17 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/86c406e5c3a2b7c2e31709b0c5851ceddbea0361bf823c1a09405d27e3f2420e/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiI5MDNmZTNlZi02NzFmLTRlZjYtOGE1Yi1lY2ZkY2I1ODM1ZWUiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJlNmFiZjBkNy1hYTU5LTQwZWYtOGYxZi00YTk0ZjFmNmI1YzUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2YTNkMTYwMjNlNDQ0YjdiZTFkZjU4ZjMiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE4ODFmZmNhNTc2ZTYzOTQzYzQ5MGEwL21hdHRzLXN0dWRpby1XRTBXNS1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTgtMjFfXzExLTUzLTAubXAzIn0=.mp3" length="2262222" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/e6abf0d7-aa59-40ef-8f1f-4a94f1f6b5c5/episodes/903fe3ef-671f-4ef6-8a5b-ecfdcb5835ee/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The End Games&lt;/b&gt; is a darkly comic actual-play podcast where ordinary tavern workers win a workplace lottery and are drafted into the biggest televised death game in the universe. Trapped inside a corporate-owned megadungeon, they must survive monsters, rival contestants and the increasingly bizarre demands of Hyperion Leisure Industries for the chance to win one reality-altering wish.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:04:43</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/e6abf0d7-aa59-40ef-8f1f-4a94f1f6b5c5/logos/c2e3bc29-778c-4e94-bffe-7249316afb7d.jpeg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:title>Hyperion Presents: An Introduction...</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>trailer</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 2. Green Doors Are Safe]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p></p><p>The Games have begun.</p><p>Armed with little more than torches, questionable equipment and a rapidly growing collection of bad decisions, the contestants enter the first level of the Crawl.</p><p>Traps. Skeletons. Rats. A cursed sword. And somewhere in the darkness, something is waiting.</p><p>But the dungeon isn't the only thing watching them.</p><p>The cameras are rolling. The audience is waiting. And the contestants are beginning to realise that getting out alive may be harder than getting in.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">3a4341d6-f466-46cf-8525-8da36071c071</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Wright]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:33:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/fd32eb39c377f22ca5bde76657491c144d2aed83784416c96ca9bb5a30814cce/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiIzYTQzNDFkNi1mNDY2LTQ2Y2YtODUyNS04ZGEzNjA3MWMwNzEiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJlNmFiZjBkNy1hYTU5LTQwZWYtOGYxZi00YTk0ZjFmNmI1YzUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2YTNkMTYwMjNlNDQ0YjdiZTFkZjU4ZjMiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE4MmM4NzVkN2ExODQxZTk5NDdiMDU2L21hdHRzLXN0dWRpby1XRTBXNS1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTgtMTdfXzEwLTM4LTEzLm1wMyJ9.mp3" length="53411152" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/e6abf0d7-aa59-40ef-8f1f-4a94f1f6b5c5/episodes/3a4341d6-f466-46cf-8525-8da36071c071/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Games have begun.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Armed with little more than torches, questionable equipment and a rapidly growing collection of bad decisions, the contestants enter the first level of the Crawl.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Traps. Skeletons. Rats. A cursed sword. And somewhere in the darkness, something is waiting.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But the dungeon isn&apos;t the only thing watching them.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The cameras are rolling. The audience is waiting. And the contestants are beginning to realise that getting out alive may be harder than getting in.&lt;/p&gt;</itunes:summary><itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit><itunes:duration>00:27:49</itunes:duration><itunes:image href="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/e6abf0d7-aa59-40ef-8f1f-4a94f1f6b5c5/logos/c2e3bc29-778c-4e94-bffe-7249316afb7d.jpeg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:title>Ep 2. Green Doors Are Safe</itunes:title><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ep 1. Just Another Shift]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>it starts as just another shift at The Nine Lives. Then time stops.</p><p>A mysterious lottery representative arrives with an announcement that will change the workers' lives forever: they've won a place in The End Games, the galaxy's biggest televised dungeon crawl.</p><p>With five minutes to say goodbye, the contestants leave Vega behind and discover just how big — and how strange — their new reality really is.</p><p>The cameras are on. The Games are about to begin.</p>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">ed7b177d-bdf9-40a1-892c-75952612f6f3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Wright]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:32:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.riverside.com/hosting-analytics/media/aa5ca4a6a910c1d993208ce723ce5e5a2283473260c126f99869a886dd0a942c/eyJlcGlzb2RlSWQiOiJlZDdiMTc3ZC1iZGY5LTQwYTEtODkyYy03NTk1MjYxMmY2ZjMiLCJwb2RjYXN0SWQiOiJlNmFiZjBkNy1hYTU5LTQwZWYtOGYxZi00YTk0ZjFmNmI1YzUiLCJhY2NvdW50SWQiOiI2YTNkMTYwMjNlNDQ0YjdiZTFkZjU4ZjMiLCJwYXRoIjoibWVkaWEvY2xpcHMvNmE4MzRiYWZkZjlkZjM0MTUzYzIwNTkxL21hdHRzLXN0dWRpby1XRTBXNS1jb21wb3Nlci0yMDI2LTgtMTdfXzE5LTU4LTcubXAzIn0=.mp3" length="153030887" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://hosting-media.riverside.com/media/podcasts/e6abf0d7-aa59-40ef-8f1f-4a94f1f6b5c5/episodes/ed7b177d-bdf9-40a1-892c-75952612f6f3/transcripts.txt" type="text/plain"/><itunes:summary>&lt;p&gt;it starts as just another shift at The Nine Lives. 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