96: Horizon Zero Dawn Timeline & Plot Recap

A couple of years ago, to the day, episode one of this podcast was published, about the quite amazing sci-fi epic Horizon Zero Dawn. It was a short episode, just ten minutes long. You can find it in the podcast history if you'd like to hear it it – a short, heartfelt review of what it felt like to play one of the best games ever made. 
It seems fitting that, two years later, the podcast's birthday present is the sequel, Horizon Forbidden West (thanks, Guerilla!) As the release date drew closer, I found that I'd forgotten some elements of the complicated three-pronged plot of HZD. To reacquiant myself, I played the game on New Game+ mode over the last week. It was a very different playthrough to my first one, which was an 87-hour wonderstruck meander through this game world. This time, I beelined the plot, reading all the text files, listening to all the audio clips, and – for fun – making a timeline of The Great Die-Off, The Clawback, FARO Industries, and the Zero Dawn project. It occurred to me that if I needed this recap, maybe others do to.
I hope you enjoy the episode. It's packed with spoilers for Zero Dawn! Just so you know. But I have no idea about Fobidden West, so you're safe there.
Links:
Gaming In The Wild 01 - Horizon Zero Dawn review: https://anchor.fm/gaminginthewild/episodes/01-Horizon-Zero-Dawn-eb47a6
Incredibly useful Horizon Fandom Wiki: http://horizon.fandom.com
Noclip HZD Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9tLcD1r-6w
Machine ecosystem concept art: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/AKbEo 
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