As a huge fan of HBO‘s Westworld, and producer of Geeks Of Doom‘s own Westworld podcast, Violent Delights, the concept to actually visit Westworld’s town of Sweetwater was nothing short of a fan’s dream come true. HBO’s team made that dream a reality with their SXSWestworld experience this year at Austin’s SXSW.

SXSW attendees who sat in on a panel last Saturday afternoon featuring HBO’s Westworld showrunners and stars were surprised when showrunner Jonathan Nolan introduced SpaceX CEO (and generally real-life Tony Stark) Elon Musk onto the Austin Convention Center stage.

During the panel, Nolan had been previously lamenting at the fact that when he was a kid, he used to spend an “unhealthy amount of time” dreaming about spaceflight, but in recent years the enthusiasm for space travel had waned, so he was talking to “a friend” about how to inspire people to drive the conversation back into space exploration. The inspirational “shocking” idea they came up with was a red sportscar combined with the music of David Bowie. That “friend” was of course Elon Musk, who joined the panel on stage.

HBO has announced that they will be building a “fully immersive, functional version” of the town of Sweetwater from their series Westworld for the 2018 South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas.

The re-production will include locations from the show like the Coronado hotel and the Mariposa Saloon. Those who register to check it out will be transported from downtown Austin to a location just outside the city where Westworld has been brought to life. From there they’ll be set free to explore, search for clues about the upcoming season two of the series, and even enjoy some food and drink fitting to the theme.

You can find all the information below, along with a teaser video for the SXSW experience, which may just be teasing a Roman World.

Violent Delights is a weekly podcast where hosts Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne DeFreitas, and Tosin Onafowokan discuss HBO’s Westworld, and the larger questions this ambitious show hopes to tackle.

In this special edition of the Violent Delights podcast, Andy, Dwayne, and Tosin breakdown the Super Bowl ad for Season 2 of HBO’s Westworld, shot-by-shot, and details watchful fans have noticed online hinting at the upcoming season.

Watch the trailer just below, and then listen to the podcast episode at the bottom of this post.

From the ashes of the old world known as Westworld comes one that is ruled by the hosts. Season 1 of HBO’s Westworld ended with the robotic hosts being freed from the chains of their programming, and upon that freedom came an uprising against the guests who committed every act of violence known to man on them. With the hosts no longer playing victim to these sick games, it was about time that they rise up and took charge. And it is starting to look like that is what they are doing in the newly released trailer for Westworld Season 2 that dropped last night during the Super Bowl. Check it out here below.