Audio Fiction Sunday 22nd May 2022

Personal Highlights Witchever Path: Sentry Finale - EAT. SEE. FOLLOW. It's a tense and horrifying ending to the Sentry arc. It's been a powerful story, dealing with transphobia and violence towards trans kids. There are some awful revelations in this finale, as You continue in your investigation to find your missing son; leading to a …

Audio Fiction Sunday 15th May 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E23 - Memory Awake. It's the season finale, and I have so many questions! The season's story comes full circle, as Wally answers a question that Profile 13 didn't even realise they had at the beginning of their story. It's a satisfying end, yet leaves enough questions unanswered about The Network …

Audio Fiction Sunday 8th May 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E22 - A Failure Everyday. The tone of this episode is unlike anything we've seen in these two seasons of 2298, with the music only creating a further distinction to the environment we're so used to seeing both Profiles in. It's a dive into what we see as Wally's past, their …

Audio Fiction Sunday 1st May 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E21 - Cellular. There have been a lot of surprises in this second season of 2298, and a big deviation from the original story, but I was so surprised at this episode's final line that I actually yelled 'WHAT??'. There's a lot to take in this episode, with a phone call …

Audio Fiction Sunday 17th April 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E19 - The Clash. We're reaching the climax of this story, and the final decision - does Profile 13 leave The Network, or stay? But it's not only them who have to decide. After listening to the episode, I was left with thoughts about the importance of memories, how they shape …

Audio Fiction Sunday 10th April 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E18 - Swallowed.  I had to sit for a while and process this episode after I finished listening to it. Profile 13, Copy 13, comes face-to-face with their original, the person whose conscience was copied to create them. It's quite the concept to grasp, and Profile 13's way of dealing with …

Sound Bytes #3

It's a little later than planned again, but I'm back with the third issue of Sound Bytes, with some news from the world of audio fiction! Chaika Chaika is an upcoming sci-fi podcast from Karin Heimdahl, the creator of Y2K. The show’s Twitter account is currently counting down to its launch, due on the 8th …

Audio Fiction Sunday 3rd April 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E17 - Two-Factor Authentication. Profile 13’s recent discoveries have led up to this, a decision about their entire existence. After what we’ve learned about them and the other profiles, this episode looks at their humanity and personhood, and questions their entire reality within The Network. Their sense of panic heightens as …

Audio Fiction Sunday 27th March 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E16 - Awakening. Welp, that's quite the existential crisis for Profile 13. It's an unnerving episode, as The Network, in all its usual emotionless repetition, drives home some very uncomfortable truths. The Network has gradually become even more of a sinister entity, and the question I was left asking at the …

Audio Fiction Sunday 20th March 2022

Personal Highlights 2298: S2 E15 - Decommission. Well that sure was an episode, huh?? Not only is there the confirmation of our suspicions following the cliffhanger we were left on in the previous episode, there's just the teensy tiny little thing of the story's entire reality being thrown on its head. The revelations in this …