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Lazlow on Kinda Funny Gamescast with Greg Miller

Check out Lazlow’s conversation with Greg Miller about A Better Paradise, Absurd Ventures and lots more on Kinda Funny Gamescast.

“There's been so many shows and movies about evil AI and we thought… well, these things are making us completely neurotic right?
And so, if an AI was inside a video game, building a world and then escaped and was reading the internet every fraction of a second, it would be as neurotic as we are.”

Available at:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IDQv5VahtgmGg7v5OUkV1?si=f12e00ed815f4ca4
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-gta-to-absurd-ventures-lazlow-interview-kinda/id957171516?i=1000659679401
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfSBLC2LIWw

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Episode 3 • “The Idea of Sunny Days”

Episode 3 of A BETTER PARADISE is out now • “The Idea of Sunny Days”

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more: https://lnk.to/abetterparadise

E3 • “The Idea of Sunny Days”
Mark Tyburn’s daughter, Daisy (Rain Spencer) mourns her lost childhood and the ongoing, unspoken war between humans and machines – a war in which she unwittingly helped serve as a catalyst…

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Listen to the first episodes of A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath

A stylized poster for A Better Paradise Volume One: An Aftermath, featuring the characters played by Andrew Lincoln, Shamier Anderson and Rain Spencer.

Enter the new world from Absurd Ventures. The premiere of the 12-episode audio fiction series A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath is here. Listen to the first two episodes (“Something Is Playing a Game with Me” and “Everyone Tries to Escape from Paradise”) now, with future episodes coming weekly throughout the summer. Make sure to follow A BETTER PARADISE on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts to never miss an episode.

Set in the near future, A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath tells the story of the ill-fated development of an ambitious but addictive digital game-world project led by inventor and psychologist Dr. Mark Tyburn. As the advanced software they developed began delivering unexpected and disturbing results, the team fell apart under strange circumstances and the project was abandoned. The game world and the super-intelligence within were discarded, left dormant and undiscovered. Until now.

Created and written by Dan Houser. Directed by Lazlow. Starring Andrew Lincoln, Shamier Anderson, Paterson Joseph and Rain Spencer. Produced in partnership with QCODE.

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A character wearing glasses and a jacket walks through the gritty city. Text reads: If I did terrible things, I did them for love. People do terrible things for love. For money, they will sell themselves, but for love, they will destroy the world. John Tyburn-Smith.
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A man sitting on the floor inside a room looks through a window into the cloud-covered sky.
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A stylized character facing backwards stares at various screens displaying different distorted images. Text reads: I am sat here watching TV in a bar, and the TV is dire but the ads are incredible. I wonder if a human made them, or a machine. Kurt Fischer.
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A close-up of a mysterious female figure. The character’s face is mostly hidden, creating a moody, noir-inspired atmosphere. Text reads: I watch the people and the people are like robots and the robots are like people. Daisy Tyburn.
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A BETTER PARADISE to Launch as Original Audio Fiction Series June 10th

Enter the new world from Absurd Ventures with the original audio fiction series, A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath. Coming June 10.

Listen to the Official Trailer and follow A BETTER PARADISE on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and wherever you get your podcasts, to be among the first to listen.

Set in the near future, A BETTER PARADISE tells the story of the ill-fated development of an ambitious but addictive digital game-world project led by inventor and psychologist, Dr. Mark Tyburn.

As the advanced software they developed began delivering unexpected and disturbing results, the team fell apart under strange circumstances and the project was abandoned. The game world and the super-intelligence within were discarded, left dormant and undiscovered. Until now.

Experience this terrifying new world via the 12-episode original audio fiction series, A BETTER PARADISE Volume One: An Aftermath starring Andrew Lincoln, Shamier Anderson, Paterson Joseph, Rain Spencer and more.

Produced by Absurd Ventures in partnership with QCODE.

Follow A BETTER PARADISE at:
https://lnk.to/abetterparadise
www.absurdventures.com/abetterparadise

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AMERICAN CAPER and A BETTER PARADISE: First Stories Coming in 2024

Absurd Ventures presents A Better Paradise & American Caper

We will soon introduce two universes, their characters and lore.

AMERICAN CAPER centers on two normal, badly-damaged American families in a world of corrupt business, inept politics and bungling crime. AMERICAN CAPER will debut as a graphic novel that is being illustrated by renowned comic book artist, Simon Bisley.

www.absurdventures.com/americancaper

A BETTER PARADISE is an existential suspense thriller, set in the near future. A 12-episode audio fiction series based on the A BETTER PARADISE universe is currently in production. Absurd Ventures is partnering with award-winning audio company QCODE to co-produce the audio series.

www.absurdventures.com/abetterparadise

This is the beginning. We will be sharing more information about A BETTER PARADISE and AMERICAN CAPER in the months ahead. Make sure to register and subscribe and to follow Absurd Ventures across our social media channels.