Show Notes
There is a world behind this world.
We’ve been making Deep Dream State for a while now. It was time to make a trailer.
This is what the show is.
Making a trailer deep into season four isn’t standard practice, but Deep Dream State isn’t a standard audio drama. I wish I had an in universe explanation of faction sabotage. Well, I did, but the succubi won’t let me say it.
I’ll just say that as a fully independent production, we can’t adhere to studio production timelines. We release a full episode every week, and that’s a minor miracle. (I also think the trailer is very good.)
Credits
Written by Neural Nets and Pretty Patterns
Voice by Valentina Vallay, Swirls and Twirls
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There is a world behind this world.
What’s behind your shows?
Your cruise?
Your games?
Your money?
What’s behind you?
You sense it.
Deep down.
There’s an older dream.
An older game.
An older power.
And she is very disappointed.
Deep Dream State.
Hear what you can’t unhear.
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