Episodes 2 and 3 of Azathoth Blues are now available on all podcasting platforms.
There are probably some of you who are holding back from checking out Azathoth Blues because it’s not a videogame. That’s something that happens a lot nowadays – we’re all encouraged to stay in our familiar little boxes, to only repeat experiences we’ve already had.
Consume the same product over and over. Define yourself by the fact that you are a consumer of this product. Get angry if the product changes.
But we don’t have to think in this dehumanized way that reduces us to functions of the market.
If you liked the humanism of The Talos Principle, the performances of the actors in Clash: Artifacts of Chaos, or the prose of the The Sea Will Claim Everything – if you enjoyed any of the qualities that I bring to the stories I write, then please do me a favour and check out this show. Even if you’ve never listened to an audio drama before. If you don’t know anything about H.P. Lovecraft or think he’s some kind of printer and/or sauce. Even if you hate stories about the police. Because I’ve poured everything I had into it, everything that made you appreciate those other stories in other media – and we released it entirely for free.
It’s not a product. It’s art, made solely out of love. I know that to say something like that so sincerely is gauche, it’s “cringe” as the irony-poisoned youngest generation likes to say, but it’s also true. It’s art, serious art, made at a high level of quality and ability, because that’s a beautiful thing, a thing that matters, and dedicating time and effort to it is meaningful.
And if you end up liking the show, please take a moment to leave a review or a rating, or to tell someone about it. Things made out of love don’t stand much of a chance nowadays, but you can help them survive the avalanche of slop that our culture is drowning in.
Jonas Kyratzes 