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New Arcadia: Stage One

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Now with a brand-new introduction to the world of New Arcadia, featuring Sam Riegel.

Experience the first book in the AudioFile Earphones Award-winning trilogy.

NEW ARCADIA: JUDGMENT DAY - STARRING ROBERT PATRICK - COMING JULY 2025

In a not-so-distant future, a deadly pandemic has forced the world into social isolation. Confined to their homes, millions now survive off drone-delivered food packages and online-only interactions.

It’s an especially lonely life for John Chambers, a drone shipment coordinator for the monolithic Chum Corporation. Trapped in his dead-end job, John has started spending much more of his time grinding in virtual reality role-playing games.

But when a corporate executive notices the hundreds of hours John’s logged online, he’s offered one last chance to save his job (and his life!). Instead of getting fired, John reluctantly agrees to become prime beta tester for Chum’s top-secret new real-as-life game, New Arcadia--a digital playground inspired by iconic '90s arcade games like Final Fight and Streets of Rage.

In New Arcadia, John gets to go back to a hyper-nostalgic 199X and do it right this time. Reborn as digital streetfighter Blaze, John starts cleaning up crime with his fists of fury while also building an online life for himself that seems so much more meaningful than the one he’d had in "real" life.

But John soon discovers there’s a darker and more ominous purpose behind the Chum Corporation’s new playground--and as he starts to make real friends in this virtual reality, he also begins to realize that what players do in New Arcadia could have dangerous, and potentially life-saving, implications for the real world.

Starring
Eric Jason Martin(Heads Will Roll)
Matthew Mercer (Critical Role)
Dave Fennoy (Fortnite)
Erika Ishii (Ghost of Yotei)
Sam Riegel (Critical Role)
Dana Snyder(Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
Andy Merrill (Space Ghost: Coast to Coast)
and John DiMaggio(Gears of War, Futurama)

And a full cast

Theme by Lloyd Cole
Original Soundtrack by Casey Trela
Post Production by Mumble Media

©2021 Eric Jason Martin (P)2021 Sound Off Productions

©2021 Eric Jason Martin (P)2021 Sound Off Productions
Fiction Humorous Science Fiction Virtual World Rage Comedy Game Technology Computer Science LitRPG
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I enjoyed this book more than i thought i would when it started. I gave it 5 stars because i was disappointed when it ended. It's also very relevant to the times in which we live.

A Good Listen

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So good, i finished on the day i began. So many fascinating and terrifying ideas introduced in this. It feels like an ode to my youth and yet it deals with some real evocative worries i have when "normality" resumes. Give me more!

Such a gripping begging to a series

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Very engaging story paired with excellent performances. The plot is fairly straight forward, emulating the beat-em-ups it paya homage to, but the character performances more than being you along for the ride

Great story, excellent performances

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it is ok, feels very short, does feel a lot like Ready Player One but from a discount shop, follows a lot of the same story elements but not quite as good

it is ok, imagine a Poundland Ready Player One

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Some of the best voice actors and an excellent audio production. Plus a very fun story. A good listen for just about anyone.

Brilliant production

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