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Tom Abba
@tomabba.studio
Director Digital Cultures Research Centre and Pervasive Media Studio Resident. Artist, writer and publisher. Opinions are all my own. Usually making something
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Hello, Sunday. How’d you fancy backing a six-part immersive audio project set in the folk horror world of Withered Hill? Cost you £18, all in. I know money’s tight but this is an absolute bargain.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
The Devil’s Sound
A 6 episode immersive audio folk horror experience, set in David Barnett's Withered Hill universe.
www.kickstarter.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:35 AM
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23 of the most haunted minutes of your life or your money back
January 16, 2026 at 7:38 AM
Always worth trying for the Friday night crowd. It’s the end of the week, you’re tired, the kids are in bed, and all you want is to be scared.

Oh. Just me then.
January 16, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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“No one really dies, they just drop their physical body, and we’ll all meet again, like the song says. It’s sad, but it’s not devastating if you think like that. It’s a continuum, and we’re all going to be fine at the end of the story.”

~ David Lynch - January 20, 1946 - January 16, 2025

#filmsky
January 16, 2026 at 9:10 PM
If it’s awful I’ll be demanding my money back…
January 16, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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Heard talk of The Devil’s Sound, as endorsed by notable authors on this very site?

Wondering what it’s all about?

Try the teaser here. All you need is your phone, earbuds and three minutes.

devilssound.ambientlab.net

Kickstarter here btw: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
The Devil's Sound
The Devil's Sound
devilssound.ambientlab.net
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Well I ordered it a few days ago, so that’s all very nice to hear.

Not that I had any doubts.
January 16, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Heard talk of The Devil’s Sound, as endorsed by notable authors on this very site?

Wondering what it’s all about?

Try the teaser here. All you need is your phone, earbuds and three minutes.

devilssound.ambientlab.net

Kickstarter here btw: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
The Devil's Sound
The Devil's Sound
devilssound.ambientlab.net
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 PM
entirely agreed. I forgot to reply to the request for a contact list.
January 16, 2026 at 1:22 PM
agreed on the first two points - my advice is to find someone who's opinions you already respect too. Their (inevitably) critical feedback will be easier to take!
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 AM
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you really do gotta hand it to Clute sometimes
So on @withouthistoryband.bsky.social's recommendation, I tracked down the essay "Necessary Golems" by sci-fi critic John Clute this morning.

And yeah, people need to read this, cause boy does it feel relevant.
January 16, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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Andrei Tarkovsky, Ten Polaroid Photographs
January 16, 2026 at 8:40 AM
And again for the evening crowd. Or the lunchtime one in the states.
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
(that's a very kind thing to say, and has made my morning)
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 PM
And you can pledge for this without shoes on!! (Athough we recommend shoes when we release it)
January 15, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Good to see you!
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
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We're a few days in and pledges are healthy. Almost robust.

This is a call to our friends for amplification though. If you'd like to see what a Barnett-aligned immersive audio series, told over six weeks in late summer 2026 might look like, then, as they used to say:

RTs welcome..!

(thanks!)
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Sorry to hear. Be well.
January 13, 2026 at 3:51 PM
We're a few days in and pledges are healthy. Almost robust.

This is a call to our friends for amplification though. If you'd like to see what a Barnett-aligned immersive audio series, told over six weeks in late summer 2026 might look like, then, as they used to say:

RTs welcome..!

(thanks!)
January 13, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Adrian's right - read old books. Especially those two.
Anyone interested in this area should read Oliver Grau's Virtual Art and Bolter and Grusin's Remediation, which talk about how ideas of immersion change over time, and how new media end up putting score tickers and picture-in-picture over time.

But hey, who needs to read *old books*, am I right?!?
January 13, 2026 at 10:12 AM
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Have you backed THE DEVIL'S SOUND yet? The new immersive audio experience in the world of Withered Hill.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
The Devil’s Sound
A 6 episode immersive audio folk horror experience, set in David Barnett's Withered Hill universe.
www.kickstarter.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Did I mention that we have a Kickstarter, for a brand new six episode Immersive Audio series, set in @davidmbarnett.bsky.social's Withered Hill universe?

I did?

Sorry, all good here then.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
It's Sunday, it's @davidmbarnett.bsky.social's birthday, my sous chef (aged almost 3) and I have made cottage pie for dinner later, and The Devil's Sound is available for pledges. We're in this for the long haul, but early pledges are very welcome!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/tom...
The Devil’s Sound
A 6 episode immersive audio folk horror experience, set in David Barnett's Withered Hill universe.
www.kickstarter.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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The amount of reposts is as insane as it is inspiring! <3 That said, we still need 510 backers of the lowest tier ($20) in less than 65 hours, or the campaign WILL fail! And we will receive not a cent of that money! Thoughts and prayers are appreciated, but backers are how we fund real artists!
Sorry, folks. Seven days to go and 50% funded. We'll need a modern internet miracle to see these lovely ladies get their sequel. I was always worried that the visuals were not appealing to most VN gamers, but... ouch

www.kickstarter.com/projects/pro...

#indiegame #Kickstarter #Gaming #pcgame #free
Women of Xal II
Original Game Free! The revolution begins. Can Xjena survive rising violence and The Great Silence— Xal's final extinction event?
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January 11, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Was bought A Cook’s Book for Christmas. The sausage ragu is heavenly (as if you didn’t know!)
January 11, 2026 at 11:20 AM