Selling Cyberware: Audio Ad from the Underbelly

Image by John Laakso

Back in February, I wrote a post called Cyberpunk Valentine. Inspired by the outlandish, manic parody ads found in things like Idiocracy and Futurama, I made my own list of worst-ever-Valentine’s gifts with a cyberpunk twist.

Not only was it fun to write, but it gave me a chance to dabble in the daily life of Naion, the megacity where my novel in progress is set.

Luckily for me, one of my friends, John Laakso, is a talented voice actor. Even luckier, Cyberpunk Valentine touched upon a creative nerve of his.

Together we hashed out a script—well, he hashed, I threw in my two cents—and he recorded his own cyberware commercial. Listen to a shady dealer sell his cybernetic implants on John's blog. High tech for low creds.

You'll get a kick out of the ad; it's really well done, sound effects and all. This is the first of several, so I’ll let you know as soon as the next one is out.

For more information on John and his services, head over to his website at www.vocalgravity.com

Nathaniel Henderson is an author currently working on a cyberpunk-injected book series. For updates and exclusive content, sign up for his newsletter.