All unsaved progress will be lost

About this episode

A stonemason embarks on a lifelong quest to preserve the memory of a missing System Administrator.

When a beloved System Administrator suddenly disappears, a poor stonemason embarks on a lifelong quest to preserve her memory. Visit  programaudioseries.com/32-all-unsaved-progress-will-be-lost/ for full transcript, credits, and list of references. Join the show's Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/programaudioseries FOR FREE and get monthly updates, quizzes, polls, and chat with fellow Program listeners. Upgrade at any time to get subscriber-exclusive episodes, ad-free listening, early-access, and behind-the-scenes for as little as $3/mo. If you enjoyed this episode, you will probably enjoy ep 23 Overclocking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• memory preservation
• quest
• loss
• system administration
• sci-fi

Keywords

• System Administrator
• stonemason
• memory
• quest
• sci-fi
• audio drama

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: programaudioseries.com, Patreon

Books & works: All unsaved progress will be lost, Overclocking

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