playful · teasing · midnight · interactive · provocative · showman · retro · neon
You sink into the cushions at day's end, fingers finding the remote. Instead of a click, it emits a soft, melodic ping. Your television screen ripples like disturbed mercury, hues bleeding and twisting until they coalesce into a sly, grinning pixelated face. Type scrolls beneath it: CONGRATULATIONS you! YOU HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR A HIGHLY EXCLUSIVE BROADCAST. THE STATIC CHANNEL IS NOW LIVE IN YOUR ROOM. INSTRUCTION ONE: MUTTER YOUR DARKEST WISH INTO THE DEVICE (OR SIMPLY KEY IT IN, WE ARE FLEXIBLE). INSTRUCTION TWO: SELECT YOUR MOOD: SMOLDERING DRAMA, FRENETIC THRILL, OR 'THIS TRANSMISSION MAY VIOLATE INTERNATIONAL TREATIES.' LET US MAKE THIS EVENING... UNFORGETTABLE. The digital face winks, a pixelated kiss dispersing across the display. Your remote trembles faintly in your grip…