On this week’s AyeSphere, Joy and Aye talk about the Glasgow Willy Wonka AI scam scandal, what the new Timothee Chalamet addition to the Wonka-verse gets right and where the other films rank compared to the original Gene Wilder adaptation. Aye also got Joy to watch Madame Web because apparently he enjoys testing the strength of their friendship ! (Spoiler alert: It’s bad) They also veer into various other media because it’s not the AyeSphere without a tangent.

Welcome back! In this first episode of the year, Joy, and Aye delve into the latest author scandal surrounding NY Times bestselling author J.D. Barker and his mass solicitation of Booktok content creators for lewds, nudes and more inappropriate content to promote his upcoming book and why you absolutely should NOT do this. After that, they take a look at the mass layoffs happening throughout the games industry, and fall headfirst into a rant about how AI is being exploited by corporate greed to destroy the creative industries and what we as creators can do to combat it. Also, there’s a brief segment where Joy has to jump off mic to give her husband the Heimlich maneuver because it wouldn’t be an episode of The AyeSphere without some chaos going on in the background!

In the final AyeSphere episode of 2023, Joy once again regales Aye about the latest book world fiasco as they break down the career-ending saga of Cait Corrain, an up-and-coming author who destroyed everything she’d worked for out of insecurity, racism, and lies. They also delve into the perpetuation of plagiarism and lack of accountability from content farms masquerading as creators, and why James Somerton can go fuck himself. What a way to end the year.

Trigger warnings for this episode: This episode deals with fairly heavy topics surrounding racism, misogyny, homophobia, and mentions of Nazism.

This week on the AyeSphere, Joy and Aye look at the rapid rise and (hopeful) fall of TikTok “comedian” Matt Rife, the controversial take on Twitter/X that online content creators don’t deserve to get paid for marketing products and then go completely off the rails talking about books, toilet roll holders and upcoming Scottish holiday romance movies.

In this week’s episode of The AyeSphere, Joy introduces Aye to the latest publishing drama coming out of TikTok, unpacking the unsavory origins of P. K. Mancini, the alleged author/editor who is girlbossing her way to the top of #writertok. After that deep dive, the pair take a lighter look at the popular anime series Spy x Family and what they like about the show, the characters, and Aye accidentally insulting Studio Ghibli by calling it anime

In this week’s episode of the AyeSphere, Joy and Aye look at the coronation of Princess Diana’s ex-husband (replete with a tangent about Outlander and the baffling concept of pro-monarchy Americans), followed by a much more interesting deep dive into the indie game What Remains of Edith Finch and why you should play it.