A few years ago, I wrote a silly, speculative science fiction story about a teenager getting stuck in Snake 2. Now we live in a world where it's dated because someone in Silicon Valley has put a fruit fly's brain on a chip and it's doing fly things in the insect matrix. Let's sit with that and consider what it means for our mental health and creativity. Supported by https://illustrationx.com - the show's founding sponsor To coach with Ben, https://thecreativecondition.com/coach To support the Ukrainian creative community https://ui.org.ua Guardian article in this episode: https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/mar/16/petri-dish-brain-cells-playing-doom-cortical-labs My short story: https://www.bentallonwriter.com/shortstories/snake2-b7mew