Ctrl+Alt-Reality: Internal Simulation Logs Vol. 1 (or some such)
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Control+Alt+Reality:Memo Format Noncompliance and the Need to Resubmit in Triplicate
Glen’s job was simple: run a simulation, evolve some goo into biomass fuel, and keep the paperwork flowing.
But thanks to a QA skip, some contaminated DNA, and an unapproved massage wand, his simulation didn’t make goo.
It made Earth.
Now the file is corrupted with sentient life, cults, fish gods, and tax policies—and Galactic Megacorp wants it gone. But regulations forbid wiping sims with consciousness. So management has a workaround:
Let it crash.Naturally.*
And Glen? He’s been assigned to quietly accelerate the collapse.
Except… he’s starting to care.
About the tiny lives. The mythologies. The failed empires and beautiful mistakes. The way even broken code dreams.
This was never supposed to be a real place.
But now it’s his.
This is for you If you like:
- The Good Placeby way ofDouglas Adams
- Digital gods with performance reviews
- The Officebut God has a boss
- Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxyif Earthwasthe bug report
- Or simulations so glitchy they start to feel alive—
* Galactic Megacorp does not condone purposeful negligence on anyone's behalf, even if it saves thembillionsofcreditsa year and removes a workforce that can takeYOURjob. Think about that—doyouwant anEarthlingtakingyourjob!?
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- Status
- Hiatus
- Year
- 2025
- Author
- Robert Betan
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- 3.9/ 5.0
- Followers
- 81
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- 4,248
Chapters(10 total)
- Author Note: Happy New Year 2026!Jan 1, 2026
- Authors update: This story is not dead, nor am I.Sep 4, 2025
- Chapter 7 - Clause and EffectAug 7, 2025
- Chapter 6 - Certified Cray CrayJun 21, 2025
- Chapter 5 — The Ghost in The RoomMay 29, 2025
- Chapter 4 - Never the Right PrayersMay 23, 2025
- Chapter 3 - Thank Goodness for AmoebasMay 20, 2025
- Chapter 2 - There's gotta be a reasonMay 19, 2025
- Prologue + Chapter 1- The Universe is stable. Glen is not.May 19, 2025
- About this storyMay 19, 2025
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