State of Syn is a Motion Comic webseries created by Smokebomb Entertainment, starring Jewel Staite and David Hewlett. The series aired on Hulu in 2013, with multiple episodes previewed on YouTube. (As of 2019, the entire series appears to be available on YouTube[1]
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The show follows Annika Drake (Staite) and her friends who, following the unexplained death of her father, are pulled into a twisted mystery surrounding his former company, emerging tech giant Psylo5ense. Now run by her father's former business partner Aslin Kane (Hewlett), Psylo5ense is manufacturing a highly addictive new sensory experience called Vibe — a digital technology simulating a neurological condition called synesthesia—which is poised to become the new opiate of the masses. Annika digs deeper to uncover the truth but finds herself learning some very disturbing secrets.
State of Syn contains examples of:
- Disability Superpower - Annika uses her synesthesia to hack keypads by touch and to locate a hidden door by the different tones she hears when running her hand over the wall.
