![]() ![]() As it turns out, real friendship and love of the underappreciated, not to mention familiarity with classical language and literature, are also essential. The only requirements are a free account, obsession with the ‘80s, and the ability to play video games really, really well. Totally rad.) The creator of OASIS has bequeathed his considerable fortune to the winner of a contest within the game. Like, everyone everywhere in the whole world plays it to escape the aforementioned dystopian existence. ![]() Said universal happiness resides in the OASIS, or Online Anthropomorphic Sensory Immersive Simulation. The world is falling apart, WALL-E style, and Big Brother, here known as Innovative Online Industries, is slowly taking control of universal happiness. ![]() Ready Player One is about a misfit gamer geek orphan living in a dystopian America more than slightly reminiscent of George Orwell’s 1984. (That was Back to the Future, He-Man, World of Warcraft, Archimedes, and Shakespeare, by the way.) And yes, it revels in obscure ‘80s gamer trivia right alongside modern MMORPGs, Shakespeare, and classical languages. Great Scott! By the power of Grayskull! W.o.W! Eureka! Most wondrous strange! ![]()
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