Ready Cliche One

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English - January 25, 2017 15:05 - 1 hour - 59.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Kawaljit Singh Bedi and Aqiul Colombowala join host Pranay Parab to talk about Ready Player One, a science fiction novel written by Ernest Cline. SPOILERS galore ahead.

Audiobook experience

Will Wheaton’s narration

Oasis, the all-encompassing VR game

Living in the stacks
Privacy
Omnipresent Internet access

Wall of text early in the book
Characters

James Halliday’s countless favourite games, books, TV shows
IOI and pantomime villains
Gunters vs. Sixers
High Fives
Sixers and a lack of subtlety

Key #1

Ludus
Tomb of Horrors
Irok
Zork (play online)
MAME - emulator to play these games
Joust (play online)
ZX Spectrum
Lack of Nintendo references
IP nightmare
Age of Empires
Black Tiger (play online)
WarGames
FlickSync
Problem with accents

Key #2

Love story
How do roads still work
Paranoid character
Social isolation
Artemis’ online persona, strong character
Other female character in the book
Gender neutral character

Key #3

Castle Anorak
How to hack IOI
Events outside Oasis
L33t Hax0rz Warezhaus
Fear of death in the outside world
Massive battle
The role of eBay artifacts
Unnecessary explanations
Ending
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade ending scene

Expectations from the Ready Player One movie
Shelf life of the novel

Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.