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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.