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ce69c4d
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It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an undead king, both hunched over the controls of a classic arcade game. It was the sort of surreal image you'd expect to see on the cover of an old issue of Heavy Metal or Dragon magazine.
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science
key
undead-king
video-game
wade
wade-watts
ready-player-one
undead
video-games
quest
science-fiction
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Ernest Cline |
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08b250b
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I could barely believe myself. IOI had actually tried to kill me. To prevent me from winning a videogame contest. It was insane.
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explosion
ioi
prevent
rp1
rpo
wade
wade-watts
ready-player-one
ernest-cline
threat
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Ernest Cline |
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f5a92d9
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His paternal tone irked me no end, and that helped to steel my resolve. I couldn't sell out the the Sixers.
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jerk-sales-pitch
ounce-of-freedom
sign-me-up
sixers
ready-player-one
ernest-cline
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Ernest Cline |
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48f17c5
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You're going to turn it into a fascist corporate theme park where the few people who can still afford the price of admission no longer have an ounce of freedom.
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freedom
fascist-corporate-ideals
ready-player-one
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Ernest Cline |