Ready Player Two (the book) is Also Terrible

Two years ago, the film Ready Player One entered our hearts and exited somewhere unmentionable. That same year, two things happened: I did a review on the 2011 book it was based on, and Ernest Cline started writing a sequel to allow for a larger franchise. Now, all these years later, Ready Player Two (or Ready Player One 2?) is out to the public and already causing much controversy online. But is the novel as bad as people say? Yes. But let's jump into nuances to the conversation anyway.
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[@FKP_1510]

If they ever made a ready player two and asked you to be in the movie would you do it?

[@DukeJohnsonTheDuke]

LOL 42069 nice bruh

[@RabidDogma]

Congrats on 400k!

[@mori2037]

iCarly babyyyyyyy

[@RabidDogma]

Oh my god, the Korone reference. You have no idea how happy it makes me seeing her referenced in other media now. Truly the best doggo.

[@CM-ne9ej]

The idea of sword art online being historical pop culture is maybe the scariest part of this novel

[@Grummar]

"nooooooo this extremely niche kinda meh game was very important for me so everyone should know it unless they are a philistine reeeeeeeee"

[@theblandcharlie822]

In 2077, what makes someone a criminal? Dissing old shows.

[@catlover0000]

My headcanon is that the abridged series has so overshadowed the original that it's been forgotten.

[@nataliapatolamoosmann8290]

catlover0000 now that I could get behind

[@caseys2698]

@@theblandcharlie822 *“GETTING COC-“*

[@reflectingh9997]

Fun fact: Cline and the guy who made sword art online personally know each other and are fans of each others work

[@mrboerger1620]

I want to die

[@okpjdark4717]

Sucks to hear that SAO's author has such bad taste

[@GoldenBeholden]

@@okpjdark4717 Not much of a surprise.

[@user-nw1je1ur6t]

I wanna die

[@MrKogeta]

Source? Please I need to know

[@powergannon]

If everyone knows what Sword Art Online and Sonic.exe is in 30 years, we should probably just call it quits as a species right now.

[@ekajikabos6728]

I wondered at this myself... the best I could come up with was: fandoms are quickly immortalized as worlds within the Oasis, where they become destinations/quest centers/etc, the user's experience of the world might vary greatly from their experience of a show/etc---as in, if a quest bearer or boss on that world dropped a highly exploitable item or one of extreme usefulness, you might be compelled to learn a great deal about the environment/fandom merely to complete a quest, get a drop, etc. Also.... a lot of people have bad taste. Like... a lot...

[@DoctorLazers]

I dunno. Plenty of mediocre anime from the 80s/90s is still remembered today.

[@harrietr.5073]

Technically because how nostalgia works, we will be nostalgic for it. Get ready for being nostalgic for 2016.

[@greatestscott6599]

Why so negative? I mean, I _personally_ hope we're 🎵 *never gonna give them up, never gonna let them down...* 🎵

[@canaisyoung3601]

@Dillon O'Dell Hey. COVID-19 is doing the best it can. Not its fault that people out there want to live and haven't completely given up on humanity.

[@lonelychameleon3595]

If you’re an aspiring writer, it’s good to know that the ceiling is this low

[@Feasco]

It's this all over, paper-thin romances and military thriller wank sell like hotcakes and stories with actual thought put into them being wildly successful happens to only the lucky few or the big name authors

[@Loki-pz1uk]

**if you are a cis white dude**

[@volerasphere]

Recently finished writing my first novel. Trying to get it published has been stressful, and I’ve worried about whether my book is good enough. Believe me, this makes me feel a hell of a lot better.

[@josephuuqt]

@@Loki-pz1uk ? tf does that have to do with anything?

[@xopasstheaux6617]

@@josephuuqt she's likely a self hating lesbian who hates white men and believes they're the only reason she's not successful

[@eIIedritch]

hear me out: the franchise is called ready player

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

What about Player One Wins? Because it’s like the end, and Ready Player One is the beginning

[@thatonegooze]

@@silverlightsinaugust2756 There ain't no 80s sequel that has wins in place of 2. You don't see Terminator Wins or Ghost busters Wins

[@sambradley9091]

@@thatonegooze Well, now I do want to see Terminator Wins

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

@@sambradley9091 fucking truth

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

@@thatonegooze there doesn’t have to be an 80’s movie! This book is all about Sword Art Online! And nobody wins in that shit. They just blow up.

[@juanjuri6127]

" "gamers rise up" - Karl Marx " - Ernest Cline

[@weedAndTransRights]

by Fall Out Boy

[@miguelsalas4417]

im not reading all of that

[@Lesandira]

"We live in a society." - Karl Marx - Kirigaya Kazuto

[@ridhosamudro2199]

Feat. Dante from Devil May Cry

[@wildfiresp9606]

Funnily enough this is also basically a scene in the latest Sword Art Online season

[@dandanboy97]

Can we talk about how Shoto’s wife is pregnant when her brain is copied into the space ship meaning that that version of her is never going to get to meet her child. That’s psychological torture

[@SynGirl32]

Excuse me *what?*

[@anthonythompson6053]

This is why most of the media that deals with mind uploading/immortality make the implications of that the main point of the plot. Things like that literally fill books.

[@isaacgruver7061]

I think a good question is: Will her clone be pregnant forever? Or will her digital self be pregnant for the length of time remaining until she was supposed to give birth? Once it reaches that time, will she have a simulated child? Or will her body just reset to the not pregnant state?

[@eisinger2]

Holy shit. I didnt even think of that.

[@ratter88]

@@isaacgruver7061 it'd actually be kinda cool idea, if the child born, having no brain scan, would end up mysteriously developing a strangely human mind, and grow up as something not quite human, a spontaneously generated A.I, born of humans. And then you have a premise of all the brain scanned people, over time, creating more completely new copies, that after generations are something completely different. Not degenerated, just new and alien. If the ship could somehow come to replicate itself, you'd have a pretty solid star trek episode, when humanity meet them in the future, at the far fringes of space, the children of children of children of children of the copies of a bunch of nerds from the ancient past. Who all still remember Sword Art Online.

[@tripled2096]

"PERRY THE PLATYPUS! BEHOLD, MY *SWORD-ART-ONLINE*-INATOR!"

[@kadebrockhausen]

Sword Art Onlinator lol

[@EtchJetty]

"Did you just quote Karl Marx.... in a Ready Player One novel.... and immediately follow that up by referencing *Sword Art Online*?" Good shit.

[@kingkaza]

Funny since according to fans sao is on the downhill

[@BL4NK.F4C3]

@@kingkaza Saying it's going downhill implies it ever had a good start

[@olivianicholson7957]

@@BL4NK.F4C3 hey, at least Aincrad was salvageable, even if it’s only mediocre at best. Some of the shit from the latest arc is hilariously bad, not to mention the fact that the rape trend in the series never died.

[@jaybee27D]

@@olivianicholson7957 I heard they’re doing a reboot of the series from Asuna’s perspective based on a book series that was actually good. Idk, I haven’t followed the series in years, but it might be the start of an improvement for the series

[@PancakemonsterFO4]

you die in the communist manifesto you die in real life

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

I got hit by Karl Marx, The Matrix, and Sword Art Online in really quick succession, and now I think I need to have a lie down.

[@heydoeradio7298]

The sonic.exe kicked me in the teeth

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

Weeb Marx.exe

[@VXDCFG]

SAO is already regarded as a sub-par anime, the fact that it can hold any relevance in the future terrifies me of how their media became .

[@DinoDudeDillon]

SAO is something I can enjoy on the level of 13 year old male fantasy. Like, I realize it's immature, but it's immature in the same way that I once was immature as a child, and so I can, for a minute, return to that part of my personality while watching it. I remember the romance plot being reductive (it's been years since I've seen it so don't remember the details). But it's reductive in a young male fantasy kind of way. There's an innocence to it. Whereas, though they share interesting similarities, I find I can't enjoy ready player one on that level though, because it's trying too hard. It's too intertextual. It takes me out of it, and it makes me feel condescended to. Referencing a better movie does not a good movie make. Whereas SAO is just unapologetically and sincerely an anime that's aimed at nerdy gamer preteen males like my younger self. It's an original story that doesn't try to borrow anything from any other story. It also has a unique and original aesthetic which I enjoy. Ready Player One thinks it can rely on the visuals of other, better films, and it is sorely mistaken. I mean, for all the expensive special effects, the film is just... bland, y'know? Ready player one reminds me of the big bang theory -- that show is constantly making pop culture references... as if that, in itself, constitutes comedy. Putting an obscure reference in your joke can make it funnier, because only a select few are "in the know" in some sense, and it feels good to be "in the know." But there still needs to be some kind of punchline -- you can't rely solely on the fact that you've made a reference to something the audience knows/likes. Similarly I feel like Ready Player One makes pop culture references as of that, in itself, constitutes narrative. Which is an even greater sin than thinking a pop culture reference constitutes comedy. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth, because I feel like the Shining references are unearned because the Shining is a much better film.

[@DinoDudeDillon]

Oh, lol I responded before finishing the video. Yeah it def seems like the second book is trying to make every criticism the author knows of seem intended, and therefore invalid, lol. Bad writing 101 lmao

[@DinoDudeDillon]

I was responding based only on the knowledge of the broad similarity between sword art online and the movie Ready Player One. But he actually straight up ripped off Sword Art Online knowingly and intentionally in the sequel, and told everyone he was doing it in the text 😅 Incredible

[@Pheatan]

Sao will only keep relevance due to something witty entertainments abridged series. Honestly the only thing that's made me think of it since its release.

[@eliasalbarracin5549]

@@Pheatan Same, but sometimes, somewhere, I can hear the faint call of GGO's opening for SAO II. And then I think about that opening, and think about why I would ever continue watching the series. Dear god, I need to watch more anime again.

[@oppakunn328]

Am I the only ine who thinks the reason he sent a 19-year old clone of himself in space was so he would have material for a book series where Wade will just travel the galaxy?

[@littlefieryone2825]

Ready Player One, except instead of the 80's, Wade is now a nerd for astrology.

[@burneronthenetwork736]

Wades guide to the galaxy

[@mungdaal9643]

Ready Player 40k

[@RevolutionaryLoser]

People having nostalgia for Sword Art Online in 2052 is the most dystopin idea anyone has ever had.

[@Anna-tk7ui]

@Untitled Title NO GOD PLEASE NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@AnakinFury]

@@Anna-tk7ui Hey we got SAO abridged from it, which was one of the best things I ever watched. A soul for a soul.

[@eliasalbarracin5549]

@@AnakinFury But human transmutation is strictly forbidden, for what could equal the value of a human soul?

[@Lunar_Atronach]

Is everyone ignoring that sonic.exe is also a household name in 2052?

[@antipsychotic451]

@Untitled Title that;s fucking rich

[@smoov22_sonic]

“Who is rewatching SAO in 2052” Everyone hyped that the 246th episode of SAO abridged has come out that’s who

[@queencyrys6309]

32 years is really good time to get 231 episodes out

[@smoov22_sonic]

@@queencyrys6309 hoping by then there’s “auto-dub” technology or something maybe wade can invent that instead

[@johnblunt6693]

The only really good thing that happens in the ready player 2 world

[@iamaperson5729]

It’s a big misconception in 2052 that the abridged series wasn’t just the original series.

[@WhatsaboutSingapore]

Sadly Sao final arc is around the corner, I am hoping that this wouldn't truly be the end

[@perciusmandate]

This sounds like exactly the same problem I had with the first book. Ernst is king of "Tell, don't Show". He spews a bunch of pop culture references onto the page and then tells us how his super cool OC did a bunch of really awesome stuff with it. But he never actually DESCRIBES most of the cool stuff. He leaves the reader to just sort of piece the scene together out of their own memories of those tidbits of pop culture. If you don't already know what the reference is, you're left with a word on a page and a blank.

[@jflanagan9696]

His writing targets a very specific audience.

[@MrHawkelement]

I wanna point out that some of the references he makes, don't even work. Like Sonic exe. Let's pretend for a moment, that it's somehow popular in 20 years, even though it isn't popular anymore now. Even if it is, sonic wasn't a rogue AI, like how the book uses the reference. Sonic exe was a demon or whatever. So not only is the author just chucking references at the wall, but he doesn't even manage to make those correctly.

[@SaSPonchICo]

@@jflanagan9696 I would even say he writes to people who usually don't read and are more likely to overlook that he's really on the nose.

[@pool8443]

i had this very issue with the 3rd shard. I completely skipped 3-4 chapter, because my mind could not create an image in my head for what was being described. I never saw any of these movies, so i all i got were random names with no meaning behind them.

[@Evbuscus1]

I'm reading it right now, and even with that knowledge, it's a miserable read. Give me cool descriptions! Paint a picture with words! Your character is LITERALLY EXPERIENCING A DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS CAMPAIGN IN VR give me some fucking descriptions oh my god. I want to hear about ancient, eroded walls, crumbling as our lead passes by them. Iron rings set into the stone, glinting in the torchlight, fiery yellow and damp. But no, "I made it through the dungeon and cleared the traps" is plenty, gotta keep that word count down so we can have pages upon pages of meaningless references and painfully awkward flirting! Fuck this booook

[@erikm8373]

Personally, I think the idea of being able to connect a computer to your brain is really cool. I do not, however, believe any company powerful enough to own that technology could be trusted to do it.

[@_ikako_]

if the software is entirely open-source and run by and ngo non profit, sure. any other circumsance, no thanks.

[@edgarallenhoe3518]

@@_ikako_ I agree but I'd add that the existence of hackers is enough of a deterrent on its own. In addition to unscrupulous corporations I have a "how much damage could an abusive ex with computer skills do" test.

[@manuelmialdea5127]

Brain adds. Just... Brain adds.

[@lilhonor5425]

I saw the “non binary sex” paragraph on Twitter and I thought it was a joke at first partly because the title Ready Player Two sounds fake to me.

[@theuncannydag]

That's how you know it's beyond parody. No fic writer or abridger could make this shit more ridiculous than it is & not a fun kinda ridiculous

[@enkays_den]

out of context read makes it look like his heart was in the right place but the language is glaringly indicative that Cline didn't really consult any LGBT+ research or perspectives. will edit if quinton mentions a context that justifies the grossness EDIT: while wade is crafted as an intentionally unlikable character and the dialogue reflects that, the "I experienced memories of all people so it's good" mentality isn't great and should not be internalized. It's similar to "All Lives Matter" in that tries to push equality without navigating any of the nuance that LGBT+ issues require in order to create constructive progress.

[@user-xs3lc4ky4h]

I found out about it from Roblox. ;-;

[@vylbird8014]

Reminds me of a quiz I found a couple of years ago, where it presented pairs of really horribly written erotica. The test was to guess which one was an extract from the Fifty Shades of Grey novels, and which was from poorly written fanfics or furry smut.

[@OverlyPositiveFanboy]

I'm just wondering how "non-binary sex" would even work. I mean, as far as I know, there's no physical differences with a non-binary person and someone who identifies as a man or woman. Unless what the file is actually referring to is intercourse with intersex people or something.

[@scootersocks2793]

Characters in universe be like: I was born in the wrong generation, I wish I could watch Sword Art Online while it was airing.

[@Gusarapo45]

@Eden Kennedy "I wish I could stay at home all day like grandpa did in the 20's"

[@thatguyzorv6650]

The hipsters that dress like homeless people dress like the weird goddamn high fashion and call it "retro". Full on turtlenecks that go over your entire face.

[@VXDCFG]

then they truly have no reason to live

[@partylikeits1066]

don't speak it into existence

[@_ikako_]

@@thatguyzorv6650 who are you even getting mad at here?

[@ajlxiii1312]

Honestly, if Ernest Cline DID make a third book where wade regresses in any of his character development and just turns into like a crazed pop culture referencing lunatic dictator, i would almost be impressed. But the problem with that is Ernest would have to have the self-awareness to turn his fucking OC into a villain, which i just...don't believe he can

[@jamesmeow3039]

Ready Player 88

[@TheGallantDrake]

Ready Player Nein​@@jamesmeow3039 I'll see myself out.

[@maggiejenson4129]

the year is 2076. youtube is but a shadow of a memory in the backs of the public's mind. the few remaining users are surprised to see a notification from the channel "quinton reviews" -- they have not posted since 2020. the video is entitled "I finally read every animorphs book." a single tear falls down the viewer's cheek. "we made it honey," they say to an urn on the mantle. over 50 years later, quinton finally managed to complete the series and bring peace to the world.

[@ConvincingPeople]

He has said that he's working on the longest video he's ever made right now, and unless the second half of that Sam & Cat retrospective gets *real wild* (which it totally could), I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it's the Beginning of the Animorphs-ening. Or the Homestuck-ening. Either would scan at this point.

[@waifuwilson6061]

"What is Communism? Communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat. What is the proletariat? The proletariat is that class in society which lives entirely from the sale of its labor and does not draw profit from any kind of capital; whose weal and woe, whose life and death, whose sole existence depends on the demand for labor...." -Kirito, Sword Art Online (2012)

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

“What the fuck is Yoda? Yoda is a space pickle. Like, a sea cucumber, but a space... pickle.” -My wife

[@electricvancompany3847]

"Dogs are kinda cute I guess" - Adolf Hitler

[@entityofthestars]

"if you doodoo on yoself..." - Tyler, The Creator.

[@witchflowers6942]

@@electricvancompany3847 Hitler literally thought dogs were just as smart or smarter than humans. He dedicated a lot of research to this. He was not a healthy man.

[@Dan-vm4yb]

@@witchflowers6942 considering he also had Parkinson’s and was slowly dying by the end of the war, I’d say you’re correct

[@lincolnjohn8227]

Let's be real Quinton. Quoting Karl Marx in one breath and name dropping SAO in the next is pretty much the energy of this entire youtube channel.

[@DetectorCliche]

But at least here unlike with the novel, that same energy has better direction.

[@edgarallenhoe3518]

It's also 100% the kind of thing a teenager would say.

[@FIRING_BLIND]

@@edgarallenhoe3518 without understanding a word of what they said either

[@Hakumeiun]

I once read a review that seems applicable to this book. It began, "Let's start with the positives: this book is obviously written in English..."

[@tejpatel5320]

Lol, i want to read that review now

[@canaisyoung3601]

Yes, but it's the kind of English that makes people think the language is dying. When really, languages are considered dead when there are no more words to add, which explains Latin and Yiddish.

[@_ikako_]

@@canaisyoung3601 i thought languages were dead when nobody spoke them natively? and anyone who thinks english is dying because new words are being created are dumb old people who don't realise that language changes over time.

[@magusperde365]

Oh shit the book I'm writing is in french.. it means I suck doesnt it 😭😭

[@s4juno693]

Gracias a Dios por eso.

[@lauriechan1426]

Must be a horrible fate being the exact same age, stuck with the same people and in the same place forever...with no purpose. That is the ultimate torture, making wade a horrible, horrible being

[@jimcat68]

It's hell, being with those other people and having no exit.

[@Blue-rz1cv]

The first article that showed up after looking up "ready player two"is titled "ready player two is a warning about artificial intelligence. An ai could write a better book" and im r o l l i n g

[@KaiKrimson56]

I got suggested an article saying Ready Player 2 was a copy of a copy or something like that. And it is with that batshit ending and the fact the O.N.I. isn't really that impressive since it's just Oasis with Wii controls and AI slavery.

[@Blue-rz1cv]

@@KaiKrimson56 omg i need that link if you find it-

[@KaiKrimson56]

@@Blue-rz1cv www.theringer.com/2020/11/30/21726033/ready-player-two-ernest-cline-ready-player-one-sequel-creep

[@sambradley9091]

ANNUS!

[@StarWarsbyBennett]

UNUS ANNUS UNUS ANNUS

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

A part of me wants to believe Spielberg was secretly SAO fan and wanted Ready Player Two as a scapegoat to make a SAO adaptation.

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

@@SunlitSonata14272 huh , well that's interesting

[@electricvancompany3847]

@@ratchetxtreme6591 you used scapegoat wrong

[@KeyTryer]

Sword Art Online is like 10 times worse than Ready Player One.

[@nyahnyahson523]

@@KeyTryer It's really, *really* not. SAO as a franchise gets creepy, but even then, it's not anywhere near RPO.

[@KeyTryer]

@@nyahnyahson523 RPO is a story with a weird self-insert where the main character gets the girl at the end. SAO is a story with a weird self-insert where the main character gets the girl at the end, but there's also copious amounts of rape and incest fetish.

[@ob2kenobi388]

I am 21 now. If I were stuck as my 19 year old self forever, that would literally be hell. I had figured out I was trans but hadn't yet come out or started HRT, so I'd be trapped in that eternal existence inbetween worlds-finally knowing the full scale of the horrors I've lived through, but not yet possessing the tools nor the courage necessary to combat them.

[@dreamof_me]

I’m having such horrific flashbacks to watching and reading SAO in high school

[@colingznetworkplus4618]

Was it good?

[@mayajohnson1585]

“They would split her coding into seven different pieces” so not only are we taking the plot of sword art online, but we’re also copying Harry Potter? We’re turning Halliday’s dream wifu into Voldemort now?

[@ClayMurray8]

They even make reference to horcruxes in the book. It’s shameless.

[@Fuhrer_Plumpus]

And red vs blue

[@c3r6s9]

the fact that he includes m/f, f/f, and "nonbinary" sex (whatever that means) but no m/m shows that he rly just sees nonbinary ppl as alt girls, lol

[@v.e.jansen7720]

Yeah it really comes off as disrespectful

[@moonfestal]

@@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz Bad take

[@SomeRandomDude000000]

@@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz yes

[@SomeRandomDude000000]

@@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz in a society that is fiercely anti non binary practically all of them would be considered non functioning members. Making this distinction between respectable and non respectable non binary people is a bad mindset.

[@moonfestal]

@@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz yet another awful take

[@starf4181]

"It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere" -hey wait a minute

[@venomouscantaloupe7152]

i can't imagine how surreal it would be to have steven spielberg unintentionally describe the plot of sword art online, and then to go with it anyway. nor would i really want to.

[@unknownuser3926]

The "nonbinary sex" quote immediately made me worried about how someone as close to incel culture as Cline would handle it. The same thing with the trans character.

[@SpeedyLara2012]

Yeah same here but from what I’ve seen it’s just there?

[@HorrorLover]

Part of me hopes he's a bit more self aware now that he realizes his self-insert neckbeard is the character nobody likes, and changed him accordingly.

[@sofiapicasso1915]

@@SpeedyLara2012 the whole "finding out trans character is trans by invading her privacy and spying on her and her past + being cool with someone being trans because you're into all types of porn" is pretty icky tbh

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

I mean I don’t know much about incels, but wouldn’t incel culture overlaps with non-binary and trans culture the same way it overlaps with straight and gay culture?

[@xilj4002]

Better than expected, if you can trust Jessie Gender. I mean he totally doesn't know anything about anything, but at least he (supposedly) goes down the route of "nah, I tried all kinds of sex in all kinds of bodies, everyone over 18 did, all the three genders are cool", which is ... headache, but sorta non-malicious headache. Sure horrible, but it could be some where-incel-and-terf-overlap bs and like revenge hacking the trans woman's avatar or something, and it *tries* to be accepting as much as someone who sees every human being on a scale of how useful they are for sexual pleasure can make something accepting.

[@idna832]

"Anorak just went Sonic.exe on us!" Is a real line , from a real book

[@mousesnow3900]

That's one of those lines I'd expect from a kid's fanfiction who just wants to make something as edgy as possible.....butttttt this is a grown man trying to present himself as a s e r i o u s author-

[@MustacheDLuffy]

This is a fan fiction for sure.

[@v3ck1n]

@@ecru_5819 same

[@commandercaptain4664]

A real nerd would've said "Sanic.jpg"

[@uzytkownik15]

Yeah, long dead memes are sure a thing that ages like gold. Also isn't anorak a type of a jacket?

[@jonloc8535]

Fanfic: The Movie: The Book

[@battlion507]

Fanfic: The Movie: The Game: The Book Inspired the Metaverse.

[@exploderwrestlingpodcast2721]

This book sounds like 20 years of comic book writing done during an overnighter by 1 guy on Adderall and crystal meth.

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

When he said "Anorak just went Sonic.exe on us!" My skin split at the seams and started to coil up my body like someone peeling a carrot.

[@Rayndalf]

Anorak backwards is Karona. Coincidence? I think not

[@100acatfishandwillbreakyou2]

@@Rayndalf Anorak, Karona, karona is a character in magic the gathering. Magic the gathering, the gathering, gt, corona virus, gathering the corona virus, gtc, good 'til canceled, going outside was good until corona virus canceled it. Ernest Cline knew about corona virus, he is in bed with the communist regime led by the creator of sword art online in the matrix. Save all of this before they shut it down oh god someone is o

[@Shadowplay4Cats]

You have seams? omg go to a doctor

[@alvarogiraldezcea8561]

The writing in this comment is better and more emotional than the one in the book.

[@JackedThor-so]

Ikr? A creepypasta mentioned.... in 2020. Cline is a boomer.

[@driveasandwich6734]

I really appreciate how the "I'm making Bee Movie jokes; it really is 2018 again!" showcases your point of Bee Movie being more nostalgic than Ready Player One.

[@kingkaza]

Dreamworks planning the prequel aee

[@seandwalsh3]

Yo Drive a Sandwich! Funny seeing you here.

[@driveasandwich6734]

@@seandwalsh3 Wow, it really is! Second time it's happened right? Hey man, sorry for leaving the Discord, I've just been kind of busy lately and wasn't active already, but I do plan on coming back. The community is super cool.

[@seandwalsh3]

@@driveasandwich6734 yeah, crazy stuff! No problem, people come and go all the time. I’ll be glad to see you back when it happens! Thanks!

[@grahamkristensen9301]

Well Bee Movie is older than Ready Player One.

[@spicegrill]

If anyone remembers sonic.exe in the 2050's I'm gonna cut my own eye off

[@FloppaFag]

I'm going to remember it now. 12 am January first 2050 I'm immediately going to remember sonic.exe just because of this book

[@spicegrill]

@@FloppaFag seems as though i might have to cut my eye off

[@dammit3048]

I normally have no confidence in my writing capabilities. But this makes me feel better about myself

[@lelandvaughan4429]

Bro just get out there and write. When you read or listen to qudiobooks like I do. Pay close attention to how the author conveys what he's trying to say. Pay attention to how he structures his sentences and paragraphs to draw you in. When you pay attention to these minor details and begin to develop a sense of what draws you in, you can help to hone your creative voice. Also read all sorts of genres, try to stretch out and try different things. Each genre with what it has to say and how it says it is crucial to the human condition. Not saying you have to read classics, but take a chance. Finally, don't be afraid to drop books if they just don't catch your interest (don't count out skimming though), but be sure to take note of what it was specifically you didn't like. Wow, dunno why, but I was struck with the need to try and motivate you. Have fun out there!

[@jellewijckmans4836]

"Who is rewatching sword art online in 2052?" You are assuming it stopped, it never stopped. Reki Kawahara's soul has been trapped so he can make his work eternal.

[@blarg2429]

Trapped as a digital copy in vr, or just straight-up necromancy?

[@jellewijckmans4836]

@@blarg2429 Yes

[@anthraxcrab3238]

@@blarg2429 yes

[@blarg2429]

@blarg2429 Yes

[@theblandcharlie822]

You fool, Reki Kawahara disguised themselves as a hive mind of SAO waifus and became a v-tuber to gain funding for hyper-cryostasis

[@ratchetxtreme6591]

"Anorak just went Sonic.Exe on us " - a legit quote from Ready Player Two 😑

[@nickhueper2906]

Pog

[@naranara1690]

That's not very poggers

[@crimsondynamo615]

**slowly takes off glasses, pinches brow**

[@ilexdiapason]

extremely unpog

[@skapokonroll]

Didn't they also reference Yu-Gi-Oh The Abridged Series?

[@elijahfordsidioticvarietys8770]

I love the ‘annoying nerd’ voice you did for Waid. It reminds me of the voice Linkara does for Peter Parker.

[@danieljohnkirby9412]

13:25 The entire premise of RPO is that all the things that Ernest Cline personally likes are weirdly popular in 2052.

[@tomatoanus]

wait hold up, that ending sounds like a straight up rip off of SOMA lmao

[@SJKlapecki]

If only this book had the same quality.

[@calmkat9032]

Lol, literally the only bad part of SOMA's story is the best ending of these two books, and that's not saying a lot.

[@RabidDogma]

Not only that, the whole thing of being able to feel as if you're experiencing someone else's life/reality is a straight-up ripoff of the movie Strange Days with Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett.

[@dudeist_priest]

Of course the speed runner beat me here.

[@idanordmark1786]

For real, though! Except worse.

[@BugsyFoga]

You might as well call this sequel "I can't believe it's not sword art online " , cause would certainly be the more honest title.

[@torgan]

It's a novel for incels and cucks, of course it's SAO

[@grkpektis]

I just recently read the book Demon, it's has a similar plot to RPO (it came out before RPO) except it has actual stakes, tension,, good characters that develop and best of all no god damn pop culture references stuffed down your throat. Instead of being wish fulfillment bullshit it's a terrifying horror story about real life becoming like video games

[@ztrb0820]

I was thinking of .Hack//sign

[@Miraihi]

Tad Williams' "Otherland" stays uncontested.

[@simpsonwizekid]

@@ztrb0820 same here

[@Teethmafia]

Scott pilgrim vs the artists formerly known as prince!

[@yserareborn]

Lets get one thing straight: on his best day ever, Cline wishes he could’ve wrote something half as good as the Scott Pilgrim comic. And honestly so do I but that’s something else ^^;

[@ZemplinTemplar]

So Wade essentially becomes a Bond villain ? Also, though all characters in these two books are essentially one-dimensional caricatures, it's pretty sad when his ex is doing great stuff, but is cartoonishly saintly, whereas he's cartoonishly selfish and un-self-aware. Methinks Mr. Cline doesn't do nuance in writing very well.

[@sylvisoul164]

the trans vtuber was handled terribly too, her being outed to wade by him literally completely invading her privacy is really fucking creepy and bad and it's made worse with his justification for accepting her solely being that he's experienced all kinds of sex. kinda just doubles down on the societal misconception that being trans is a sexual thing

[@dreye3215]

Yeah, that whole part was gross. I don't know why straight cis guys think they need to justify respecting trans women through sexual attraction.

[@razriri1467]

@@dreye3215 This is the relationship a lot of cis/straight guys have with women in general

[@Invizive]

@@razriri1467 only creepy ones are treating women this way outside of appropriate context And only the creepiest of them are ignorant enough to put it into their glorified fanfic as something normal

[@jamesdonoughue4557]

Heaven forbid everything and everyone doesn't accommodate your every whim

[@deletedaccount3047]

@@jamesdonoughue4557 this, my good sir, is a dumb comment. If you have not talked to trans people about their experiences or experienced them yourself then please do yourself a favor and go learn so that you can become better informed!

[@iancole2279]

Hot take. Unlikable protagonists are an interesting medium of storytelling and should be explored more. The book is still terrible though.

[@Trebuchetify]

The problem is unlikable protagonists that everyone else within the narrative love. Makes you think that maybe the author wasn't trying to write an unlikable protagonist

[@aquanecromancer5776]

They've been very thoroughly explored in literature for the last century. Not to say it doesn't still have value, just a lot of ground already covered there.

[@jays.6843]

Chainsaw Man

[@theblandcharlie822]

The Prince Makeoveli did a good job with tha book showing people how tyrants work

[@leeshajoi]

The problem is, every time a story with an unlikeable protagonist gets popular, a significant chunk of its fanbase decide that the protagonist is someone you're supposed to like and emulate. See: Fight Club, Rick and Morty, even fucking Lolita.

[@avivastudios2311]

"... but it's important to understand that at this point in the novel, everyone in the world hates Wade Watts." Why did that make me laugh so hard?

[@MajorAndrew7000]

I absolutely love how the book suggests that in the future Sword Art Online is considered not only “high art” on par with the likes of the Matrix but also an ideal base for a moral framework as the protagonist’s ex-girlfriend is in fact a better person for having watched it. Ready Player One 2 is almost certainly the best work of literature of our generation.

[@WarDaddy417]

Pretty positive the references made to SAO and the matrix is only as a comparison to show the dangers of plugging your mind into a machine, not made out to be "high art".

[@staticshyguy4961]

The title "Ready player two" honestly sounds like the title a person writing a fanfiction of RP1 would give

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

Ready Player Zero Zero One One Zero Zero Zero One (that’s 1 in binary)

[@commandercaptain4664]

@@silverlightsinaugust2756 *Bender Bending Rodriguez TRIGGERED*

[@arianrhodhyde7482]

if it was a fanfiction they'd be obliged to give it a title from like, a Hozier song lyric it's the fanfiction law

[@MrSmithers]

Is it not fan fiction?

[@razr7r531]

when the first movie came out , me and my friend make a joke about the sequel called ready player 2 . so yeah

[@josemaria8177]

There's a Ready Player Two? I didn't know until now that it existed, but seeing Quinton destroy it is just what I need to have a great day

[@ubermaster1]

it just recently came out and to absolutely no fan affair so I dont blame you for not knowing

[@ravenpotter3]

I knew it because roblox has a Ready Player Two event....

[@gizmodobaggins7040]

Ready Player One 2*

[@HarlanDaleAbsher]

You should probably try watching the video before leaving a comment

[@allisonfarrell7968]

I knew because of an academic book of the same name that came out first, then THIS popped into my GoodReads search

[@MrSadisticLlama]

So Ready Player Two ends up being SOMA in the end, where most of humanity is just Brain scans living it out in the fake virtual world for all eternity

[@MintRye]

Sounds like us rn.. :)

[@tea_time_t]

SOMA at least was aware that it was a horror story.

[@MrSadisticLlama]

@@tea_time_t and written much much much better

[@utopes]

This is just above the other Soma comment lol

[@iateabagelonce]

It's becoming clearer and clearer that Ernest Cline doesn't think about the repercussions of Wade's decisions because Cline thinks of himself as someone who would never lead the world astray because he's Such A Nice Guy

[@nathifantin]

"...he builds a space station" OOOOH, it's Elon Musk. Got it, it's Elon Musk.

[@silverlightsinaugust2756]

But in this case the musk is real...

[@KaiKrimson56]

It's the Justice League Space Station, but it's built by Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luther obseesed with 80's pop culture.

[@bebebebota11]

I think he's a mix of Elon Musk and Disney, with the whole monopoly of entertainment thing.

[@notevenusingthisanymorelol]

Don't forget Dr Eggman

[@vaiyt]

Ready Player Two perfectly encapsulates the transition from nerd to techlord.

[@teecee1827]

What I learned : Steven Spielberg is SAO's secret author.

[@hillocat101]

Hahaha makes total sense now.

[@flatP_]

would explain the quality.

[@eliasalbarracin5549]

@@flatP_ Can't tell if this is a diss at Spielberg or SAO...

[@demsterclippy4252]

ouch

[@honeyOTU_]

ohhh so HE'S the one who wrote that one chapter...y'all know which one I mean

[@VSPhotfries]

Wow, as the descriptions go on my thoughts range from "this has to be satire nobody gets" to "this is straight up fanfiction of the worst quasi-cyberpunk anime ever made" to "this is existential horror written by someone who doesn't understand the emotion of dread and can't understand how any of this would turn out," but always at every stage: "Damn, this is really dumb."

[@perciusmandate]

Hey, you can't rip off the plot of Sword Art Online. Only Sword Art Online's later seasons/sequels/spin-offs are allowed to do that!

[@Tiedyeban]

Jesus I didn’t know the writing was that bad. He’s literally just listing stuff off like a Wikipedia page. It sounds like an enthusiastic version of your gamer from Mars parody.

[@elvellarambles9151]

Not to ‘splain if you’re familiar with RP1:1, but what kills me is that RP1:2 seems to be a step up

[@crytkryssus9851]

There's a way to homage. Cline's books are just self insert fan fiction.

[@Mario_Angel_Medina]

While reading the book, at times I thought "you're breaking the rule of three, dude. Three examples are enough, Cline, putting more is just padding"

[@blasphimus]

In the first book I didn't mind it. I was born in 89 so the 80's stuff wasn't in my life that much. It kind of helped to get things in historical context which was kijfnkf nice.

[@CoffeeMugTwentyFive]

I think the title should have been, "Continue Player One".

[@dillonfisher7615]

Nah. That's too good for this book. 😂

[@HadleyCanine]

No Wait Stop I'm Not Ready Yet Player One

[@greatestscott6599]

II. _Continue Player One?_ III. _Quit Player One?_ IV. _Rage Quit Player One_ V. _LJN: You and Your Friends Are Dead. Game Over... One_

[@kennapersonal]

Set player one

[@that_deadeyegamer7920]

Ready Player 1-2

[@LPTV84]

This is the 2nd time Steven Spielberg pushed an author to make a sequel to a novel that he adapted into a movie, just so he can get material for the adapted movie's sequel.

[@cocobako2582]

When was the first time?

[@krisnobody3257]

I think It was jurassic park 2

[@anth636]

@@cocobako2582i think Roger Rabbit

[@ShadowsAndScience]

And hopefuly, much like with Spielberg's adaptation of The Lost World, he draws almost nothing from the source material and makes a completely unrelated movie that just happens to have the same title.

[@gp8189]

Ernest Cline really has convinced me I've never had a thought dumb enough to not include in a bestselling book

[@eliseallen5024]

I actually cannot believe "Ready Player Two" is the book name

[@shawnhoelscher8164]

Get ready to roll your eyes when you read the book and find out why it's called Ready Player Two

[@g.l.o.w.s.s6900]

@@shawnhoelscher8164 I really like Ready Player One, the book and movie, so lemme take a guess... Do Parzival and Art3mis have a kid?

[@thatoneguy9582]

in their defense i cannot think of any other name a sequel to Ready Player One would have Ready Player One Two doesn’t count

[@shawnhoelscher8164]

@@g.l.o.w.s.s6900 the high five all get married and begin families on Earth BUT that's not when Ready Player Two comes up. When Wade first uses the ONI tech, three words pop up on his console. He thinks those words will be Ready Player One, which became an OASIS staple every time someone logs on. But for some reason unknown, when you sign into the OASIS using ONI tech it says Ready Player Two. Even though Wade was playing by himself???

[@g.l.o.w.s.s6900]

@@shawnhoelscher8164 Damn, I was close. Maybe the change has to do with the different tech?

[@an2wei]

The real dystopia is imagining that people still likes Sword Art Online in the future.....

[@17kimberlyhayden9]

I've heard SAO is good now idk

[@an2wei]

@@17kimberlyhayden9 as far as I'm aware(and I've stopped folowing the show a long time ago so this is second hand information) the most recent seasons seem to be way better than the rest of the show but still not great, there is a particular arc called mother's rosario which features different characters(i dunno if they stay on the show after the arc) that I've actually seen a few people saying it's really good.

[@luminocuratoria1335]

I like SAO. Im I gonna destroy Humanity?

[@robert18productions]

@@luminocuratoria1335 Yes.

[@robert18productions]

@@luminocuratoria1335 Nah I’m just playing lel

[@Gabriel-ql2vq]

I love that Red Dwarf reference you threw in. Also, that theme song is now stuck in my head.

[@jam-the-hologram]

I’m not the only one that noticed! yippee!!

[@foxisreal9994]

"Wade has become a massive asshole that literally everyone hates." Oh, so like pretty much any billionaire these days.

[@electricvancompany3847]

If your book is synonymous with incel culture, false gatekeeping and Roblox's incompetence all at the same time then maybe don't make a sequel.

[@A_Toaster]

I dont see where fucking roblox comes in on this

[@notenoughmemes1847]

@@A_Toaster You don't want to know where Roblox comes in on this

[@nelsondestefano4150]

Please tell, i imagine it’s just because the virtual game in the books is basically a supped up roblox, but if it’s something else than could you please explain

[@dylanchouinard6141]

@@notenoughmemes1847 please tell us

[@evanchismark3092]

Forget roblox, I want to know the difference between false gatekeeping and true gatekeeping.

[@Ann-jh3kj]

If you do end up reading the Animorphs series, u gotta read the parody spin-off called Vegemorphs where the kids turn into vegetables.

[@alejandrovasquez8527]

I can't believe I'm doing this reference in 2020 but I TURNED MYSELF INTO A PICKLE MORTY

[@gracekim25]

Wow

[@juanjuri6127]

but isn't that just that one dril tweet

[@apex2000]

If an alien is plant based with animalistic abilities... Can animorphs become it? Also what about fungi which is closer to animals than plants.

[@kramenisfalling]

@@apex2000 I don't know about animorphs, but it seem like they might hit on that subject in the parody book. The full title is Vegemorphs: The Fungus Among Us

[@BloodyMunchkin]

DUDE you made me look up what Animorphs are and I have been cry-laughing for a solid ten minutes

[@grantmoore8228]

Don't laugh. One book has the group of kids try to actively starve a sentient creature to death in a shed as it becomes more panicked over its need for a life saving energy.

[@BloodyMunchkin]

@@grantmoore8228 lol rip

[@catsinburg8626]

It's really funny and apparently brutal, what a series

[@Grim_Sister]

The most horrible thing is that this virtual Wade is forever 19. We all remember ourselves as teens and cringe in disgust. Imagine being 19 forever, not being able to grow up and move on with your life while staying a giant pain (as teens usually are) Sounds like a pretty awful existence to me

[@battleupsaber462]

Honestly this series has been such an inspiration to me. If even someone who sounds like a stereotypical Reddit neckbeard can get his glorified fanfiction turned into successful books and a Spielberg movie, anything is possible! Just got to hold on to your dreams ❤

[@11th_Endor]

That’s, actually a great way to look at it.

[@Sajirah]

I mean, E.L. James was able to make money off her badly written x-rated Twilight AU so clearly anyone can get published...you just have to shamelessly cater to the fantasies of your audience. If you do that they won’t care how bad your writing is.

[@aegisScale]

Yay optimism!

[@PosthumanHeresy]

@@Sajirah The secret is, human population is so massive that even 0.1% of people is a group 7,594,000 strong. So as long as you appeal to a demographic, you should be good. What once were bestseller numbers are now midtier. We see some things have sales numbers indicating more people bought it than were even alive a century ago. As long as there's a group that exists to appeal to, these days it'll likely be big enough to make you rich because people can't stop breeding for five milliseconds.

[@jopiluis3382]

@@PosthumanHeresy gotta love this piece of advice

[@ninjasanin500]

Imagine the Sonic.EXE line being in an actual movie 5-10 years from now...........

[@jalisco-kallisto6216]

Just thinking about that makes me cringe hard

[@MustacheDLuffy]

Sonic.exe boys lmao

[@commandercaptain4664]

Sonic.EXE v Sanic.JPG: Dawn of Realistic Teeth

[@walterwhitecookingchannel8912]

A HYPER-REALISTIC movie with tons of blood

[@Designed1]

they'd probably remove that line lmao

[@sageofsquirrels111]

I remember being very excited for Animorphs and even bought a few at book fairs...and maybe read one of them. If you go down this rabbit hole not only do I support you in this endeavor, I even volunteer to join you on the journey of rereading these children's books.

[@genericname2747]

I'm sorry. You're telling me that this book, that takes place in the FUTURE, just name-dropped a creepy pasta, that is already outdated and not that popular? Also, is this even legal? There's no way he contacted the original creator of Sonic.Exe

[@PaintedBB]

THIS IS REALLY IN THE BOOK: Players are able to record their memories in real time, so new mothers record themselves giving birth... specifically so their children can play the memory and experience giving birth to themselves. I had the audiobook and wanted to throw my phone across the room.

[@realhumanbean7915]

Oh my fucking god no

[@PaintedBB]

@@realhumanbean7915 God has no place here. Not in a Cline book...

[@PosthumanHeresy]

That is literally a joke line in Cyberpunk 2077 about the same tech, listed on an editor's notepad (Judy, if you're trying to find it) as a potential idea that nobody has done yet. It's amazing how important _setting_ is for your tone.

[@ShibuNub3305]

*I’m going to rain napalm on Ernest Cline and every editor who let that slip by.*

[@valrond]

I ordered my first ever refund in audible shortly after thag.

[@boiyado6717]

Ah yes, Sonic.exe and Sword Art Online, both very good quality pieces of art that have very much cultural relevance, sureeeeeeeeeeeee. At least the quality between them all is similar.

[@crimsondynamo615]

They’re both the slices of bread on this shit sandwich

[@MissJukeBox8]

I will personally make sure that Sonic.EXE is still known by the masses in 2052

[@joshshrum2764]

Oh dear god not Sonic.exe.

[@the-uh2ur]

@@MissJukeBox8 o7 thank you

[@Yoyoitsyoji]

What’s funny is that these references are both already wildly outdated at the time of release for the novel (2020). Not only does that make it less likely to be referenced in 2054 or whenever the book takes place, but puts a shelf life on the book- at least the 80s movies from the first book already stood the test of time by when the book had been written

[@MechanicWolf85]

I know this is supposed to be a very imaginative book But it feels so unimaginable when all you have for imagine is things we have and can use today and everything else other stories did better with

[@Lightwolf234]

They be ripping off SOMA at the end... That’s it, I’m getting me mallet.

[@bigsky1047]

The fact that Kline read Sonic.exe, liked it, and then referenced it in his book is amazing. It also shows exactly who the audience was for those awful gaming creepy pastas, and Ready Player One.

[@realhumanbean7915]

He referenced it? Based.

[@piotr4198]

I'm willing to bet he didn't actually enjoy it that much and just referenced it because he felt like there should be a reference there and that's the best he could come up with.

[@bigsky1047]

@@piotr4198 That's probably true lol. It is still a horrible reference because who the hell is reading Sonic.exe so many years later? That story isn't even relevant to creepypasta today. Let alone relevant to horror in the decades to come.

[@thatlycantomboy]

it’s especially insane since I’m pretty sure that even the author of sonic.exe hates sonic.exe

[@MmeCShadow]

He didn't even use it *properly*. He used in reference to encountering a rogue AI. Sonic.exe isn't a rogue AI-- even in the original story it was supposed to be some kind of supernatural demon. Never mind that it's such a weird, obscure piece of Internet trivia that most of his readers probably wouldn't know what it's in reference to. It's a situation where it's a name-drop that, if you don't understand it, there's no context in the book that helps explain it so you can get it; if you *do* understand it, the context is completely nonsensical.

[@LazloKatamari15]

Should've called it Ready Player One The Squeakel.

[@mikvance]

Ready Player One Two Electric Boogaloo

[@Wired4Life2]

_Ready Player Onesies_

[@DingoWalley01]

Ready Player One: Escape 2 Africa

[@thatsastick13]

Ready Player One 2 The Third Forever After

[@videogamenostalgia]

Ready Player One: Back 2 Tha Hood

[@bryanwigmore7224]

Glad you pointed out that "uploading your digital consciousness" still leaves the original person's awareness extinguished. At best, you end up with an entirely separate individual with your memories and personality. Amazing how many people don't get this. Unfortunately, because the replacement is convinced it *is* a direct continuation of the same consciousness, you can never prove that the original's awareness has ended.

[@SynGirl32]

It shouldn't be Ready Player Two, it should be Ready Player One 2: Electric Boogaloo.

[@RaggedyCatProductions]

"Its cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere" - you can't sneak a Red Dwarf reference past me.

[@andrewgutierrez4841]

Nice catch

[@maxkennedy7430]

Oh Smeg.

[@maxacorn]

glad i'm not the only one who caught that. :D

[@rubywest5166]

"Please say "All alone, more or less", please- HE DID IT! HE SAID THE LINE!"

[@jonahbardwell551]

Just something kind of neat, I read your comment right as he was saying it

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Wade is the most r/niceguy main character I've ever read about.

[@crimsondynamo615]

I could smell wade just from the text

[@alikhamis3367]

:v

[@Mockthenerd]

100%. I'd have clicked on those sex files instantly and my wife would have given me the thumbs up!

[@_ikako_]

@@Mockthenerd my wife's boyfriend would have even bought me an Oney(ng)!

[@MooMooCow95]

Ernest Cline accidentally wrote cosmic horror. His next book will be an intentional cosmic horror now where he quotes Lovecraft and Junji Ito.

[@LPTV84]

It should be called, "Ready Player One: The Squeak-el!"

[@_ikako_]

ok, guy with a garfield profile pic.

[@epicgamerhank9509]

Ernest Cline seriously referenced a creepypasta, and not even a good one at that? What is Jeff the Killer also in this book?

[@artttard]

Well, he was gonna put the Grifter in, but it was too scary.

[@DavisPeck]

No, but Herobrine is, about a couple paragraphs above the Sonic.exe mention. It's...really something

[@exquisitecorpse__]

Only Ogden can kill this evil Halliday that noone else can touch, and so logs on to the rpg with his special sword that can do it. This is an episode of South Park

[@chespin3910]

no, it's just sword art online again

[@GreaterSeraph]

[Live to Win intensifies]

[@Rinku588]

Rewatching this review I realized, they could’ve called it Ready Player 1-2 like a Mario level and they missed it

[@anthonyhenriques7654]

if Ernest Cline is what's making the bestsellers list, the bar is literally on the floor

[@tap5263]

Meanwhile, in sao abridged: "Have any of you seen Tron?"

[@theeleventh805gamer7]

@Schiggy 2319 WHAT YOUR PANTS ON STILL FOR WE DOING THIS OR WHAT?

[@commandercaptain4664]

Chief Wiggum: Yes... I MEAN NO!

[@fairytailgirl123]

WHAT

[@xoderota]

SAOA

[@xouptvey]

ah a fellow man of culture i see

[@commandertorres]

Im reminded of how Micheal Crichton wrote the lost world because fans and spielberg wanted a book sequel so a movie can be made. Notice the difference being “People ASKED for a sequel to Jurassic Park”

[@maxximoramirez]

yeah i remember that mess with the movie and the books, if i recall: The Lost World movie is a sequel to the book Jurassic Park but The Lost World book is a sequel to the movie Jurassic Park

[@smolexfundie6458]

And surprisingly, I enjoyed the lost world even more than the first book! It could just be nostalgia thought, because I read the lost world first.

[@elif6908]

+

[@manospondylus4896]

@@maxximoramirez No, the TLW novel still plays in the same continuity as the first novel and the TLW movie plays in the same continuity as the first movie. The fate of Gennaro in the novels is an example of this. I think you‘re mixing this up with the game Jurassic Park: Trespasser, which used the timeline from the novels but still references events from the movies and was released in the wake of the second movie

[@felixmarlin3178]

This really does sound like an ungodly child of SOMA and SAO

[@mo-ov8hz]

“boldly going …in one direction vaguely forever” when i say i DIED laughing 😂

[@gbrading]

The ending is literally SOMA. And SOMA realized the whole thing was a nightmarish horror.

[@NaramSinofAkkad790]

Holy shit Earnest played Soma and didn't realize it was a horror game.

[@aj_814]

every time i hear about this book i just think “isn’t that sao but worse” and this proves me right