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Mel Mudkiper posted:Also apparently the OASIS is completely free to use if you have a headset, which leads to the question of who funds the servers and where do they get the energy to maintain a consistent virtual world for billions of people. yeah, I haven't read the book but I don't get what would be all that different if it weren't just set in a whatever the word is for something that isn't dystopian or utopian future is (topian?) Like if someone created an amazing VR world right now, people would play it without having a hellscape to get away from, especially if some dickhead billionaire was offering his fortune to whomever had the best knowledge of 80s bullshit.
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Mel Mudkiper posted:See, if it werent for the fact he objectively sees the oasis as a good thing, the author could have at least made the oasis the reason for society's collapse. If I'm remembering right, the Red Dwarf novelizations have something along these lines with Better than Life. Everyone who played it became addicted and had to be cared for like a baby because they wouldn't leave the game.
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SUPERMAN'S GAL PAL posted:Also (spoiler tags because it refers to the end of the film): way to override the agency/free will of everyone else who may be using the VR program to attend school, get therapy, visit distant family/friends, watch and experience events otherwise inaccessible for a myriad of reasons, work together on business and charity-related projects, and so on. Yes, spending all your time playing games is unproductive, but people use VR/the internet for SO MUCH MORE than ignoring the state of the world via power fantasies. Yeah, it really seems like they've missed some of the implications of that one. Weird considering Wade going to school in the game is a big part of the plot. Do all the kids in the school system only get three days off schooling or do they have to enrol in a new school? It's like he's made a selfish choice without thinking of the consequences because he didn't have the self-control no to sit at home and play video games all day
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BBC review of the movie sounds good but the book somehow had literary critics praising it. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180320-film-review-ready-player-one
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