https://weesbij.blogspot.com/2021/02/games.html
I didn't like "Ready Player One" too much. but this is good so far.
There are glaring failures though; graphics cards just burning out.
"the myth, the narrative, whatever you want to call it, was always of supreme importante to Sam. So, I guess, by even telling this story, I'm betraying him"
They found themselves drawn to Japansese references over and over: the deceptively innocent paintings of Yoshitomo Nara; Miyazaki' anime like Kiki's Delivery Service and Princess Mononoke, other, more adult anime like Akira and Ghost in the Shell, both of which Sam had loved, and of course, Hokusai's Thrity-six views of mount fuji"
If Marx at twenty-two had a problem, it was that he was attracted to too many things and people. Marx's favorite adjective was "interesting." The world seemed filled with interesting books to read, interesting food to taste, and interesting people to have sex with and sometimes even to fall in love with. To Marx, it seemed foolish not to love as many things as you could. In the first months she knew him, Sadie disparaged Marx to Sam by calling him "the romantic dilettante."
But for Marx, the world was like a breakfast at a five-star hotel in an Asian country-the abundance of it was almost overwhelming. Who wouldn't want a pineapple smoothie, a roast pork bun, an omelet, pickled vegetables, sushi, and a green-tea-flavored croissant? They were all there for the taking and delicious, in their own way.
There were so many people who could be your lover, but, if she was honest with herself, there were relatively few people who could move you creatively.
