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"Ready Player One" came to my mind. I have never been in/played "Second Life" or "Sims". I bought a PS4 in the hope that "No Man's Sky" would become something like that. It had a disappointing start, and I just ran out of patience (and then time) to see what it has become nowadays.

I would very much enjoy a "Ready Player One" universe with the entrance/lobby of "Wreck it Ralph" where you can jump around (imagine pacman with a fully equipped "Half Life" character ;)

The "buying objects" is the thing that will annoy me, people staying hungry to buy 0s and 1s still doesn't make sense. I understand buying Software, but software is a tool that we use to build something to add value. On a game I don't understand why we need to spend £€¥$100 to "buy" a weapon that does 100 damage instead of 1. (don't tell me demand --> offer, I know what:)




Stories like Ready Player One fall into a Yu-gi-oh kind of trap. They're just playing a game in a world where their game is somehow the center of attention.

It's more like a filter bubble, where the whole world looks like it conforms to your dreams, and is paying attention to you.


Ever notice that the skins are for sale, but making your own is basically impossible?




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