Ready Player One
Ready Player One A Glimpse Of The Metaverse As the room around me loaded into view, the rickety wooden stairs moaned under the weight of my descent. With each careful step, the musty air of the basement greeted me among the phosphorescent glow of retro nostalgia against the far wall. Unfinished structure enclosed the space, revealing the studs at a regular interval as if I had wandered into the skeleton of years gone by. Aside from a few worn couches to my right, there was the obligatory shelf containing a plethora of Atari games accompanied by an old CRT television by which was connected to the artificial wood grain and black plastic containment of pixelated wizardry which defined my childhood. This was no ordinary basement in Second Life, but rather it was the Basement from the book Ready Player One , lovingly recreated by the VSTE staff for their book club discussions. Over the summer, they and a handful of students have ...