![]() ![]() I looked into haptics, which make you feel something that isn’t actually there. I also tried to look at the way video games have evolved over my life. I did research on the virtual reality technology the military is using. ![]() As the book is set in 2044, how did you envision what the future would look like?Ī. The book is essentially all of my obsessions. My favorite video games, moves and bands. I would write about these things from my childhood that I was interested in. Where did you get all of the cultural references from the 1980s for your book?Ī. I always remember the screen starting with “Ready Player One.” Some games say “Player One Ready,” but in Black Tiger, that’s how From the Black Tiger video game - and other old classic video games. Where does the title “Ready Player One” come from?Ī. I wrote it into my novel because it was one of my favorite games and I would escape into it for a few hours when I was younger. I have the actual arcade version sitting in my office.Ī. It’s a Capcom Dungeons and Dragons game from 1987. My favorite video game of all time is called Black Tiger. Watts, who is on an epic quest to solve a multilevel puzzle that involves playing 1980s video games and trivia. ![]() Prefer to live in a virtual reality video game rather than in real life. It takes place on a grimy version of Earth where people “Ready Player One,” written by the 40-year-old Ernest Cline, is a science fiction novel set in 2044. ![]()
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