The Ready Player One “Easter Egg” That Bypasses the Backlash

this quick post plays through three short stages the third contains the Easter egg all three potentially contain SPOILERS Stage One: “Microreview” if you haven’t seen?Ready Player One (or read Cline’s book), you really should; particularly if you’re the target demo: a “nerd,” “geek,” pop culture afficionado of a certain stripe (70s-80s gaming, sci-fi, etc.)…

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The Witness (to God)

[Note 1: The following includes mild, implicit?spoilers.?Note 2:?This?is not an in-depth review?of The Witness?and assumes?some prior knowledge?of and interest in the game. For an excellent, straight?piece that describes the game’s?mechanics, contextualizes,?etc., please see Jonathan Clauson’s article at Christ & Pop Culture?here.] dots and lines intersect in the trees, asking: just what is the?meaning of these?…

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