Recorded on June 12th, we celebrate James Halliday's birthday in the best we know how by covering chapter 0005! Join Albert, Billy, and Instagram's _readyplayerone_, Morgan Marshall!
News From the Front Lines!
- Happy 46th Birthday, James Halliday!
Ready Player Morgan
- Morgan shares her experience and testimony of the Ready Player One novel.
Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail (1989)
- Memories of its release Favorite moments or quotes?
- Where does Holy Grail rank among the other Indy films?
- The Star Wars connection
Gary Gygax (1938 –2008), Richard Garriott (1961), and Bill Gates (1955)
- Halliday's shared qualities and traits
- Garriott and the Ultima series of games
- Windows or Mac?
- DOB: 06/12/1972
Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook (Early to mid 80's)
- Did you or do you play tabletop games?
- What edition was Halliday likely playing?
- Welcome to Chthonia!
Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011) and Steve Wozniak (1950)
- Prototype for Halliday and Og
John Lennon (1940 – 1980) and Paul McCartney (1942)
- Favorite song from either?
- Favorite Beatles album?
TRS-80 (Color Computer 2) (1983 – 1986) vs Commodore 64 (1982 – 1994) vs Atari 800XL (1983 – 1985) vs Apple IIe (1977 – 1994)
- First computers
- Did you ever do any program or nah?
- Baggies, Jacuzzis, Frisbees, Band-Aids, Superglue, Kleenex, Hula Hoops, and Scotch Tape!
Gregarious Games
- Timeline of events Halliday's profile and personality
Lamborghini Countach (1974 – 1990) vs DeLorean (1981 – 1983)
- Lambo or DeLorean Pipe dreams or "what would you do with a billion dollars right now?"
- Lambo's and their influence on pop culture DeLorean's and their influence on pop culture.
- The Cline Brothers and Back to the Future
Star Wars Action Figures (1978)
- Who collects or collected Star Wars action figures?
- YUS! Barbies!
- Other figures and collectibles
GG Rebranded as Gregarious Simulations Systems and the OASIS (2012)
- MMO's and their limitations
- Anyone can be anyone
- The visor and haptic gloves
- OASIS Reality Engine or "open source reality"
- "The OASIS was an online utopia, a holodeck for the home."
- Holodecks and variants in pop culture
- Revenue Strategy (.25 one time setup fee, "surreal estate", virtual objects, and fuel costs)
- Love, relationships, and the "reality" of it all
Hosts
- Albert "Sergeant Pepper" Padilla
- Billy "Junior" Alewine
- Morgan "Catfish" Marshall
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