Because knowing is half the battle.

Ladyhawke

Like most gunters, I voted to reelect Cory Doctorow and Wil Wheaton (again). There were no term limits, and those two geezers had been doing a kick-ass job of protecting user rights for over a decade.

You’re going to turn it into a fascist corporate theme park where the few people who can still afford the price of admission no longer have an ounce of freedom.

concerned that my absence might raise suspicions.

I could feel it, deep in the soft, chewy caramel center of my being.

“No one in the world ever gets what they want and that is beautiful.”

the OASIS was also the world’s biggest public library, where even a penniless kid like me had access to every book ever written, every song ever recorded, and every movie, television show, videogame, and piece of artwork ever created. The collected knowledge, art, and amusements of all human civilization were there, waiting for me. But gaining acce

There were no haptics. These games didn’t make you feel anything.