With a Spielberg-directed movie in theaters, it’s high time we talk about Ernest Cline’s breakout novel.

Love it or hate it – you can’t deny this book was a success. We’re going to find out:

• What made it so fun?
• What made it so bad?
• Why you might be able to love it despite its glaring flaws

Bonus: our very own Patrick (P. S. Hoffman) recently had this article published in Writer’s Digest:

Ready Player One: 3 Painful Lessons About Success for Writers

Quick blast to the (YouTube) past, when Freddie Wong was making movies about VR + Video Games – before it was cool.

This came out almost 6 months before Ready Player One.

Sick of shallow movies and TV? Movies and TV lacking in thematic depth?

Look no further than the plays of Eugene O’Neill. As Cody mentions during this episode, the Great God Brown entertains the implications of masked society:

Eugene O’Neill Anthology (Including The Great God Brown)