Press X To Read 3 Video Game Books That Combine Pop Culture Literature For Entertaining Results
Snow Crash, Scott Pilgrim, and Ready Player One are great reads, but they’re so much more. These video game books reflect the impact of gaming culture on society—in terms of how we view ourselves and the role that gaming ultimately plays in our lives. Snow Crash and the Cyberpunk Utopia Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel created shared-world MMOs before they existed in real life. The novel, in part, centers on the fictional Metaverse, a blend of virtual and augmented reality that most people inhabit in addition to the physical world, with some people choosing never to leave....