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Ready for Another Trailer

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While I was watching YouTube this morning I noticed a thumbnail of Tracer and Chun Li leading a pop culture army into battle. My first thought was “this must be some new fan-made crossover thing”. I mouse over it and my jaw drops. It was the new trailer for Ready Player One. I had almost forgotten it came out the day before. Before leaving to work, I already managed to watch it three times. I have even debated going over some parts frame by frame when I get home. Why am I so hyped over a trailer you ask? Let me try to explain. A few years ago, I started to take an interest in Virtual Reality. Even before the first major headsets hit the market people were bringing up the book Ready Player One. It kept coming up in interview after interview. It was described as Willy Wonka meets the Matrix and an inspiration to people working in the field. Fast forward to Comic-Con this year and a teaser was released for the movie adaptation. It showed a dystopian future so bad that most people we...