Honestly, you can do better than Ready Player One. The characters sucked and win by being the most annoying type of media fans. The movie managed to improve on the dogshit characters a bit, but the obsession with pop culture references is even more disgusting in it.
Cyberpunk if we’re taking about a feudalist future of weak governments and powerful companies. That’s not a universe you can overcome by simply being a trivia machine.
Honestly, you can do better than Ready Player One. The characters sucked and win by being the most annoying type of media fans. The movie managed to improve on the dogshit characters a bit, but the obsession with pop culture references is even more disgusting in it.
I suppose. Ready Player One was just the first thing that came to mind for me. What story do you think would fit better as an analogue?
Cyberpunk if we’re taking about a feudalist future of weak governments and powerful companies. That’s not a universe you can overcome by simply being a trivia machine.