and in the end, you're left with a Snow Crash*.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, video games are now cash-cows. Not just for the companies that sell them, but for people that play them too. And not just the people who win South Korean Game Shows.
No, this is about a new cash card that will allow people to withdraw money made, in-game, from real cash machines. I feel like there is something wrong with this situation and that basic economics are going to propel us back into the dark ages as a result of earning our money in video games, but I can't quite figure out why.
Tad Williams' Otherland offers another version of what can happen when real-world and virtual reality get fuzzy-lined boundaries. I'm pretty sure neither of these world-visions quite measure up to Gene Rodenberry's view of the future.
*Title borrowed from Wayne and Garth.
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