I wanted to be able to write in the voice that I talk to my friends and assume that everybody would know what I was talking about.

I think it's a bit silly to brand the Internet as the 'downfall of youth.'

I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. My bullet bill this month was going to be huge.

You’re evil, you know that?” I said. She grinned and shook her head. “Chaotic Neutral, sugar.

Steven Spielberg making a Ready Player One movie is going to change the course of human history as pertains to how quickly virtual reality is adopted. He's going to shows the whole world the potential of VR, which is one of the reasons I think he's doing it. Once you have to compose for 360 degrees, and a movie is different every time you watch it depending on where you choose to look, it's like the dawn of a new era.

"Lights," I said softly. This had become my favorite word over the past week. In my mind, it had become synonymous with freedom.

I felt like a kid standing in the world's greatest video arcade without any quarters, unable to do anything but walk around and watch the other kids play.