![]() ![]() "My entire estate, including a controlling share of stock in my company, Gregarious Simulation Systems, is to be placed in escrow until such time as a single condition I have set forth in my will is met. The contest was announced via a "meticulously constructed short film titled Anorak's Invitation." The video message which lasted just over 5 minutes "was crammed with obscure '80s pop culture references." People without much left to do had retreated sometimes wholeheartedly into the OASIS virtual video world feeling virtuality was a might better than the reality they faced in their every day-to-day lives. An ongoing energy crisis paired with catastrophic climate change triggered widespread famine, poverty, and disease. At the time of the contest's announcement, the world was in a state of ruin. James Halliday, the creator and designer of the world's most successful and largest interactive multi player virtual reality video game, the OASIS, died leaving no heirs and a massive fortune to be won. "Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they first heard about the contest." ![]()
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