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Lädt ... Vaporware (2013)von Richard Dansky
![]() Keine Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. ![]() ![]() ![]() An intriguing plot with fun, well-developed characters. Readers who are into gaming and game development will enjoy the gaming references and the idea of a game coming to life. ![]() ![]() The story starts out with a good look at a video game director who is very heavily invested in his work. Like all workaholics, his life outside the office deteriorates and frustration over the lack of control spirals in. For the first entire half of the book, we see the effects of overbearing stress and repetitive stupid, stupid decisions on Ryan, our intrepid hero. His ingenious work, destined to revolutionize the gaming industry, is canceled due to game producer (read: beancounter) bottom line risk aversion, and he's forced to work on a brainless and talentless port of a crappy franchise piece guaranteed to bring in millions for the production company but bring nothing new to the table. Our boy Ryan is an arrogant egotist with very poor social and decision-making skills; a cardboard cutout stereotype of an outcast gamer geek somehow done well for himself. He's got the dream girl, he's got the dream job, he's got the horrible unlikability... When the supernatural events promised by the front cover actually do take place at the halfway point of the book, I was interested once again. Perhaps this new player would liven things up. I get the whole "project takes on a life of its own" allegory and it had potential, but there's very little escalation by our Blue Lightning entity that cannot be attributed to Ryan's idiocy. I started to think this was less a supernatural/sci-fi AI manifestation and a narrative breakdown in Ryan's sanity, delving into some neat interactions with coworkers as the mental break progresses. I wish it were that good. The confrontation prior to the climax was enjoyable but the resolution was extremely -- EXTREMELY -- disappointing. There's only so far I'm willing to go with my suspension of disbelief and when that quota is nearly used up beforehand, the ending had best be at least logical within the confines of the world that was created. There were glimmers of potential throughout but nothing truly came together during the book and all of it was dashed by the ending. With another work or two and some serious work on creating likable characters, Dansky may be able to flip my opinion. Until then, this one gets a pass. keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
Video game projects get shut down all the time, but when the one Ryan Colter and his team have poured their hearts into gets cut, something different happens: the game refuses to go away. Now Blue Lightning is alive, and it wants something from Ryan - something only he can give it. And everybody knows how addictive video games can be… Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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![]() GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyBewertungDurchschnitt:![]()
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