Recorded on June 12th, we celebrate James Halliday’s birthday in the best we know how by covering chapter 0005! Join Albert, Billy, and Instagram's _readyplayerone_, Morgan Marshall! 

News From the Front Lines! 

• Happy 46th Birthday, James Halliday!  

Ready Player Morgan 

• Morgan shares her experience and testimony of the Ready Player One novel. 

Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail (1989)

• Memories of its release Favorite moments or quotes?
• Where does Holy Grail rank among the other Indy films? 
• The Star Wars connection 

Gary Gygax (1938 –2008), Richard Garriott (1961), and Bill Gates (1955) 

• Halliday's shared qualities and traits
• Garriott and the Ultima series of games
• Windows or Mac?
• DOB: 06/12/1972

Dungeons and Dragons Players Handbook (Early to mid 80's)

• Did you or do you play tabletop games? 
• What edition was Halliday likely playing?  
• Welcome to Chthonia!

Steve Jobs (1955 – 2011) and Steve Wozniak (1950) 

• Prototype for Halliday and Og

John Lennon (1940 – 1980) and Paul McCartney (1942) 

• Favorite song from either? 
• Favorite Beatles album? 

TRS-80 (Color Computer 2) (1983 – 1986)  vs Commodore 64 (1982 – 1994) vs Atari 800XL (1983 – 1985) vs Apple IIe (1977 – 1994) 

• First computers
• Did you ever do any program or nah?
• Baggies, Jacuzzis, Frisbees, Band-Aids, Superglue, Kleenex, Hula Hoops, and Scotch Tape! 

Gregarious Games 

• Timeline of events Halliday's profile and personality

Lamborghini Countach (1974 – 1990) vs DeLorean (1981 – 1983) 

• Lambo or DeLorean Pipe dreams or "what would you do with a billion dollars right now?"
• Lambo's and their influence on pop culture DeLorean's and their influence on pop culture.
• The Cline Brothers and Back to the Future  

Star Wars Action Figures (1978) 

• Who collects or collected Star Wars action figures? 
• YUS! Barbies! 
• Other figures and collectibles

GG Rebranded as Gregarious Simulations Systems and the OASIS (2012) 

• MMO's and their limitations 
• Anyone can be anyone 
• The visor and haptic gloves 
• OASIS Reality Engine or "open source reality" 
• “The OASIS was an online utopia, a holodeck for the home.” 
• Holodecks and variants in pop culture 
• Revenue Strategy (.25 one time setup fee, "surreal estate", virtual objects, and fuel costs) 
• Love, relationships, and the "reality" of it all

Hosts

• Albert "Sergeant Pepper" Padilla
• Billy "Junior" Alewine
• Morgan "Catfish" Marshall
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