Kait, Renata, and their guest Patrick read a book a ghostwriter wrote based on a computer game created by Tom Clancy based on a nonexistent website. If that sounds confusing, it’s still not as confusing as this corporate espionage-y Orientalist mess of a novel. Please don’t hack our website and/or submarine! Dot Com!

Readers advisory: Here.

Footnotes: Tom Clancy’s Ruthless.com on Moby Games

Tom Clancy’s Politika on Board Game Geek

The Cold War of Clancy vs Clancy

No way is this domain worth thousands of dollars!

No way is this domain currently hosting pornography!

Candy pairing:  Kait says an actual microchip, Patrick says a durian cream puff, Renata says Candy Crush.

Coming up next: X-Men: X-Cutioner’s Song by Scott Lobdell, Peter David, et al.

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