Geek Culture
Ready Player One Trailer Breakdown with Easter Eggs

San Diego Comic Con is probably the world’s biggest comic convention. At least in the Hollywood eyes. The bigger companies go to the famous Hall H to show off what upcoming projects they have. Releasing trailers, Clips, and Artwork. This year, we were fortunate enough to get a whole number of geeky goodies for our hungry eyes. Most importantly, in my opinion, we finally got a look at the movie adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One.
From someone that’s read the book and plans on re-reading it, this is so exciting. It was announced a few years back that Steven Spielberg would be taking hold of the project, with Ernest Cline himself working with Spielberg to maintain the integrity of the book. As we all know, Hollywood can completely destroy the adaptations of books. Even upset the fans. But this doesn’t seem to be the case. Atleast at the moment. The first trailer was released at SDCC and it looks incredible.
For anyone that’s a fan of the book (and if you haven’t read it yet, what are you waiting for?!) The trailer showed off some of the key points we remember from the book. Personally, I got goosebumps when Wade, the main character, jumped into the back of the van, put his gloves on, then put the Oasis immersion rig over his eyes. The trailer also featured alot of easter eggs. In the book, Ernest Cline mentions ALOT of memorable characters and features from 80s movies and tv shows.
It seems like in the trailer though, Hollywood has brought some of the modern day easter eggs. Which you’ll be able to see in the slideshow below. First, as what looks to be Parzival (Wade’s name in the Oasis) walking into Ogden Marrow’s party. As he walks through the doors, two people are walking out that closely resemble Deadpool and Harley Quinn. As we get further into the trailer Parzival is standing on a cliff with the Iron Giant walking behind him. Could this also mean that we get a cameo voiceover from Vin Diesel?
- The A-Team van
- Lara Croft and Dizzy Wallin
- The Delorean
- Possibly Harley Quinn and Deadpool?
- The Iron Giant
- Freddy Krueger and Duke Nukem
As we continue in the trailer it looks to be Aech’s, Parzival’s best friend, character in the Oasis shooting at some pretty familiar faces. One looks to be Freddy Krueger with Duke Nukem behind him. Awesome, Right? There’s a couple more later in the trailer when all the IOI employees enter their cars. You can first see the A-Team van in the slew of IOI cars. You can also see what looks to be Lara Croft, from Tomb Raider, talking with Dizzy Wallin of Gears of War.
The book was absolutely filled with all these easter eggs and cameos. While reading the book, I was excited when i caught those little cameos. Not only does it add a bit of fun to the story but it sends you back to relive those moments almost alongside the character. Check out the trailer and the slideshow and tell me what you think. Can you spot any more easter eggs in the trailer?
“In a virtual world called Oasis, a teenager finds himself competing in a treasure hunt against ruthless foes after the game’s founder dies and the fortune that he leaves behind is the grand prize.” Ready Player One has a 2018 release date with no definite day yet. Ready Player One features actors Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, T.J. Miller, Ben Mendelsohn, Simon Pegg, and Mark Rylance. The movie is being directed by Steven Spielberg with screenplay by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline.
Gaming
The release of Atlas Fallen was delayed until August in order to provide the “best possible version”

Atlas Fallen, an upcoming action role-playing game, has been delayed, according to publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Deck 13. This occurs shortly after a well-received public demonstration, during which new pictures and previews as well as the first gameplay were revealed. The team wants to give the game a bit more time in the oven, even though it appears to be quite promising. The game, originally scheduled to debut on May 16th, will instead do so on August 10th. Deck 13 announced the delay on social media, saying that it was necessary to “give the game some extra time so that we can provide the finest version of Atlas Fallen.”
— Focus Entertainment (@Focus_entmt) March 29, 2023
The company said that it will reveal additional information about the game in the “early summer,” along with “new gameplay videos and your first look at drop-in co-op gameplay.” Atlas Fallen will also be released with a German audio option in addition to the English one. We have high hopes for this because delays are generally seen as positive things these days, and the game already looks great. Are you anticipating this one?
Gaming
Game on! During just two days, Resident Evil 4 sales reached 3 million

Resident Evil 4 is performing quite well for itself, which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise. Everyone agrees that the remake is a great version of a classic, and it has been a critical and financial success from the start. The game’s publisher, Capcom, announced in a brief statement that it had sold more than 3 million copies in its first two days on the international market. So, to compare, Resident Evil Village reached the same milestone in just four days, whereas Resident Evil 2: Remake sold just as many copies in its first week. In contrast, within five days of its release, Resident Evil 3 sold 2 million copies. Hence, the most recent entry is trending somewhat earlier than the others. Capcom also released an update on the total number of units shipped over the whole series, which presently stands at 135 million units and is accurate until December 31, 2022. It’s difficult to disagree with the publisher when it refers to Resident Evil as its “flagship game series” at this point.
Gaming
The Last of Us PC Version’s Joke: Joel’s Screwed Up Face

We are not exactly certain how Naughty Dog intended The Last of Us: Part I’s PC release to turn out. It’s having to put out fire after fire from people on social media instead of happy tweets and lovely Picture Mode dumps. Technically speaking, the PC options are allegedly a disaster, as seen by the more than 4,000 “mainly unfavorable” user evaluations that have been consistently posted on Steam. Yet, for the coder, this trending tweet feels like the undesired icing on top. Anyone may use it as a punchline to illustrate how broken the PC version is. As freelance writer Kyle Campbell has illustrated here, Joel has undoubtedly experienced better times on Steam.
Joel Last of Us on Steam Deck is SENDING me pic.twitter.com/TUq1F0zPEa
— Kyle Campbell (@Levit0) March 29, 2023
It’s not exactly the viewpoint Joel will want for future selfies, although we don’t know if the character model appears this way for the entire game. The end of the world has affected him more than usual, as evidenced by his facial hair, which appears to last for days. A truly sad sight. Let’s hope that he has some better days ahead of him. Of course, if you’re playing the game on a powerful computer, Joel doesn’t look like this. Nonetheless, you’d want to assume the port would look at least a little bit better than this because The Last of Us: Part I was even touted with the Steam Deck in a promotional advertisement. Naughty Dog has asked PC customers to submit support queries on its website via Twitter in order to collect comments and identify the problems with this specific version. The developer will want to address these issues right away because they ran flawlessly on the PS5. Many complaints lament frequent crashes, shader problems, and generally subpar performance. Instead of just being a straightforward version that runs on the personal computer, the studio even went so far as to refer to this transfer as being “for PC.” As a result, anticipate thick, quick flows of patches.
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