The protagonist of Ready Player One, the new Steven Spielberg movie, plays video games as an avatar named “Parzival,” who all the other characters inexplicably call “Z.” This would be like having a friend named “Daniel” who you called “N,” or having a friend named “Emily” who you called “I,” or having a friend named “Vladimir” who you called “D,” or having a friend named “Niko” who you called “K,” or having a friend named “Mickey” who you called “C,” or having a friend named “Dorothy” who you called “T,” or having a friend named “Michelangelo” who you called “L,” or having a friend named “Gloria” who you called “R,” or having a friend named “Jimmy” who you called “M,” or having a friend named “Ezmerelda” who you called “R,” or having a friend named “Antonio” who you called “O,” or having a friend named “Dan” who you called “A,” and so on. It’s ludicrous. Anyway, if you’re interested in seeing a 70-year-old billionaire prove that “nerd” has become a meaningless designation deployed solely to prime infantilized audiences to accept vacuous and deficient cultural products in exchange for capital, Ready Player One is in theaters now.
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