Status Updates From Immersed (Virtual Vice #1)

Realizing this (and probably Operation Bounce House?) are part of the growing GameLit genre, and as someone who mostly enjoys video games for their stories, listening to hours of narration about the nom-story elements of video games (especially as an aphantasic) is pretty boring. The mindfuck romance elements are fascinating, but that ends up being just little morsels of enjoyment amidst the boredom.

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You can't tell me Gale Ian Tate 2asnt inspired by The Maze Runner.

Okay, I get that that was supposed to be "romantic" or whatever, but it made absolutely no sense given what's been revealed thus far of the game mechanics.

“Good boy,” he said. “You’re learning.”
Levi wasn’t sure he liked what he was learning.

no i'm dying why is this so GOOD

“Do that again.”
“What?”
“Laugh. I want to hear you laugh again.”
“I don’t think I can laugh on command.”
“Then I’ll just have to be funnier.”

so cliche i love it

"It’s never going to stop. It’s going to keep getting worse. I’m never going to find a way out. I can’t even kill myself to escape it."

oh my god???????? hello???????????

oh & real quick, why did zoe & owen not come back ? is the game trying to speed things along by removing npcs and creating less variables and less distractions so they get to the end faster ?

still don’t know where i’m at but i know im over 50%. but ok so does asher know that once they find all 3 keys & reach the lower levels that the game will be complete / end and levi will leave ? is that why he said they’re running out of time ? & is that why he keeps insisting on leaving the others ? bc the others move the progress along & he doesn’t want that bc he doesn’t want levi to leave ?

okok idk where i am in the book bc im reading on my kindle& i have page numbers turned off. i remember being over 30% but i know im before 50% or maybe getting close. i dont wanna know where im at on the book bc i dont want to know when the climax is going to be but holy fucking shit bro i knew it. i knew asher remembered& omfg i’m obsessed w how obsessed he is. he’s LONGING for levi’s approval & im squealing

Reread 📖 This is my 3rd time reading this book this year. I am obsessed with this story!
I’m so excited that it’s finally available on audio 🎧

If Asher is so insane why is he so pookie though? 🌚🌚

LEVI, YOU GOD DAMN FUCKING IDIOT!!!! *tears out my hair in frustration*

I keep being thrown off by the repeated bits of prose that aren't *obviously* meant to be "re-used assets". My initial thought was to chalk it up to Cause and Effect-itis, except that doesn't make sense because Levi maintains his memories on each run-through. I'm guessing in the end it's a stylistic choice to subtly portray those "re-used assets" through the prose, but 8 can't decide if it actually works or distracts

"Great. Hell really wants to have this dating sim sub-plot."