City of Golden Shadow

By Tad Williams,

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Otherland is a universe ruled by Earth's wealthiest and most ruthless power-brokers, The Grail Brotherhood. Surrounded by secrecy, incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it and two generations have laboured to build it. Now it is claiming Earth's most valuable resource - its children.

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The world of Otherland is Earth, and the people are human, but woven into that familiar landscape is a virtual world that hasnā€™t quite happened yet. Imagine a virtual, digital world in which your avatar can ā€˜feelā€™. Why would you ever want to leave?

I first read Otherland soon after I started playing MMORPGs [Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games]. MMORPGs provide a ā€˜persistentā€™ world in which your character can fight, craft, build, or just socialize with other players. As such, it can become very immersive, and thatā€™s just through the power of the imagination and some pixels on aā€¦

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