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[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

The popularity of the book/movie incorporating a classic concept of cyberpunk, yes.

We've been dreaming of a Metaverse just about since we've had internet. Only, nobody's made one that's worth a damn in the real world yet.

[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Dude it's a book.

"Gladiators would be popular because there's this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators."

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

Gladiator was a movie because historically we've had heaps of gladiators and they were popular public entertainment.