It’s hard to talk much more about the book without a *few* spoilers, so here’s the short version for those of you who just want to know if it’s any good or not: Armada won’t disappoint fans who devoured Cline’s geeky pop culture references in Ready Player One-it’s just too much fun reading a book where the characters watch the same movies, read the same books, and play the same video games as you. Little does he know that he’s not only about to find out a lot more about his dad-he just might get the chance to save the world. Zack’s pretty sure this makes him crazy, just like his father was when he started scribbling about a big government video game conspiracy in his journal just before be died.
The really weird part is that it isn’t just any UFO-it’s a Sobrukai Glaive, a ship straight out of his favorite video game Armada. “Men in Black” would download scores from the game each night.Armada, Ernest Cline’s much anticipated follow-up to Ready Player One, follows high school senior Zack Lightman after he glimpses a UFO outside his Math class. In some cases, subject committed murder and/or suicide. Ten levels? Higher levels caused players to have seizures, hallucinations, and nightmares. Reportedly only seen for 1–2 weeks in July 1981 at MGP. Below his drawing of the game, my father had made the following notations: No copyright or manufacturer info anywhere on game cabinet.
Its control panel featured a single joystick and one unlabeled white button, and its cabinet was entirely black, with no side art or other markings anywhere on it, save for the game’s strange title, which was printed in all capital green letters across its jet black marquee: POLYBIUS. “I spent a few more minutes puzzling over the timeline before turning my attention to the notebook’s first page, which contained a pencil drawing of an old-school coin-operated arcade game-one I didn’t recognize.
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