Steven Spielberg’s latest action-adventure movie, Ready Player One, hits theaters this week, but reactions to the virtual reality nostalgia-fest are mixed at best. From a breakdown of Ernest Cline’s original novel to a deep dive on the film’s most interesting character, here’s your roundup of The Ringer’s Ready Player One coverage.
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April 5, 2018
Virtual and Actual Reality in ‘Ready Player One’
Mal and Jason discuss the new Steven Spielberg movie
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April 3, 2018
How Scared Should You Be About CGI’s Takeover?
Three years after ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ inspired a so-called practical effects renaissance, it’s digital effects that are being used more and more
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April 3, 2018
Is ‘Ready Player One’ Any Fun?
Steven Spielberg’s newest blockbuster is supposed to be a return to his crowd-pleasing roots, but is that actually what we want from the legendary director?
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April 2, 2018
The ‘Ready Player One’ Exit Survey
After a trip to the OASIS, the Ringer staff returned to talk Steven Spielberg, pop culture nostalgia, and birthmarks
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March 30, 2018
Steven Spielberg’s Top-Five Movies, With Chris Ryan and Bill Simmons
Sean, Chris, and Bill discuss the highlights of the director’s career
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March 30, 2018
Character Study: James Halliday, the Messianic Man-Child of ‘Ready Player One’
In Steven Spielberg’s adaptation, the disaffected video game designer embodies the wonders and perils of 21st century escapism
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March 30, 2018
Pure Imagination and Clunky Source Material: A Conversation About ‘Ready Player One’
A movie watcher and a book reader talk about Steven Spielberg’s latest, pop culture nostalgia fan service, and the troubles of adapting a very flawed novel
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March 29, 2018
‘Ready Player One’ Is an Overbearing Attempt to Revive Classic Spielberg
The virtual-reality fantasy doubles down on nostalgia, to diminishing returns
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March 28, 2018
‘Damage Control’: ‘Ready Player One’ Isn’t the ‘Black Panther’ for Gamers
Justin Charity and K. Austin Collins talk Spielberg’s latest, Stormy Daniels, and millennial nostalgia