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If you could choose any character to have as your avatar like in Ready Player One which character would you choose?

I would be a character similar to Robot Afro Samurai only his exoskeleton is a samurai Bob Ross. Rocket launcher afro/laser cannons included. He would wield a beam katana (No More Heroes) because I'm a total loser and need that many things clashing.

How much does it cost to create a 3D game character?

I don't know what the going rate is for a 3D artist is these days, but consider:A little while back, I was drafted into a game group for a college organization I was in.  We were making a game about shooting zombies (which were the rage at the time) and it would be a sprite based shooter powered by Microsoft's XNA platform.  The programmers decided that pre-rendered sprites were the way to go.  I was using blender because of the 4k~ pricetag for 3DS Max, and I liked to eat food occasionally.  Designing the zombie took about 3 hours, most of which was spent drawing, coloring, and yelling between my teammates about what a good color for this zombie would be.  Modeling the Zombie took about 6~8 hours, 10 if you count all the time patching holes that came from some foresights, and the revisions I had to make.  Rigging the zombie took 4 hours. A great deal of time was spent because I decided he was going to have a fully functioning hand.  Unwrapping the zombie took 6 hours.  I hate unwrapping.  Texturing took 2.Animating the zombie took 5 hours.  There were several animations: walking, dying, cheering (it was in a arena) x2, and attacking x2.  Setting up the composite of the render and rendering took 3 hours combined.  By my count, this all took 31-ish hours.  All that time for this:Keep in mind that I am just a college student who is doing this for a hobby.  Also keep in mind that it still takes a lot of time for the pro's and the time required multiplies if they are working on a model for, say, Unreal, where bump mapping, reflection maps, and other shenanigans will need to be created.If I WERE getting paid, for the sake of argument $10/hr, I would have earned $310 for the sprite above and the 6 others like it.  And I guarantee good artists will charge more than $10 an hour, and good artists would put in the detail, bump mapping, and lighting to make their models better. (not to mention I would charge $100 up front, to pay for food) My last comment is this: good artist will put a lot more time and effort into the design phase, much much more than my measly 3 hours.  This helps you get exactly what you want, since it is really hard to change the model once it's created, but it also makes the entire process more expensive.

What character you would like to be as a player of the Oasis and why?

I’m not sure what you are really asking here?There are two aspects to you question.How would my Avatar reflect my identity and Oasis personality?What game worlds would I like to experience redone in the VR of oasis so that I could replay them or play through the eyes of the characters in that game or movie?To answer part one, my handle for years has been “Inanimate” or “Inanimate Carbon Rod” this is a play on the Simpson episode where homer is replaced with a glowing green rod, not the easiest reference to visually incorporate. I’m not sure I would completely hide behind a pesudonym either, I long ago learnt that there is some genuine status to being yourself. Quora for instance rates real names over handles.For part two, my pop culture loves are quiet broad but here is my top ten interestsG.I joe - first comic I read and still my gateway to all things comics.Classic Sci-fi - Heinlein first, strong military sci-fi and post apoc interests. Power Armour is a must.Role Playing. D&D and Fallout.Quest for Glory - I love these games and would die to play them in a VR world.Voltron - I absolutely would have picked a lion as my giant robot. Next choice would have been a non-anime selectionVehicle - I’d go for something from M.A.S.K. probably the Bike / Helicopter.Superheroes - I would spend a lot of time in worlds based on marvel and dc properties.Fantasy - I would love to play through worlds from my favourite authors, Eddings Feist and Gemmell topping that list.Weapon - a Lawbringer IV from Judge Dredd, powerful, compact and versatile.Music - All of it, I’d pull a Lobo and have a chip imbedded so that I can always hear music anywhere anytime. This is the most important cyber wear I’d ever want.

Should I watch "Ready Player One" first or read it first?

After reading the book and later seeing the movie Ready Player One on opening day, I can recommend to read the book first. As you may have read online already, the book and the movie do take place in the same universe with the same characters but tell a very different story. Yes, Parzival will enter a search for the three keys, but all other aspects of the story paint an entire different picture. Here is what is great about reading the book first:Wade’s back-story: we learn a lot about Wade’s past and what life is like for him in the book.Video-games references: there are a ton of references in both the book and the movie! Some people have said there are less than in the book, but I disagree. We go through Easter Eggs very quickly in the movie and it’s difficult to capture them all. Reading the book will focus on specific video games, which gamers will definitely enjoy.Pop culture: so many references in the movie, but I feel like the book had many stories or aspects of the adventure that didn’t make it to the movie. Again, they very much complete each other.Character development: trying not to cross the spoilers line here, I think the book builds more momentum about the “high 5” and help understand interactions between all.Here is why the movie didn’t ruin the book for me:The love story between our main characters (as you can guess from the movie trailer) is handled in a better way in the movie than in the book.Less focus on Perzival, more Artemis in the movie brings a more interesting balance.The plot is very different but yet as engaging as what’s going on in the bookvisual and musical pop references in the movie are so much fun and powerful!Overall, I would definitely encourage people to read the book (regardless of whether it’s before or after the movie) to get a better look at what it would be like to live in a world where virtual reality is part of everyone’s life. We refer to this in the movie but the book does a much better job at inviting readers to consider how a world in VR could impact our lives. For instance, Perzival talks a lot about education and what schools are like in a modern world where VR is key and affordable by everyone.While you’re at it, you may want to watch the Shining before you get to check-out Ready Player One :)

What is your favorite conversation two characters ever had in the MCU?

In Avengers Infinity War, towards the start, between Loki and Thanos.Loki: [Emerging from behind the Black Order] [cheerfully] If I might interject… If you're going to Earth, you might want a guide. I do have a bit of experience in that arena.Thanos: [unimpressed] If you consider failure experience.Loki: I consider experience, experience. Almighty Thanos, I... Loki... Prince of Asgard... [looks significantly at Thor] Odinson... The rightful King of Jotunheim... God of Mischief... do hereby pledge to you, my undying fidelity.[Thor squints and notices a dagger materialize in Loki's hand. Loki braces himself, thrusts upward with lightning speed and attempts to stab Thanos, but is frozen in place by the Space Stone's power before the point could strike home.]Thanos: "Undying." You should choose your words more carefully.

What is your review for the Ready Player One movie?

I read the book way back in 2014 and when I came to know Steven Spielberg is on board to make the visual spectacle, I couldn’t have been more excited.Just imagine this setting:A world where people spend their time in a virtual game and can make money out of it and spend in the real world. You can be anyone you want and there is pop culture all around.A movie which starts off with references to Batman climbing Mount Everest does get your mind racing. Then, things keep coming and you’re just left amazed at how everything you love is embedded in the movie. There is a King Kong, a T Rex, characters from Halo, lot of popular Anime characters, references to The Shining, Star Wars references, Harley and Joker dancing in a Night club, Gundam, Chucky, Chun Li from Streetfightet, Back To The Future references, and a dance off from the Saturday Night fever.These things surely does get you in the mood to enjoy the movie. The first half an hour you’re hooked on to the screen and you’re expecting more and more. The visuals and the setting is simply amazing and something every gamer ever will fantasise and orgasm about.Then, the script dies a bit in the middle before interval and till the climax. You’re sitting and hoping for something exciting. Although, I will have to give the climax a big applause. It’s like all the movies and games you have enjoyed battling it against each other.Godzilla battling an Iron Giant, Gundam battling Godzilla and so on. At the core of all this is an underlying emotion that comes out towards the end.The creator of the virtual world reveals why he created it in the first place. The conversations and monologues are a direct burn at the present digital world and at a point you realise how absorbed we are in a virtual world of our own.Not giving away spoilers, the movie is a visual marvel and Spielberg does justice to the book but not completely. Personally, I liked the book better, the movie lacked a bit of substance in the middle.Having said that, the movie was a wonderful experience but keep in mind that if you don’t understand most of the pop culture references, you might probably not enjoy it much.The movie is what Sheldon from Big Bang Theory would have made if he was to make one, full of Easter eggs and references.