Hello. I am James Halliday. If you're watching this, I'm dead. Before I died, I created what we in the biz call an "Easter egg." A hidden object in a game that gives special powers to whoever discovers it.
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...go anywhere.
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ART3MIS: Ow! (GRUNTS)
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"Halliday hated making rules." Why is that line sticking in my head?
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(TIRES SCREECHES) Yeah, I see it. That's Kaneda's bike from Akira. It's a licensed skin over a standard frame. WADE: No, not the bike. Forget the bike. The girl, I think it's Art3mis. The Art3mis? The Sixer Fixer? I've seen all her walk-throughs, her Twitch streams. It's her. It's definitely her.
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(HORN BLARES)
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(SOBBING) You idiot. No, but I only lost 'cause of the bad gloves. Our house! Our goddamn house! WADE: My boys were in that challenge. You couldn't have beat them in a bootsuit, you noob. Stop! No! No! Alice, call the police! No, we are not calling the cops. Go to your room, Rick. Aw, come on, Alice. Why do you put up with this guy? He's a shitshow. I ought to kick the both of you out. I swear to G-O-D, Wade Watts, if I catch you touching my stuff again, not joking... Out.
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WADE: "Wade Watts." My dad picked that name because it sounded like a superhero's alter ego, like Peter Parker or Bruce Banner. But he died when I was a kid. My mom, too, and I ended up here, living with Aunt Alice and her endless string of hard-loving losers.
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(TIRES SCREECHES)
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WADE: Wait. He's trying to win.
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(PANTING) Yeah, I felt those.
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(BOTH GRUNTING)
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What's going on, man? I can't see shit. Parzival just got the Crystal Key!
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Is Halliday really dead?
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Everyone who wins loses. It's not about winning. It's about playing.
