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First portal passed in Ready Player One DeLorean contest!

Mark Frauenfelder at 3:06 pm Tue, Jun 5, 2012

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That was fast! It looks like Tom B has passed the first of three portals on his way to winning a restored DeLorean in the Ready Player One competition. To find out more, listen to today's Gweek podcast.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • perch

    Not much of a gamer myself but I really enjoyed the book. What a ride…

  • madopal

    Wait, didn’t Ernie say each successive game would contain an “easter egg?”  Finishing the game does not an easter egg make…

    • chellberty

      Yep more actions required. I can’t wait to find out where I score.

      • ahecht

        Any hints? I found all the puzzle pieces, got the “Clever Gunter” message, collected all powerups, and found three hidden rooms. Still no QR code.

        • Enki

           Just keep looking around, and you’ll find it.

          • ahecht

             Finally got it. A lot of red herrings in there. Of course, it was in a place I’d already looked, just not in the correct order.

        • chellberty

          +deleted+

  • http://tokyofarm.com Spencer Cross

    More explanation about the competition itself, for others who may not be able to listen to a podcast ATM: http://www.geekosystem.com/ready-player-one-delorean-giveaway/

  • http://twitter.com/BuildaLibrary Tom B.

    It took me a while to find the QR code after completing the puzzle, but I eventually got it. Although I kind of wish that there was a leaderboard, so I could see how many people got there before I did.  I did love wandering around the Stacks after winning – if only to see the credits. Here’s my crappy picture of the credits screen – “By Ernie, Mike, Kevin” – http://i.imgur.com/NRo0m.jpg

    • http://twitter.com/obiah obiah

      any hints on the puzzle pieces? I can get the hidden rooms, but need a hint on the others.

    • Lucas Willms

      Yes I liked finding the credits on my way to finding the QR code.  Of course I felt totally stupid after finding it decoding it to find where it sent me.

      August 1st is going to be 1 helluva race.

  • Jonathan

    Was anyone else disappointed by the book’s ending? Most of it was really compelling, but the end almost read like Cline allowed a lesser author to step in and polish it off.

    Nevertheless, cool twist with the Easter eggs; maybe they’ll provide the finishing stitches to the story.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Young-Cheng/100000503878539 Young Cheng

    Only paperback and hardbacks? Guess there’s no chance of me finding the easter eggs…

  • Rob

    Found qr code last night…had a blast in the stacks…July 1st can’t get here fast enough. Tom B., I clocked out of the first gate at 8:14 pm. I think you might have been first. Good luck!

  • Enki

    I had a hell of a good time getting to gate two.  I did WAY too much work analyzing the book’s text before actually finding the needed clue…I can only hope that work will come in handy later.

  • John Smith

    how old do you have to be to play? im 16 and i’m unsure if i can play.