Carver's Gate nailed the metaverse imho. In the mid-21st century, climate change has rendered the Earth desolate and uninhabitable. People spend all their free

Carver's Gate nailed the metaverse imho. In the mid-21st century, climate change has rendered the Earth desolate and uninhabitable. People spend all their free time staring at a screen, trying to earn meaningless Internet points. Our protagonist, Michael Paré on the Sci-Fi Channel six times a week, is a troubleshooter: > My name's Carver, I'm a DreamBreaker. I police the thin line between escape and addiction. > DreamCor feeds our fantasies so we don't smell the stench of our own rotting souls. > Sound confusing? > It is. > Come one, come all. Play the AfterLife. Excitement, stimulation. Arouse those primal instincts. Live because you know death is near. The problem he's investigating is pure fantasy -- scifi tech called the Transcender is letting monsters out of the VR into the real world. And no one ever considers the obvious reason why this might work (i.e. because their own crummy real-world life is also a simulation). And okay the acting, script, and effects are not good. But they definitely nailed the tone of the Metaverse.