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Even with the marketing campaign, it seemed like a major cultural moment. Probably notable that The Blair Witch Project came out in the same year, and also had
by prawn 3y ago
Even with the marketing campaign, it seemed like a major cultural moment. Probably notable that The Blair Witch Project came out in the same year, and also had a significant buzz. I worked online in a time when some people didn't and many still didn't have home internet, and I remember people asking me if it was real in the lead-up.
- vidarh 3y agoI remember being surprised because it revealed such a major rift between scifi fans who were fairly likely to have come across concepts of simulated worlds before, and "normals" who hadn't. So many people were astounded at the very idea, and I really didn't understand why at the time.