Spoiler: SHOW
I hadn't even noticed, but that's brilliant! It may be a reference to The Metamorphosis, a short story that was actually referenced by way of a homage near the center, where the girl first finds the guy (part of the text plays on the screen in the background). It's spoilers, but...
On the other hand, perhaps they're not actually out of the game at all.
In case you missed it, Jan, there's also an entire game wound into Kaizo Trap. I won't spoil it for you, but... to give you a hint: always read the manual.
Spoiler: SHOW
At the end of the book, the all-powerful machine of the story deposits the main characters onto an empty planet in a dead universe... but it's heavily implied that not all is as it seems - that they never left "the matrix" to begin with,
and in fact lived out their natural lives in a fabricated world still in cyberspace, and they weren't actually "living out their natural lives" at all.
and in fact lived out their natural lives in a fabricated world still in cyberspace, and they weren't actually "living out their natural lives" at all.
In case you missed it, Jan, there's also an entire game wound into Kaizo Trap. I won't spoil it for you, but... to give you a hint: always read the manual.