{"product_id":"everquest-paperback-1","title":"Everquest - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew S. Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You're in our world now.\" This bold tagline led Sony's 1999 ad blitz for \u003ci\u003eEverQuest\u003c\/i\u003e, the year's most anticipated massively multiplayer game. Though just five words long, it challenged players to live in a virtual world beyond anything they'd experienced before--and delivered. The game that proved the MMORPG's potential, \u003ci\u003eEverQuest \u003c\/i\u003eoutsold all prior entries in the genre and was the most popular subscription game in North America for five years until Blizzard's World of Warcraft overthrew it. Yet \u003ci\u003eEverQuest \u003c\/i\u003elives on, with tens of thousands of players logging in every day. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on new interviews with \u003ci\u003eEverQuest \u003c\/i\u003edevelopers and veteran MMORPG developers, journalist Matthew S. Smith explores \u003ci\u003eEverQuest\u003c\/i\u003e's unlikely creation at a studio built to develop sports games, a rocky release which overwhelmed the game's ill-prepared datacenter, the enticing game loops that placed \u003ci\u003eEverQuest \u003c\/i\u003ein a media firestorm around gaming addiction, and the real-money black market for \u003ci\u003eEverQuest \u003c\/i\u003eitems that foretold the future of digital goods.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew S. Smith is a technology and gaming journalist from Portland, Oregon. His work is published in IEEE Spectrum magazine, Wired, The Verge, Kotaku, PC World, and USA Today, among other publications. Matthew also films and edits short documentaries about retro PC games on his YouTube channel, Computer Gaming Yesterday.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 7.02 x 4.97 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47429147885817,"sku":"9781940535357","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/DpHsQRfDgL9781940535357_e47a4284-dec5-46c7-91f7-6c62b34fe520.webp?v=1771442399","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/everquest-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}