{"product_id":"everquest-matthew-s-smith-9781940535357","title":"Everquest","description":"\"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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew S. Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1940535352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781940535357\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boss Fight Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs","brand":"Matthew S. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965438968063,"sku":"9781940535357","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57863c76-2354-4c58-a222-21bc2cd7b436.jpg?v=1767280578","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everquest-matthew-s-smith-9781940535357","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}