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Completion PostVideo Game: ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 14: July 15th ~ Donkey Kong ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐น
Book: Into This River I Drown
Author: T.J. Klune
Date Read: 7/28
Task: ๐น Read a book with a character who has a son, like Donkey Kong, Jr.
How it Fits: Benji is big Eddie's son
Completion PostVideo Game:๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 4: February 15th ~ Final Fantasy ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐น
Books: The Charm Offensive
Author: Alison Cochrun
Date Read: 8/18
Task: ๐น Read a book where the author's first AND last initials are found in HIRONOBU SAKAGUCHI
How it fits: Author AC
Completion Post๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 12: June 15th ~ Halo ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐น
Book: Transposition
Author: Gregory Ashe
Date Read: 8/21
Task: ๐น Read a book with a one-word title.
How it fits: One word Title
Completion Post๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 13: July 1st ~ Sonic the Hedgehog ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐น
Book: There Are No Gays in Football
Author: Malu_3
Date Read: 8/21
Task: ๐น Read a book with a title that DOES NOT start with a letter in SONIC
How it qualifies: Starts with T
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 1: January 1st ~ Pong ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Hidden Scars
Author: Andi Jaxon
Date Read: 8/25
Task: ๐น Read a book where any type of sport is played.
How it qualifies: MCs play hockey
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 3: February 1st ~ The Legend of Zelda ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Goal Lines & First Times
Author: Eden Finley and Saxon James
Date Read: 8/26
Task: ๐น Read a book with two authors.
How it fits: 2 authors
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 16: August 15th ~ World of Warcraft ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Goal Lines & First Times
Author: Eden Finley
Date Read: 8/26
Task:๐น Read a book where a character belongs to a guild, or a group.
How it qualifies: MC on a hockey team
Completion Post -๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 2: January 15th ~ Pac-Man ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Donick Walsh and the Reset-Button
Author: Nathaniel Shea
Date Read: 8/28
Task:๐น Read a book where a character eats pizza
How it qualifies: both MCs eat pizza at Michael's birthday
Completion Post๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 8: April 15th ~ Frogger ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Long Time Gone
Author: Charlie Donlea
Date Read: 8/29
Task:๐น Read a book where characters die in more than one manner.
How it qualifies: Some people are shot, some are hit with a bat
Completion Post -๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 9: May 1st ~ Call of Duty ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐น
Book: Secondhand Skin
Author: Hailey Turner
Date Read: 8/29
Task: ๐น Read a book with a military or veteran character.
How it qualifies: Pat is a veteran
Completion Post -๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 10: May 15th ~ Centipede ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: By Any Other Name
Author: Erin Cotter
Date Read: 8/30
Task: ๐น Read a book that has the word FLEA or MUSHROOM in the text.
How it qualifies: "Flea" p. 224 (I listened to the audiobook and amazon is just giving me the page number not the quote)
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 15: August 1st ~ The Sims ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Antisocial
Author: Heidi Cullinan
Date Read: 8/31
Task:๐น Read a book where the MC gets married and/or has a baby.
How it qualifies: MCs get married at end of book
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 17: September 1st ~ Stardew Valley ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: In the Event of Love
Author: Courtney Kae
Date Read: 9/2
Task: ๐น Read a book set on a farm or in a small town.
How it qualifies: Set on a farm in a small town
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 7: April 1st ~ Grand Theft Auto ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Passing Through Purgatory
Author: Nik Knight
Date Read: 9/4
Task: ๐น Read a book where a theft occurs.
How it qualifies: Liel steals a plant
Completion Post ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 5: March 1st ~ Animal Crossing ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: The Ghost in the Hall
Author: K.M. Avery
Date Read: 9/5
Task:๐น Read a book published during the COVID-19 Pandemic {let's go with 2020 - 2023}.
How it qualifies: Published in 2021
Completion Post -๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 6: March 15th ~ Asteroids ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: The Boy in the Locked Room
Author: K.M. Avery
Date Read: 9/6
Task:๐น Read a book where the characters have a meeting of some kind
How it qualifies: Rayn and Ward meet in the hospital after having been meeting in dreams
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 11: June 1st ~ Super Smash Bros. ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: The Hobbit
Author: J.R.R. Tolkien
Date Read: 9/14
Task: ๐น Read a book that is a "crossover," meaning it appears as part of more than one series.
How it qualifies: Part of The Hobbit series and Middle Earth series
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 18: September 15th ~ Space Invaders ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: The Princess Bride
Author: William Goldman
Date Read: 9/15
Task: ๐น Read a book that you think is very influential.
How it fits: Has become a longlasting movie and a classic
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 19: October 1st ~ Fortnite ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Demon's Captive Omega
Author: Anyta Sunday
Date Read: 10/1
Task: ๐น Read a book that you would describe as EPIC.
How it fits: would describe as epic
๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 20: October 15th ~ Wii Sports ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นWii Sports is a 2006 sports simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console. The 1.0 (pre-release) version of the game was released in North America along with the Wii on November 19, 2006, and the 1.1 version was released in Japan, Australia, Europe, and North America over the following months. It was included as a pack-in game with the console in all territories except Japan, making it the first sports game included with the launch of a Nintendo system since Mario's Tennis for the Virtual Boy in 1995. The game is available on its own as part of the Nintendo Selects collection of games.
Wii Sports is a collection of five sports simulations, which have been designed to demonstrate the motion-sensing capabilities of the Wii Remote. The five sports included are tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, and boxing. Players use the Wii Remote to mimic actions performed in real-life sports, such as swinging a tennis racket. The rules for each game are simplified to make them more accessible to new players. The game also features training and fitness modes that monitor players' progress in the sports.
Wii Sports was well-received by critics and audiences. It was a huge commercial success, selling 82 million copies worldwide, becoming the best-selling video game produced by Nintendo in the world. It has been featured on television in Wii commercials, news reports, and other programming. The game has become a popular means for social gatherings and competitions among players of varying ages.
In 2009, a sequel, Wii Sports Resort, was released. A high-definition remake of Wii Sports titled Wii Sports Club was released in 2013 for the Wii U. Another sequel, Nintendo Switch Sports, was released for the Nintendo Switch in 2022.
Wii Sports consists of five separate sports gamesโtennis, baseball, bowling, golf, and boxingโaccessed from the main menu. The games use the motion sensor capabilities of the Wii Remote to control the player's dominant arm and/or the appropriate sports equipment it wields. Boxing utilizes both Wii Remote and Nunchuk gestures to control both of the player's arms. The player moves the remote in a similar manner to how the separate games are played in real life; for example, holding and swinging the Wii Remote like a golf club, baseball bat, tennis racket or bowling ball. Some aspects of the gameplay are computer controlled. In tennis, player movement is controlled by the game's AI, while the swinging of the racket is controlled by the player. Baseball consists of batting and pitching, with all of the fielding and base-running handled by the computer. Due to their turn-based nature, golf and bowling support hotseat multiplayer and can be played with just one Wii Remote that can be shared among players.
The in-game Players are taken from the Wii's Mii Channel, which allows the user to create a Mii (a customized avatar) that can be imported into games that support the feature. Wii Sports is the first Wii title to use this feature. Miis saved on the Wii will appear in the crowd during bowling games and as members of human-controlled teams in baseball. The non-player characters in the game were also created using the Mii Channel toolset. Miis created on one Wii can be transferred onto the internal memory of a Wii Remote for use on another Wii with different save data.
After a game, a player is awarded or penalized skill points based on performance relative to the computer's skill level, though some games do not calculate points during multiplayer sessions. The game keeps track of these points by charting them on a graph, as well as increasing the size of the crowd in Tennis and Boxing single-player modes. After obtaining 1000 skill points in a sport, a player is awarded a "pro" level, along with a cosmetic feature for their Mii in Bowling and Boxing. A Mii newly turned pro will receive a message on the Wii Message Board notifying them. Wii Sports also features a fitness test that calculates a player's fitness age (ranging from 20 to 80 years old, 20 being the best possible). The test gauges the player's performance in three randomly chosen challenges in each test from the training mode that have been played at least once, and can only be taken once a day per Mii. Calculating the fitness age takes into account a player's balance, speed, and stamina. Fitness age results are graphed over one, two, or three months, with daily results posted on the Wii Message Board. The challenges from the fitness test are taken from another mode in Wii Sports, the training mode. The training mode allows players to practice three challenges for each sport. In these challenges, players can earn medals by reaching certain scores. Medals range from bronze to platinum, bronze being the easiest, and platinum being the hardest.
To Level Up on this game, complete ONE of the following:
๐น Read a book that has a main menu, or Table of Contents.
๐น Read a book that various ages of readers could enjoy.
๐น Read a book with AI, or Artificial Intelligence.
๐น Read a book where a character watches or participates in tennis, baseball, bowling, golf, or boxing.
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 20: October 15th ~ Wii Sports ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Save The Vampire
Author: Maz Maddox
Date Read: 10/17
Task: ๐น Read a book that has a main menu, or Table of Contents.
How it fits: Has a table of contents
Completion Post - ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 21: November 1st ~ Minecraft ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: The Shots You Take
Author: Rachel Reid
Date Read: 11/1
Task: ๐น Read a book with a character named Steve or Alex
How it fits: character named Steve
Completion Post๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 22: November 15th ~ Super Mario Bros. ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: Knockin' Boats
Author: D.J. Jamison
Date Read: 11/19
Task: ๐น Read a book with alternating points of view, like when there's a Player Two
How it fits: told in alternating POVs between Sawyer and Ash
Completion Post ๐น ๐ฎ ๐พ Game 23: December 1st ~ Pitfall! ๐พ ๐ฎ ๐นBook: The Rycke
Author: Lily Mayne
Date Read: 12/2
Task: ๐น Read a book with a simple design on the cover. {Your discretion.}
How it fits: Simple design on cover
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Ready Player One: A Year-Long Reading Challenge
January 1 - December 31st, 2024
Let's read books and complete tasks related to video games you know and love, and maybe a few that are new to you!
On the 1st and 15th of each month I will post a new video game in the Game Console Thread. You will have four tasks to choose from for each game. You only need to complete one. Participate in as many or as few games as you would like.
You will make your Completion Posts here IN YOUR OWN THREAD. Please use this format. {You are welcome to copy and paste the game tasks into your own thread if you would like.}
Completion Post
Video Game:
Book:
Author:
Date Read:
Task:
How it Fits:
If you have any questions, please post them in the Cheat Codes Q & A Thread.
Challenge Rules:
๐ Standard Rules Apply
๐I will create an individual thread for you prior to the start date.
๐Your first video game will be posted on January 1, 2024.
๐Books must be completed after the video game has been posted.