Rickshaw Riot w/ Ben Wolf & Luke Messa

A VR MMO launches with a promise that sounds impossible: one game where you can play everything and finally live inside the “ultimate gaming experience.” Then the doors slam shut. The creator, Eric Shaw, wakes up trapped in his own stitched-together mega-world alongside 1.3 billion other players and the cruel punchline is that he hates video games. We talk with authors Ben Wolf and Luke Messa about how Rickshaw Riot turns that setup into a fast and funny LitRPG.
 
We dig into the co-writing process that made the book click. Ben and Luke also unpack how suffering starts to carve out empathy, and why committing to a ridiculous constraint like being stuck with a rickshaw keeps the story grounded even as the Allverse explodes into parody game zones, crossover chaos, and system-driven comedy. You’ll also hear how details like the youth filter, clean profanity, and censorship gags become worldbuilding instead of throwaway bits. 
 

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