童年時期因遊戲結緣的Sadie和Sam,長大後再次相遇,攜手投身電玩創作,讓玩家能暫時遠離現實,投向數位虛擬世界的懷抱,兩人合作設計出的遊戲一舉獲得空前成功,但隨之而來的金錢與名利浪潮,是否已準備將兩人沖散?'A gem of a novel' ERIN MORGENSTERNThis is not a romance, but it is about loveTwo kids meet in a hospital gaming room in 1987. One is visiting her sister, the other is recovering from a car crash. The days and months are long there.Their love of video games becomes a shared world -- of joy, escape and fierce competition. But all too soon that time is over, fades from view.When the pair spot each other eight years later in a crowded train station, they are catapulted back to that moment. The spark is immediate, and together they get to work on what they love - making games to delight, challenge and immerse players, finding an intimacy in digital worlds that eludes them in their real lives.Their collaborations make them superstars.This is the story of the perfect worlds Sadie and Sam build, the imperfect world they live in, and of everything that comes after success: Money. Fame. Dupli