#The Never Game

[luci-in-trenchcoats]

Tracker - The Never Game Review

Missing new episodes of Tracker like I am? Want some interesting tidbits on the Shaw clan? If yes, then I highly recommend checking out The Never Game by Jeffrey Deaver. Spoiler free review for show fans below!

If you didn't know, Tracker, and more specifically the charter of Colter Shaw, is based on a series of books.

The Never Game is the first book in the series and our introduction to Colter. The whole reason I even made this post is because this book feels like a really good, in-depth set of episodes. I am always a "the book was better" person but I'm actually surprised at how much book Colter is like TV Colter. If anything, through the book we get a little more insight in his head at times but this is through and through, the same guy and you get the same vibes.

Things You'll Enjoy If You Like The Show:

Colter still has a team that helps him out (and some familiar team members)

The pace is fast, even in the quiet moments and there are a lot of them

There's action, danger and fun side characters that aren't one-dimensional

Video games, Silicon Valley, technology and their impact are major factors in the story (I was skeptical of this at first but it's actually a great example of environment driving the plot)

The story doesn't treat the reader like an idiot. It gives you all the clues as the same as the characters and doesn't try to get you with a gotcha you couldn't have seen coming. That said, it's fun to realize you were so wrong about your theories and you could have figured it out long ago

We get to see more of Colter and who he is on his own, with others and with a new romantic interest

Multiple flashbacks to when Colter was a teen on the compound, general Colter backstory, and info about the Shaw family (There are some differences between show and book but they're not massive)

Without spoiling anything, you'll pick up some new information about Ashton Shaw's death and get some clues about where the show is likely going with that storyline (in a very vague sense if you can piece if together)

The end of this book had my heart racing and makes you want to jump into the next one

Things You Might Not Like If You Like The Show:

You may be majorly spoiled about where the show is going regarding the Ashton Shaw storyline surrounding his death and potentially the family aspect

The "rewardist" thing is only prevalent early on

Team TV Airstreamer & Truck > Colter's crappy book Winnebago & Dirt Bike

In general, I really recommend the story (I'm off to start the next book soon) if you're looking for more Tracker and a pool or beachside read! I hate to say it but I almost liked this Colter better!

[elliehopaunt]

Ms. Mary

[spitblaze]

[guy who doesnt watch shows voice] yeah ive been meaning to watch that show

[everchased]

hahahahaaaa get safe and cared for, idiot

[foxesdontscareme]

ally beardsley loves playing weird guys and hot bitches and thank god for that

[morningsaidthemoon]

streamer au ??????? video game au ???

[ink-the-artist]

Video game I saw in a dream. It was in this low poly style like an older video game. You play as this character I think was meant to be a lamb, or maybe a weird mix of a lamb a mouse and a rabbit, (while not really looking like any of those things) and you’re running away from a wolf. Your objective is to last as long as possible before the wolf catches and eats you.

The house you’re running in is endless and bizarrely put together like most building interiors in dreams are (like the infinite toilet dream dimension on Reddit lol) the layout of the house is pretty detailed, you can stop and hide in places like closets or bins while the wolf looks for you, you can go up and down stairs and into rooms etc.

You never actually know where the wolf is or how close it is to you until it appears in your line of sight, it makes no noise and the game gives you no way of knowing where it is, and it’s pretty unpredictable it doesnt move at a consistent pace. When the wolf catches you there’s an animation showing it eating your character

[an-internet-introvert]

When burning pasta is so traumatic you have to rewrite history in your head

[amiibo-king]

it's come to my attention that a lot of people don't know about bluemaxima's flashpoint and genuinely think they'll never be able to play their favorite 00s internet games ever again so i just want to remind everyone that flashpoint is a huge internet flash game preservation project that allows you to play just about any internet flash game/animation despite the death of flash. if they've got it in their database (and they probably do) you can play it. go forth and drink in the 00s nostalgia

even if you think there's no way they'll have the game u want. they probably do anyway. when i first downloaded flashpoint i thought for sure theres no way they will have the obscure flash game i played for hours as a kid that was only even available on the internet for like 2 months in 2006. but you know what. they had it. seriously, download flashpoint

[dash-n-step]

Autistic Transfem Communication

[tariah23]

The manga industry, especially JUMP, needs to hurry up and do away with weekly scheduling for mangaka. There needs to better regulations put into place for their health and safety because this is pitiful. Two weeks - monthly updates should’ve already been the standard for the manga industry at this point. These money grabbers will only continue to put the lives of these artists at stake for the sake of capitalism unless some serious changes are implemented.

[blueskittlesart]

i hope everyone in nintendo’s management department dies and goes to hell no matter what and i’m not kidding

[skopostheorie]

Like actually in general my parents never just. bought me video games unprompted. I listen to Scott the Woz talk about his parents buying him games and Nintendo Power subscriptions just for no reason and I'm like. ?????? Families do that?

[chloesimaginationthings]

"Oswald's mom has got it going on" - FNAF Pit bonnie

[malinaa]

if i think about the hunger games in peeta's perspective i WILL start sobbing