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From iconic books like Neuromancer to blockbuster films like The Matrix, virtual reality has long been hailed as the ultimate technology. But outside of a few research labs and military training facilities, this tantalizing vision of the future was nothing but science fiction. Until 2012, when Oculus founder Palmer Luckey - then just a rebellious teenage dreamer living alone in a camper trailer - invents a device that has the potential to change everything.

A mesmerizing, behind-the-scenes business thriller that chronicles how Sega, a small, scrappy gaming company led by an unlikely visionary and a team of rebels, took on the juggernaut Nintendo and revolutionized the video-game industry. In 1990, Nintendo had a virtual monopoly on the video-game industry. Sega, on the other hand, was just a faltering arcade company with big aspirations and even bigger personalities. But all that would change with the arrival of Tom Kalinske, a former Mattel executive who knew nothing about video games and everything about fighting uphill battles.

Da mesma forma que outras grandes rivalidades modernas, como Coca-Cola versus Pepsi e Apple versus Microsoft, redefiniram cada competidor e reescreveram a história dessas empresas, o intenso combate entre Sega e Nintendo nos anos 1990 revelou o melhor e o pior de cada uma e mudou para sempre o mundo do entretenimento, fazendo nascer uma indústria mundial de 60 bilhões de dólares.