{"id":1511,"date":"2016-05-09T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T16:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2016-05-09T14:23:27","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T18:23:27","slug":"episode-48-ruthless-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-48-ruthless-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 48 – Ruthless.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ruthless.com<\/p>\n

Kait, Renata, and their guest Patrick read a book a ghostwriter wrote based on a computer game created by Tom Clancy based on a nonexistent website. If that sounds confusing, it’s still not as confusing as this corporate espionage-y Orientalist mess of a novel. Please don’t hack our website and\/or submarine! Dot Com!<\/p>\n

Readers advisory<\/strong>: Here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Footnotes: <\/strong>Tom Clancy’s Ruthless.com on Moby Games<\/a><\/p>\n

Tom Clancy’s Politika on Board Game Geek<\/a><\/p>\n

The Cold War of Clancy vs Clancy<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Ruthless.com\"<\/a>

No way is this domain worth thousands of dollars!<\/p><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Ruthless.com\"<\/a>

No way is this domain currently hosting pornography!<\/p><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Candy pairing:\u00a0 <\/strong>Kait says an actual microchip<\/a>, Patrick says a durian cream puff<\/a>, Renata says Candy Crush<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Coming up next: <\/strong>X-Men: X-Cutioner’s Song<\/em> by Scott Lobdell, Peter David, et al.<\/a><\/p>\n

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* Worst Bestsellers<\/em> is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

(But no pressure, we\u2019re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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