Episode 48 – Ruthless.com

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! Readers advisory: Here. Footnotes: Tom Clancy’s Ruthless.com on Moby Games Tom Clancy’s Politika on Board Game Geek The Cold War of Clancy vs Clancy No way is this domain worth thousands of dollars!   No way is this domain currently hosting pornography!   Candy pairing:  Kait says an actual microchip, Patrick says a durian cream puff, Renata says Candy Crush. Coming up next: X-Men: X-Cutioner’s Song by Scott Lobdell, Peter David, et al.   * Worst Bestsellers 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. (But no pressure, we’re also happy if you get these items from your local library or independent bookstore.)