Overdrawn at the Memory Bank story

movie: Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983) · 1983

A lowly computer programmer is forced to take a virtual vacation.

7 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 4 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
speculative virtual reality choice Aram became trapped in a simulated reality based on his own memories and fantasies.
romantic love major Aram and Apollonia.
unethical business practices major The comically evil Novacorp chairman oversaw a totalitarian-like work environment, but Aram brought and end to his strangle hold over his employees by ordering bonuses and stocks for every employee and placing the chairman in a month long sting as an anteater inside a simulated reality.
boredom minor Aram was extremely bored with his work.
computer hacking minor Aram hacked into a file that allowed him to watch classic films on his work computer terminal.
mother and son minor Aram encountered an electronically simulated version of his deceased mother.
transsexualism minor A childhood prank left Aram next in line for a sex change operation.