VI: Marriages — Chapter 4

Summary

• After playing "Master of the Revels," Sam compliments Sadie on creating such a great game and expresses disappointment at not being a part of it.
• "Master of the Revels" becomes a challenging game to market due to its highly intellectual content. The game involves multiple characters, all tied in some way to the murder of Christopher Marlowe. Despite being action and mystery-filled, the game also includes explicit sex scenes.
• Marketing the game requires honesty about its unique characteristics, including its complexity and its justification of the notion that games can be a form of art.
• The press release of the game mistakenly indicates that Sam was involved in the creation of the game which leads the gaming world to believe so.
• Despite Sadie's initial resistance, they both end up touring the country to promote the game due to Sam's brand recognition attracting more opportunities for promotion.
• Sadie falls ill during their tour suspecting food poisoning from oysters and claims that her sickness did not interfere with promoting the game.
• While On their way to another promotion in Grapevine, Texas, Chris suggests that Sadie could be pregnant due to her persistent vomiting.
• Sadie denies the suggestion of being pregnant and blames her vomiting on motion sickness, however, she buys a pregnancy test.
• They find out that Sadie is pregnant after seeing the result from the pregnancy test. Sadie confirms this by throwing up again after learning of the news.
• They continue their promotion tour, with Sadie and Sam posing for a Game Story magazine cover feature while subtly acknowledging their pregnancy news as they laugh over wearing Elizabethan-era costumes in the photo shoot.
• An emergency unfolds as they hear about an active shooter at a tech company in Venice, where their company "Unfair" is located. Sam is unable to reach anyone from his office and is not certain if the incident is related to his company.