Matthew Gilman

Game Over Matthew Gilman

Hannah is a young woman still living at home in a small town working nights at a local gas station, when she learns a new video game company is hiring people to test out a new virtual reality console system. Eager to get out of the family house with an alcoholic abusive step-dad, she works towards getting into the program with the help of her online friend TypeO+, only to learn it's not what she was told it was. Desperate to uncover the truth, Hannah tries to gather evidence about a program responsible for destroying her life and possibly thousands of others around the world. Hans Braun is a retired German mercenary spending the rest of his days with his Kurdish wife Sarah in southern Turkey/ Kurdistan. When leaflets are dropped from planes over the city telling the residence to leave Hans knows that something bad is coming. Coming out of retirement, he helps defend the city against an army he has never seen before while protecting his family from an unknown fate. Game Over is a warning against the world's globalized market; the expanded pursuits of corporations to break barriers and international laws without repercussion. This is a story shown through the eyes of the people who are affected by it.