When Sam Flynn was a young boy, his father, Kevin, would send him to sleep with stories about a living world inside a computer. Then one night Kevin told his tale, left . . . and never returned. Twenty years later, Sam has grown into a reckless young man content to ignore his father's legacy. That is, until he receives an unusual message from Flynn's arcade. The place has been closed ever since Kevin vanished, left to the dust and cobwebs. But when Sam makes his way inside, he ends up transported to a digital world where programs populate nightclubs, an evil being seeks to rule all, and one lone human hides in the Outlands. Sam embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, but can he uncover the truth about his dad's disappearance and rise to a challenge beyond imagination, or will he find himself trapped forever?