The story is supposed to be about a kid’s efforts to win the inheritance of a rich old man who left an easter egg in a video game. Whomever finds the easter egg wins; and the old man had a penchant for 80’s pop culture so delving into same would likely help you find the egg.
That’s it. That’s the plot, or what the plot is built up to be before this, as well as marketed. That’s why I was interested in the book, but when I got to this section I could no longer be bothered.