This was a fun book, and remained fun for a second round. I love how the frame allowed both 80's nostalgia and a dystopian future to co-mingle. The second round made me appreciate the mingling more, as the bad guys were really Reagan-era trickle-down corporate villains straight out of a Schwarzenegger flick. 
 The audio production is narrated by Wil Wheaton and worth a listen. He's a really good voice actor and he's a great choice since he gets nodded to a couple times within the story. 
 I only have two significant critiques. The dystopian world building was a bit heavy and seemed out of proportion to the rollicking adventure. In addition the literal Deux Ex Machina to get the primary characters to the climactic battle was some sloppy writing. I might cut the author some slack since this is his first novel. 
 Audio Production Suggestions: Don't require the narrator to read every line of text if it's not necessary. The scoreboards could have been summarized rather than read. I can visualize how they'd be fine in text because you could just skim past and glean the highlights, but in audio it's torturously slow. Also, with IM conversation, particularly between two people, you don't need to have the names read each time - especially if you have a really good narrator who has good voice differentiation.