It amazes me people give RPO so much shit how is it any different then Gold Digger another favorite of mine with a ton of pop culture references just like it.
Hell he came out with a videogame not too long ago that's basically Final Fantasy Tactics meets Debbie does Dallas. It would have been an insta-buy for me but turn based tactics Games are not my bag.
Then there are the various works of Adam Warren another favorite of mine which are also loaded down with Pop Culture refs.
Don't they say write what you know? Stephen Kings early works always feature writers, why can't Clines works be about Gamers and all the Movies, games, comics and other shit we seem to pack our homes with? I got six Kotobukiya Bishijou statues (Chun-li, Cammy, Juri, Nina, Anna and Harley) dwelling atop my dining table still in their boxes that I have no idea what the fuck I'm going to do with yet i'm still buying the Chun-li Battle outfit one when it comes out because DAYUM!