It’s been one week since prolific author Neal Stephenson and “The Lord of the Rings” VFX studio Wētā Workshop launched web game “Artefact,” what they hope will be a seminal piece of media in the entertainment landscape to come. Housed on platform Lamina1 , “ Artefact ” is described as “a collaborative worldbuilding experience” that “invites players to step into the aftermath of the Spike — a fizzled singularity that tore the internet apart, ended the reign of AI megasystems, and forced humanity