Yamamoto Story 2 - Jason Komoda

My virtual space relationships with my friends started in middle school when I got an Xbox 360.  We would play CoD MW2 every single day and night, and when we were all on talking to each other in the party, I honestly felt as if they were right beside me in my house playing with me.  Eventually we started to hang out more in school and pretty much connected over the fact that we always played video games with each other. Till this day, I am still really close with all of them. Although we don't really hang out much since we all went our separate ways and don't even live in the same state as each other anymore, any time we are all playing League or Fortnite or whatever game, it still feels like nothing has changed between us, and I'm sure that when we all meet up one day outside of this virtual online space, we will all feel the same way towards each other.  It's actually pretty cool how video games can form life-long friend ships, and that's why virtual spaces where interaction with other people is such a huge part of our culture.

 The idea of how Mizumi has the NONMaRS at home and can go in the virtual world whenever she wants is similar to the gaming scene in Korea where they have "PC Bangs" at every corner on every street.  Many Korean gamers play every day in order to practice to become a professional gamer one day.  They live to go in the virtual world whenever they can because it's their escape, just like Mizumi.  The virtual reality breakthrough was also very significant because it allows us to view games in another dimension.  Instead of playing games on screens, we are actually inside the game experiencing sounds and sights that we wouldn't be able to otherwise.

 Learning about digital cultures through this fiction book is a really awesome way to help people visualize their own story and the setting in which the action scenes are taking place in.  That's the magic of fiction books, even though we are all reading the same material, the material creates different images in each of our heads which allows us to understand the content and deeper messages in a way that is easiest for us to understand.  

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