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"When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one — until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that he'd found friendship and even romance in a gaming community"
Just goes to show that "online gaming communities" like that of WoW aren't always the terrible, unholy horrors that they tend to be depicted as (or all too often prove themselves to be) 99% of the time, I guess.
"The story of Mats' double life, and of the emotional impact its discovery has had on his parents, is told in a new documentary called The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. It is a moving and often deeply philosophical work that tackles questions around the nature of reality and relationships in an increasingly online world."
I am potentially interested in seeing this documentary, at least as it is described in the above article, I will admit. (Though I fully realize that this article is as much or more plugging the documentary as it is actually talking about the subject of it.)
I still have absolute zero (K) interest in playing online games with the general public, myself, of course, but that's just me being my typical asocial self. *shrug*
Just goes to show that "online gaming communities" like that of WoW aren't always the terrible, unholy horrors that they tend to be depicted as (or all too often prove themselves to be) 99% of the time, I guess.
"The story of Mats' double life, and of the emotional impact its discovery has had on his parents, is told in a new documentary called The Remarkable Life of Ibelin. It is a moving and often deeply philosophical work that tackles questions around the nature of reality and relationships in an increasingly online world."
I am potentially interested in seeing this documentary, at least as it is described in the above article, I will admit. (Though I fully realize that this article is as much or more plugging the documentary as it is actually talking about the subject of it.)
I still have absolute zero (K) interest in playing online games with the general public, myself, of course, but that's just me being my typical asocial self. *shrug*
