Tones:
Disturbing,
Humorous,
Surprising
Language:
English
Description:
I met the narrator of this story at a friend's dinner party. When he started telling this story, everyone's jaws dropped to the floor. It's a tale about a guy who becomes addicted to the multi-player on-line video game "Star Wars Galaxies." Very quickly, the character gets to a point where he's spending every waking minute in the game, and 'real life' (which he refers to as R.L.) takes a back seat. Without giving away a climactic plot twist, I'll say that this story is about a group of people who become thoroughly incapable of distinguishing between fantasy and reality.
This story aired originally during a local arts & culture special on Your Public Radio, WYPR, in Baltimore.
