The Boundaries of Reality and Gaming
Taglines:
Where does reality stop. And the game begin?
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The Allure of Virtual Reality
Taglines:
Play it. Live it. Kill for it.
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Choice Between Engagement and Manipulation
Taglines:
Play Or Be Played
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Uncertainty in a Game-Like Reality
Ted:
I don't like it here. I don't know what's going on. We're both stumbling around together in this unformed world whose rules and objectives are largely unknown, seemingly undecipherable or even possibly nonexistent, always on the verge of being killed by forces we don't understand!
Allegra:
That sounds like my game, all right.
Ted:
It sounds like a game that's not gonna be easy to market.
Allegra:
But it's a game everybody is already playing.
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The Nature of Pain and Desire
Ted:
It hurts. I think it's infected.
Allegra:
No, it's not infected. It's just excited. It wants action.
Ted:
But I really don't think I want action! Me, I mean. The bearer of the excited bio-port.
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The Nature of Free Will in Reality
Ted:
Free will is obviously not a big factor in this little world of ours.
Allegra:
It's like real life. There's just enough to make it interesting.
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Desire to Pause the Game
Ted:
I want to put the game on pause. The game can be paused, can't it? I mean, all games can be paused, right?
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Questioning Reality in eXistenZ
Ted:
Allegra, what if we're not in the game anymore?
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Understanding the Purpose of the Game
Allegra:
You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game.
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Questioning Victory in a Game
Allegra: [after killing Ted]
Have I won? Have I won the game? Have I won?
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