Gamers never die – they just become ghost data...

[witchdoktor]

Uzun zamandır retro/gaming ilgi alanımda bu kadar duygulanmamıştım...

"Gamers never die – they just become ghost data"

"Losing a parent at just six years of age is unimaginable. You may vaguely remember some of the wonderful memories from that brief time spent together, but the pain surely never goes away. I imagine you cling to those memories dearly, grasping hold of them and praying that over time you won't forget.
For one teenage YouTube commenter (00WARTHERAPY00) that scenario is real. And in the comments section of a piece about whether video games can be a spiritual experience, he told his touching story:

Well, when i was 4, my dad bought a trusty XBox. you know, the first, ruggedy, blocky one from 2001. we had tons and tons and tons of fun playing all kinds of games together - until he died, when i was just 6.

i couldnt touch that console for 10 years.

but once i did, i noticed something.

we used to play a racing game, Rally Sports Challenge. actually pretty awesome for the time it came.

and once i started meddling around... i found a GHOST.

literaly.

you know, when a time race happens, that the fastest lap so far gets recorded as a ghost driver? yep, you guessed it - his ghost still rolls around the track today.

and so i played and played, and played, untill i was almost able to beat the ghost. until one day i got ahead of it, i surpassed it, and...

i stopped right in front of the finish line, just to ensure i wouldnt delete it.
Bliss."

https://autos.yahoo.com/blogs/motoramic/teenage-son-discovers-his-deceased-father-s-ghost-car-in-xbox-rally-game-154558866.html

http://www.vg247.com/2014/07/24/this-xbox-ghost-story-is-the-nicest-thing-youll-read-all-day/

[Ref]

çok güzel bir hikaye, gerçek veye kurmaca olsun. Bu hissi ben cep telefonumdan silemediğim telefon numaraları ile karşılaştığımda da yaşıyorum.

Çok acaip bir durum.

[Ragnor]

 

[AmonR]

Çok etkilendim ve duygulandım. 
Ben babamı nispeten yakın tarihte ve bu çocuktan çok çok daha büyük bir yaşta kaybetmiş olmama rağmen çok etkilenmiştim. Kendisini çok severdim.
Ama düşündüm de, kendisi pek meraklı olmadığından tabii, vakti zamanında Spectrum'da hiç karşılıklı oynamamıştık. Böyle de bir anım olsun isterdim doğrusu.
Şimdi ben çocuklarla bilumum konsol ve bilgisayarlarda oyun oynamaya çalışıyorum. Bakalım ileride onların nasıl anıları olacak.