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This story takes place in the near future where the technology is such that computer games like fantasy-role-playing adventures can be done with direct input of the human mind and the machine, thus making it a sort of virtual reality game.

In this case, some kids and the mother of one of them play a game that they have hacked into, a frp where, in the game, they take different roles such as an elf, a wizard, and so on. It's a very realistic game, but it should flow smoothly but it doesn't.

The mother ends up having severe headaches, and as they are playing they seem to notice holes in the program where the programming has gone wrong or something. They realize they need to get out of the programming so the mother can receive proper medical treatment.

The description of the actions in the game is very good, very realistic. Still, overall, it is sort of disappointing. I never really feel that there actual physical lives are in danger. In addition, I would expect any game of its complexity to have a type of failsafe emergency word or something that would end the game automatically, although there doesn't seem to be any such thing. Maybe it's because they hacked into the game, but I don't know.

Also, I would think that, in the future, the company that would be running the game would have the ability to determine if someone had hacked into it and was playing for free, and would be able to terminate that session automatically.

Basically, it's not a believable story.


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