Here are our thoughts from today\u2019s class. We contextualized the \u201cNeverdie\u201d article with Emmons\u2019 piece on ghosts.<\/p>\n

Tina does not qualify as a ghost because the gaming community rejects her, since her avatar does not fulfil a social purpose. But for \u201cNeverdie\u201d and his son, using Tina\u2019s avatar is a way of coping with her death.<\/p>\n

It really depends on how much of our personality we impart to the avatar. If players don\u2019t put themselves into their characters, then the act of playing someone else\u2019s character doesn\u2019t seem so violating. But in the case of Tina, she was very much a part of her avatar (for example, she closely resembled her avatar in physical appearance) and so Neverdie\u2019s actions are less forgivable.<\/p>\n

Sherwood Callaway
\nHannah Grace<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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