In Real Life OGN
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| Writer | Cory Doctorow |
| Artist | Jen Wang |
| Cover Price | $17.99 |
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang, In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash.
Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely a good thing.
But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer―a poor Chinese kid whose avatar
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8.0
Comic Book Resources - Kelly Thompson
Oct 20, 2014In the end, Doctorow and Wang have created a socially relevant, heartfelt and emotionally engaging story about a female gamer that will likely inspire and encourage generations of awesome girls. Read Full Review
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7.0
The Graphic Library - Sara Campbell
Mar 05, 2021There are a lot of really complicated elements that have their surfaces scratched, and many of which Doctorow dives into a little deeper in the introduction - problems with world economics, the unknown effects digital environments and economies have on physical people and their lives, and the issues of predatory and bullying behavior that can happen in online gaming. This book doesn't paint the greatest picture of online gaming, which isn't always a negative or predatory experience for the players. Hopefully, families won't read this and assume all MMORPGs lead to subjugation and predation around the world. Read Full Review
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