

There is something about the mirrors in this game that draws me.

The quality of the mirror reflection is directly related to the quality of your video card; back in the bad old days I saw no reflection at all. But now I do and for some reason I find it fascinating.

Every time.

I am already watching my avatar, meaning, a stand-in version of me, more or less, standing there on my computer screen. Reflecting my avatar just makes it feel more … I don’t have the words here. Not “real”, nothing about DDO is “real”. Not “realistic” either. Avatar-y? As if Mawry is somehow more plugged into the game world when she can see herself reflected in the game’s virtual reflectors?

Wispy images

Reflection of character

Game play cohesion

Even the haiku doesn’t really get it right. But it’s closer.

It is interesting and vaguely related that a hand-mirror is used as one of the classic tests of life; can’t tell if someone is alive or dead? Hold a hand-mirror up to their mouths and see if their breath causes fogging.

Flex Mawry, flex! The world is looking at you through that mirror. Prove that you are (virtually) alive! Flex!

🙂 😀 🙂