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June 17, 2007

Jason Rowe and his Avatar

I was reading Today's Papers from Slate, hoping to be inspired to write something on my political blog when I ran across a mention of a NYT slideshow on people and their avatars.

One image totally captured me.

Turns out, the slideshow is from a book of images. Here's a bit more info I found by Googling the guy:

Real name Jason Rowe Crosby, Texas
Avatar name Rurouni Kenshin, marksman in Star Wars Galaxies

The difference between me and my online character is pretty obvious. l have a lot of physical disabilities but in Star Wars Galaxies I can ride an imperial speeder bike, fight monsters, or just hang out with friends at a bar. I can't press the keys on a regular keyboard so I use an on-screen keyboard called 'soft type'. The computer screen is my window to the world. In the real world, people can be uncomfortable around me before they get to know me and realise that, apart from my outer appearance, I'm just like them.

That excerpt is from the Long Road Media blog.

It's fascinating, really. Makes my problems with queasiness and the taste of metal in my mouth rather ridiculous to complain about.

Posted by cj at June 17, 2007 05:41 PM

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