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    Game Interrupted
    Game Interrupted
    Game Interrupted
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    Game Interrupted

    By Mark Fassett

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    A game designer takes his net-junkie girlfriend to a lavish party thrown by an old business partner. He must decide what to do when she spends the evening jacked-in and he is confronted by a mysterious woman with red colored eyes.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMark Fassett
    Release dateJan 25, 2012
    ISBN9781465961259
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      Game Interrupted - Mark Fassett

      GAME

      INTERRUPTED

      by

      Mark Fassett

      Published 2012 by Ravenstar Press

      Monroe, WA

      http://www.ravenstarpress.com

      Game Interrupted

      Copyright © 2012 Mark Fassett. All rights reserved.

      No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For more information, contact Mark Fassett: mark@markfassett.com

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      I’ve always been interested in the terminology that doesn’t change, even when the technology does. For instance, my girl, she’s over there, sitting on the couch, oblivious to the world around her because she’s jacked in.

      ‘Jacked in’ used to be the term people used when they plugged their cranial implants into the

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