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From virtual to reality: the people who reshaped their lives thanks to video game simulators


Change can begin anywhere. It only requires that we desire it and that we're prepared to take a chance on it when we see it for what it is.

The glitziest you'll have heard of: Sony's recent Gran Turismo film, which recreated the story of Jann Mardenborough, a British teenager who beat tens of thousands of gamers to become a real-life race driver. "Sometimes I watch a kid pick his nose and wipe it on a $5000 game and then lick it off and I get really confused about the path of humanity" For them, Arcade Paradise was a lighthouse in the dark, guiding the way towards something they were in danger of losing. In their garage, meanwhile, they have a Dinoscore, a Treasure Falls, three Mr Vacuums - "don't judge me" - an old basketball game, and an automatic cotton candy machine, which is apparently very heavy, and all in varying states of repair.

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