Week 13 - Literary Speculation

The movie Existenz is a truly bizarre film that shows us a new form of gaming in that the system is organically attached to the host and sent into them directly. The human "umbilical cord" connects gamers to the game and essentially give life to the characters, given that the world, while a bit odd and strange, feels very lifelike. The fact that the film doesn't use many actual sci-fi elements other than the technological way of getting inside the games make it's more speculative fiction. I also tried reading The Aquatic Uncle, but didn't quite understand what it was about.