Ah yes, we sigh in weary, default approval, yet another celebration of girl power! But In Real Life proves to be something very different, and far more interesting.Īnda is soon approached by Lucy, a.k.a. As it turns out, the virtual and real worlds do end up colliding for Anda, but not in the way her mother feared or could even have anticipated.Īs “KaliDestroyer,” Anda proves a formidable player. Liza, a “kick arse” Australian gamer in a massive multiplayer online game called Coarsegold, has a pitch for the girls in the class: probationary memberships in her prestigious gaming guild on condition they play using female avatars.įearing online stalkers, Anda’s mother is reluctant to let Anda sign up.
Near the beginning of author and copyright-reform activist Cory Doctorow’s new graphic novel, Anda and her friends are listening to a speaker at their Arizona high school.
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