Kill Your Darlings (a Holonovel)

摘要

This holonovel—taking the form of a science fiction prototype (SFP) [1, 2]—is about themes relating to transhumanism, posthumanism and digital resurrection in the Mixed Reality (MR) game environment that involves digital human avatars [3-6]. The SFP is a dystopic tale that draws its inspiration from the recent distressing activities in social media, a particularly upsetting one being an online game called 'Blue Whale Suicide Game' that is specifically targeted at teenage children. In short, during the gameplay the players are provided with various acts of self-harm to be committed over the course of 50 days, and on the final day they are urged to win the game by committing suicide1. The game has been reported to pursue victims mainly in the Russian-speaking part of the world, although it has been shown to have gained footing in various other parts of the world as well.