“For an hour, the eight of us talked about video games, about being unable to function during the workday abstaining from coffee while fasting, and about finding community in the times where it’s most needed. Having grown up Muslim, the experience struck me as outright familiar — regardless of how abstract the little avatars eating apples on the screen may seem to outside observers.”
-Imran Khan reports on the virtual Suhoor/Iftar environment created by Rami Ismail for his Animal Crossing avatar. Animal Crossing only allows seven guests on a host’s island at one time and Ismail’s on-line sign up form to visit booked up immediately for the entire month of Ramadan. [Washington Post]
