dv said:

This bit of text really changed my life.

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Son Finds His Late Dad’s ‘Ghost’ In A Racing Video Game

Found this story online by 00WARTHERAPY00 and thought it was related and pretty moving!

“Well, when i was 4, my dad bought a trusty XBox. you know, the first, ruggedy, blocky one from 2001. we had tons and tons and tons of fun playing all kinds of games together – until he died, when i was just 6.

I couldn’t touch that console for 10 years.

But once I did, I noticed something.

We used to play a racing game, Rally Sports Challenge. actually pretty awesome for the time it came.

and once I started meddling around… I found a GHOST.

Literally.

You know, when a time race happens, that the fastest lap so far gets recorded as a ghost driver? yep, you guessed it – his ghost still rolls around the track today.

And so I played and played, and played, until I was almost able to beat the ghost. until one day I got ahead of it, I surpassed it, and…

I stopped right in front of the finish line, just to ensure I wouldn’t delete it.

Bliss.”