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Religion

Reincarnation

Reincarnation reimagined as a video game where souls level up, glitch through déjà vu, and navigate the mechanics of eternal respawn.

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CHAPTER ONE Before the Load Screen IMAGINE YOU’RE SITTING in a dark room, controller in hand, staring at a screen that says: "New Game: Press Start." That’s reincarnation. Not the belief, not the religion, not the philosophy. The reality. You’ve been pressing “New Game” for a while now. And no, you don’t remember the last time you played, because that’s part of the game design. That’s part of what makes it interesting. Part of what makes it fair. You don’t level up by remembering everything, you level up by becoming something new in each patch. And this? This life? This is the newest build. Congratulations. You’re running the current version. But here’s the catch: You didn’t just choose to...

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