Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

by Gabrielle Zevin

He was skilled—at the end of the level, he could make Mario land at the top of the flagpole,

Friendship,” Marx said, “is kind of like having a Tamagotchi.”

The alternative to appropriation is a world in which artists only reference their own cultures.

And as any mixed-race person will tell you—to be half of two things is to be whole of nothing.

“What is a game?” Marx said. “It’s tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow. It’s the possibility of infinite rebirth, infinite redemption. The idea that if you keep playing, you could win. No loss is permanent, because nothing is permanent, ever.”