The author Christian Hill spoke about his latest novel Io sono Jai, where three 15 years old friends discover that a real murder (the death of their favourite YouTuber) has been included in the online videogame known as “Real Mysteries”. From that point on, a number of surprises change the course of their lives and the story ends with what the interviewer Chiara Codecà describes as a real overturning of prospective. The author’s background can be clearly recognised in this novel, that is to say, he has a degree in aeronautical engineering, and both the writer and Chiara Codecà, an expert in communication and cultural events, used this point to speak about a hot topic: the difference between the virtual world and reality.

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Many points were touched on, but in particular the guests and the audience wondered whether there is a real difference between the virtual and real worlds and how dangerous or profitable they can be. To better understand what they meant, Hill and Codecà used the Covid-19 as an example, showing that even a relationship born and built online can be useful and positive and that people can use online video games to imagine of being something or someone else, a possibility which can have beneficial results: for example, playing videogames requires immersing oneself in a virtual world, an important ability that a novelist must possess in order to create new realistic characters. What is important, according to the authors, to understand it is that very aspect of life, whether it be virtual or real, must be carefully examined.