Space, Time and DVR Mechanics

Reading Summary

Klosterman describes how watching sports games live feels differently than watching them prerecorded. He gives five reasons for this feeling, broken down into the rational and irrational. In the rational, he says that the removal of commercials erodes drama,by watching a game after the fact, he consciously distances himself from the actual experience, and recording the game gives him too much control. In the irrational, he thinks his personal involvement with the game will impact the outcome, and if the game has already ended and he doesn’t know anything about what happened, it was probably just a game.

Outside Example

The Spirit Bomb is one of Goku’s most powerful offensive abilities. It is the congregation of willingly sacrificed energy from all living beings on a planet, and is capable of defeating even the most powerful foes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izhp0lIjqCw

Reading Connection

In Klosterman’s irrational reasons, he mentions that his involvement may have an impact on the game. When we watch our favorite teams play, we cheer for them and feel a connection to the players and the game. I thought that this was similar to giving the team your energy, in a sense. As the life force of beings on planet Namek is given to Goku in order to defeat Frieza, so too do you give your energy to your favorite team in order to defeat your rival.