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Value Points :

• Michael loves gizmos and gadgets
• determined
• has a sense of responsibility
• helpful

Detailed Answer :

Michael is a good fellow. He loves gizmos and gadgets. He is always eager to hand new things in the field of computers. He is determined in his ideas. He has a sense of responsibility with a helpful attitude.

Sebastian Shultz requested Michael to help him by sending messages on the computer.

Value Points :

• had been badly injured in a road accident with his head hitting his laptop

Detailed Answer : 

Sebastian Shultz was in a coma because he had been badly injured in a road accident with his head hitting his laptop.

Value Points :

• motorway accident.
• he was critical though stable - they hoped he would regain consciousness - in a coma - hoped for a miracle

Detailed Answer :

Sebastain Shultz was a 14 year old school boy from south London. He was badly injured in a motor way accident. His condition was critical. He was in coma and only some miracle could save his life.

(a) The latest craze of Michael’s dad was to buy the new gadgets or gizmos that came on the market. 

(b) They went to the Computer Fair to buy a handful of the latest interactive psychodrive games. 

(c) advancing

Michael’s dad was crazy about computers like him. He had a Pentium 150 Mhz processor with all equipments. They liked best of all the games like Tornado,Me babash, Black Belt etc. He could not resist any of the new gadgets or gizmos that came on the market. They bought a handful of latest interactive psychodrive games.

Michael’s meeting with Sebastian Shultz had been a chance meeting. It all started a month ago at the Computer Fair where Michael had gone with his father. When he launched himself off into the first psycho-drive games, ‘Wildwest’ he saw Sebastian Shultz. He was about Michael’s age and looked like a computer image as the second sheriff who had come to save him. Sebastian was playing the second sheriff in the game.

(a) At that time Michael was in a saloon drinking a glass of sarsaparilla. 

(b) The second sheriff who appeared suddenly in the game ‘Wildwest’ is being talked in these lines. 

(c) move

At the time of his accident, Sebastian was using his laptop. He was playing one of the same psycho-drive games that Michael had got. It could be possible that he had been plugged into the computer. When he banged his head in the accident, the computer had saved his memory in its own. It was possible that Sebastian’s memory had been stored on the disk. Hence, he entered the games. They were stolen while Sebastian was in hospital. And they were bought by Michael at the Computer Fair.

The second attempt to rescue Sebastian Shultz too was disastrous. This time the message in the printer said. ‘TRY JAILBREAK’. Michael was on the computer again and soon was transported to the dungeon cell. Here, his mate Sebastian Shultz was prisoner 02478. With the help of a swipe-card, they were soon out of the cell. They dodged the guards and went towards the roof. On the roof Sebastian pointed towards a helicopter. Sebastian took a step backwards. Sebastian fell down and came tumbling down to the concrete below.

Michael was to ‘help’ Sebastian Shultz and to ‘retrieve’ him. For this, he was asked to try the game ‘Dragonquest’. Next morning, he was back on the computer. He was soon walking through the massive studied doors of the dragon’s castle lair. He had to rescue a fair princess from a wicked dragon. After leaping from the window and passing through a secret passage they were going down to the dungeon. The dragon appeared at once and pounced on them. Michael swung his sword but in vain. The dragon was only interested in Sebastian. Poor Michael could do nothing to save Sebastian Shultz.

After being shot in the first game ‘Wildwest’, the second sheriff or Sebastian Shultz groaned and slumped back against Michael. The game was over. Michael noticed the printer had come on. He picked up a piece of paper from the tray. At the top of the second sheriff was wearing jeans and a sweatshirt. Printed over the bottom was this message.

I’M STUCK. PLEASE HELP TO RETRIEVE ME. TRY ‘DRAGONQUEST’. Sebastian Shultz.

(a) The fair princess Aurora cried for help because she was in the clutches of the wicked dragon. 

(b) Michael could hear the roar of the wicked dragon behind him. 

(c) rescue

(a) The picture of the second sheriff was at the top of a newspaper. 

(b) The second sheriff was actually a 14-year old boy Sebastian Shultz. 

(c) top

(a) All this action took place in the first psycho-driven game ‘Wildwest’ that Michael played. 

(b) The sudden appearance of the second sheriff through the back-door was quite unexpected. 

(c) complicated

In the game ‘Jailbreak’, Michael was to rescue the boy Sebastian Shultz from the dungeon. With the help of a swipe-card, they were soon out of the cell. They dodged the guards and made it to a staircase that went to the roof. On the roof, Sebastian was waiting anxiously for a helicopter. The helicopter hovered around over them. Twelve guards and bared teeth dogs followed them. Sebastian took a step backwards. Michael cried “Nooooo!” But it was too late! Sebastian had slipped and was tumbling down through the air. He fell down to the concrete below. In this way, Sebastian got badly injured.

Despite doctors’ hopes, Sebastian Shultz didn’t regain consciousness. His parents were informed that their son was in a coma. At a press conference, Mrs. Shultz told that the doctors were doing their best to save him. She hoped that a miracle would save their son Sebastian. That miracle did happen. Sebastian Shultz awoke from his coma and had a miraculous escape.

Sebastian Shultz was a 14 year-old school boy from South London. Six weeks ago, Sebastian was badly injured in a motorway accident. He was taken to the General Hospital. His condition was described as critical though stable. Despite doctors’ hopes, Shultz did not regain consciousness. He was in a coma and only some miracle could save him.

The second sheriff was Sebastian Shultz. But he didn’t tell his name even when he was asked by Michael. He warned Michael not to go out. He took Michael out of many doors and finally they were at the back of the saloon. They jumped out of the window and sped off on a horse. Michael wanted to know who he was but the second sheriff didn’t answer. At that moment a gun shot echoed the air. The second sheriff was hit. He cried and slumped back against Michael.

These opinions are not biased but partially true. No doubt, computer games have brought a revolution in children-entertainment. They have sharpened their brains, created 3D-world of fantasy and extended their mental horizons. However, they have given birth to a sedentary life-style, psychological imbalance and negative impact on health. They reduce social skills and detach one from reality. They are highly addictive.

         Virtual Games are a Reality

In this world of high technology anything is possible. In the last decade we have seen a revolution in children-entertainment. Virtual games have added a new dimension and given a new definition to entertainment. Virtual games may not be true in the true sense but they are ‘virtually true’. Science fiction has enlarged the horizon of man’s mind and his memory. The ‘Virtual Reality Technology’ has broken fresh grounds in fantasy and reality. Through this technology a software can create images that appear to surround the person looking at them and seem almost real.

Technology is advancing every day. It becomes quite difficult for children and young persons to resist any of the new gadgets or gizmos that flood the market. In computer shops and fairs, we can get the latest virtual reality visors and gloves and a handful of the latest interactive psycho-drive games. They are really terrific. Not only these visors and gloves change what we see, but they can also control the action by what we are thinking. For example, when you are watching a game like ‘Wildwest’ you become a sheriff with a badge pinned to your shirt. You are being challenged by Black-Eyed Jed, the fastest ‘gun’ in the west. In a psychodriven games like ‘Dragonquest’, you are confronted with a roaring dragon who gets your buddy Sebastian. Similarly, in ‘Jailbreak’ you dodge 12 guards and vicious dogs to be lifted by a helicopter. Then you succeed in saving your friend Sebastian in the game ‘Warzone’ and hit a jackpot. It may now be possible that computer may save your memory in its own. Well, everything is possible in the world of ‘Virtual Reality’.

It is not a true but a ‘virtually’ true story. It is one of those stories that come under the category of ‘science fiction’. The characters and events are made to exist by the use of computer software using ‘Virtual Reality Technology’. This technology creates images by a computer that appear to surround the person looking at them and seem almost real.

Nothing can be predicted about future. Technology and intelligence may let it really happen, let us say, after a few decades from now.

(a) Sebastian Shultz was badly injured in a motorway accident and went into a coma. 

(b) Sebastian’s memory was saved in the computer when he banged his head on it during the accident. 

(j) The games were stolen from Shultz’s house. 

(d) Michael bought the latest psycho-drive games from the Computer Fair. 

(c) When Michael played the game, he entered Sebastian’s memory. 

(e) Sebastian Shultz was the second sheriff in the ‘Dragonquest’. 

(g) Sebastian requested Michael to try ‘Jailbreak’. 

(h) Michael failed to save the boy who fell through the air. 

(i) Sebastian thought the helicopter was the right idea and they should go into the ‘War-zone’ 

(f) Michael pulled Sebastian into the helicopter and the screen flashed a score of 40,000,000. 

(k) Sebastian thanks Michael for saving his life and asks him to keep the games. 

Michael was impatient to launch himself off into the first of the games called ‘Wildwest’. Soon he was striding down the dusty track through the centre of the town. There was a sheriff’s badge pinned to his shirt. When he entered a saloon everyone glared at him. He ordered for a glass of ‘Sarsaparilla’. Soon he saw BlackEyed Jed, the best gun shooter in the west. He challenged Michael who was playing the role of a sheriff. He was threatened to come out.

When Michael saw the photograph that went with the story in the newspaper, he gasped. The boy in the picture was Sebastian. He was the same boy who was with him in the psycho-driven games. He had got to know the boy so well recently. He was shocked to know that he had been in coma for all the time. He felt nervous and shivery. It didn’t make any sense at all.

Sebastian was perhaps plugged into the computer when he banged his head in the accident. The computer stored and saved Sebastian Shultz’s memory in its own. It was also possible that Sebastian’s memory had been stored on interactive psycho-driven disks. Those disks were stolen from Sebastian’s house when he was in the hospital. When Michael was playing the weird versions of the psycho-driven games, he was actually retrieving that memory. In this way, Sebastian entered the games.

Value Points :

Sebastian, accident while playing games-trapped in virtual world – memory got stored in the computer – games friendly father and Michael, his son buy games from a junk stop – strange currencies – final escape of.

Detailed Answer :

Virtual World—A Reality

Sebastian was a 14 year-old boy who was very fond of playing computer games. But he was trapped in the virtual world when he met with an accident while playing games. His memory got saved in the disks which got stolen when he was at the hospital after having met with an accident. Michael bought those disks from the computer fair as he and his father both were games friendly. They came home and Michael started playing the games. He entered Sebastian’s memory through the games and tried saving him through different games like Wild West, Dragon Quest, Jailbreak, etc. In the end he played War Zone. This time he succeeded and he hit the jackpot by saving Sebastian. Next day, it was the headlines of the newspaper ‘Miracle Recovery’. This virtual world was a reality. It is difficult to believe but it had happened.

Thanked him for saving his life / expressed gratitude / allowed him to keep the game / hoped to meet him again/ gifted him the games.

Detailed Answer :

Sebastian thanked Michael for saving his life in the final e-mail. He expressed his gratitude by saying that he should keep the games as he had earned them by saving his life. He also expressed his hope of meeting him again.

Michael’s dad was crazy about computers. He had a Pentium 150 Mhz processor complete with RAM, CD ROM, speakers, printer, modem and scanner. He had all the games Tornado, Me Babash, Black Belt and Kyrene’s Kastle. He could not resist any of the new gadgets or gizmos that came in the market.

In the third game ‘Jailbreak’, Michael couldn’t save Sebastian Shultz. Only the previous day, he heard from Sebastian. In the printer tray there was a sheet of paper. Sebastian suggested Michael to have one more try. He thought that the helicopter was ‘the right idea’. He should go into the ‘WARZONE’. If even that didn’t work, Sebastian Shultz assured Michael that he would not bother him again.

The game ‘Jailbreak’ was over. Michael felt really bad. He could not save Sebastian Shultz. He had failed him; he had failed the game too. It was only later that the scene began to fade in his memory. It occurred to him that Sebastian who could not be rescued was not real. Sebastian Shultz was just “the game”.

Michael went to save the fair princess from the wicked dragon. But there appeared Sebastian (in the role of the second knight). He sighed and asked Michael to help him first. The second knight cut off two long plaits of the princess and made a rope. With the help of that they jumped out of the window. They went to the dungeon. But before they could turn, the dragon stood in front of them. Michael swung his sword in vain. He could not prevent the mighty dragon to take away Sebastian with him.

Michael and Sebastian Shultz found themselves in a war zone but couldn’t tell which war zone they were in. It was a city somewhere quite unknown. The tall buildings had no windows. They had large number of small holes for guns. Machine gun fire raked the sky. Walls tumbled and bombs exploded. The only hope of escape from there was by a helicopter.

Michael was playing the game ‘Jailbreak’ to save Sebastian. Michael assured him that he would help him. Then with the help of a swipe-card they were out of the cell. Sirens wailed and the dogs howled. He dodged the guards and came to the roof. Standing there, Sebastian was waiting for a helicopter that was coming towards them. Soon they found 12 guards and dogs in front of them. Sebastian took a step, slipped and fell down to the concrete below.

In the second game ‘Dragonquest’ Michael’s aim was to rescue the fair princess Aurora from the wicked dragon. He had also to collect the wicked creature’s treasure. When the princess cried for help, there appeared a second knight, Sir Sebastian. He cried, “Never mind her. It’s me who needs rescuing!” Michael recognised Sebastian Shultz. The dragon was only interested in him and he needed to be rescued first.

Michael lift the net and checked his e-mail. There was one mail from Sebastian Shultz. With trembling fingers, Michael read the following message : ‘Dear Michael, it said. ‘Thank you! I’m not sure how it happens, but thanks. You saved my life.’ In the message Sebastian urged Michael to meet him soon. In the end, Sebastian showed his generosity by asking Michael to keep the games. He had ‘earned them’. Michael shook his head in satisfaction.

Michael checked the net to learn more about the ‘Miracle Recovery’ story. At last, he found what he was looking for. At the time of the accident, Sebastian was using his laptop. He was playing one of the interactive psycho-drive games that Michael had with him. It could be possible that Sebastian had been plugged when he banged his head in the accident. The computer had saved his memory in its own.

In the game ‘Warzone’ Michael was successful in saving Sebastian Shultz. He was able to pull him up into the helicopter which soon soared into the sky. He got a score of 40,000,000. He had hit the jackpot and cracked the game. He had failed in the previous games but was a definite winner this time in his last game ‘Warzone’.

Michael and Sebastian could be saved only if they could make it to that helicopter which was on the ground. It was waiting for their arrival. They started to run dodging sniper fire. They jumped in a vehicle parked by the road. Sebastian slammed on the brakes and the jeep skidded into a spin. Michael jumped out and leapt into the helicopter. A tank crashed into the jeep and Sebastian was thrown into the air. He was pulled up into the helicopter, and the helicopter soared into the sky. Thus Sebastian Shultz, at last, was saved.

Value Points :

In the last game – ‘War Zone’ - Michael rescued Shultz – made it to a helicopter hit the jackpot.

Detailed Answer :

Shultz was finally rescued by Michael in the last game ‘War Zone’. This game was played in a city with tall buildings which were windowless. Michael and Shultz saved themselves from the bombs and machine guns and reached a place where helicopter was waiting for them. Michael jumped into the helicopter but Sebastian Shultz was left behind. Suddenly the tank in which Shultz was sitting crashed into the jeep. With the result Sebastion leapt into the air and Michael pulled him up and the helicopter flew away. They had hit the jackpot This is how Shultz was rescued by Michael out of the last game.

Value Points :

In the last game – ‘War Zone’ - Michael rescued Shultz – made it to a helicopter hit the jackpot.

Detailed Answer :

Shultz was finally rescued by Michael in the last game ‘War Zone’. This game was played in a city with tall buildings which were windowless. Michael and Shultz saved themselves from the bombs and machine guns and reached a place where helicopter was waiting for them. Michael jumped into the helicopter but Sebastian Shultz was left behind. Suddenly the tank in which Shultz was sitting crashed into the jeep. With the result Sebastion leapt into the air and Michael pulled him up and the helicopter flew away. They had hit the jackpot This is how Shultz was rescued by Michael out of the last game.