Little Space Games Novels & Stories

Hayden sat next to me, throwing his arm on the back of the couch behind me before leaning over, his lips brushing against my earlobe. "That could be us," he said playfully, just as Zeek pushed Loren off him. I chuckled quietly, and Hayden pulled me closer to him. The guys started playing video games, and Hayden decided to teach me how to play. He leaned back and positioned me between his legs, placing his hands over mine on the controller. It wasn't a graphic game like he usually played. Instead, he turned on a soccer game, and I was grateful. I actually knew how to play, but I let him "teach" me anyway. They shouted at each other as they played, and I laughed.

A full-sleeve tattoo for that matter. Dominique notices me checking him out and he smirks. Bastard. I peel my eyes off of him and let it wander around the lounge. It’s huge, almost the same size as my living room. The far end has a translucent door that clearly views the long swimming pool in his backyard and behind the translucent door, there’s a long balcony. There’s a drink bar at the left corner, a few bar stools placed by the drink bar, a black couch, a flat-screen TV, and a pool table.

As she watched the helicopter take off she felt an emptiness in the absence of his presence. She spent the day playing with Helen on her own. In the afternoon she decided to take her swimming. The huge infinity pool, where Chris habitually pounded through length after length, seemed far too big for them. But there was a smaller, child-friendly pool, shaded by an awning on one side. It seemed much more suitable for splashing about in with the six-month-old.

Things We Don't Share Amidst the hustle and bustle of city life, among the concrete jungle of establishments and IT companies lie West Enterprises. The towering building that is West Ent. is a dirty-white mass of concrete, glass, and steel. Even though the company is the smallest of its sister companies, it already has a reputable status in other parts of the country.

Isabel cried, "Liam, let me win!" A moment later, a victory chime sounded from the game. Isabel shouted happily, "Thanks, Liam!" Odell's eyes softened slightly, and he raised his hand to push the door open. The two little ones were sitting cross-legged on the floor, each holding a gamepad. Across the room hung a large screen that was showcasing a large-scale online racing game. The two little ones froze when they saw him enter. Odell frowned and said in a low voice, "Put the game away and go to sleep."

Larissa's mind was still foggy and she did not reply immediately. Wendy explained, "With the lockdown in place, people can't go out to have fun. They can only stay home and watch dramas or play games! The biggest and most comprehensive streaming site online is VisualBox. It's owned by Microworks Corporations. Exclusive content can only be unlocked by paying for a membership. As for games, the top three most downloaded games on the leaderboards were developed by Microworks Corporation as well. I heard that the gaming department of Microworks Corporations made billions in revenue in just the first week of the lockdown!"

I wonder why the room has to be so spacious. “There is one game where we have to infiltrate a spaceship and find important documents. There is one where we have to hold our ground against an invasion of aliens, the aliens are not a known species. There is an explorer game where we have to find the hidden treasure without being eaten by dangerous animals or getting caught in traps.” He pauses and looks at me. “Those are the ones that really show off the full potential of the room.” “The one where we have to infiltrate a ship sounds fun. Are there enemies that we have to kill?”

button. Little by little a green land emerges on my television. A random assortment of loading bars scroll across the bottom as each piece of this new puzzle is put together. First grass, then trees, a mountain in the distance, a stream to our side. The graphics are minimalistic and we see it all in a top down view. Buildings load last, the roofs of most cover the insides, but a few allow us to see the interior floorplan. Finn fills me in on public and private spaces within the large multiple player online game.

I don't even know how to give a lap dance. I stood up and carried my purse i kept on the couch, i was sweating already. As i increased my pace to go out of the room, Sammy stopped me. "Hey! Where do you think you're going huh? The game is not over yet." He said "Since you don't want to play along with what you picked, you have to pay 50USD before we can let you go. You know the rules " Tala added 50 what? How on earth will i get that amount from?

He says “You have all made it through the second sub-level of the Lunar Games, except one.” His words were hollow. Another girl was missing. One more life is claimed by this absurd game. Two girls were dead. Their absence was just a reminder of how close we all were to death. "You’ll have time to rest before the next phase," Darius continued, his tone indifferent. "But don’t get too comfortable. The games are far from over." I didn’t need his reminder. The burning in my skin, the ache in my muscles, the emptiness in my chest, the memory of the dead girls—all of it was enough to keep me painfully aware of just how far from safety we were.