Space: Jam 720p

I stopped trying to play basketball. I started playing the player.

The next time the Glitch leader—∞—went for a dunk, he hit the missing frame. His scan lines screamed. He shattered into a waterfall of hexadecimal code and the soothing sound of a successful download chime. space jam 720p

The screen rippled. A cartoon gavel slammed down. From the edges of the 4:3 frame, a character I didn't recognize scuttled onto the screen. He was a Tune, but wrong. His ears were too long, his gloves were off-white, and his eyes were empty pinpricks of analog static. His voice was a smooth, skipping CD. I stopped trying to play basketball

Suddenly, a joystick appeared in my hand. A Gravis GamePad Pro. It was plugged into my USB port, but my USB port was empty. His scan lines screamed