[Look, she literally comes from a video-game centric canon, it's just inevitable that video game metaphors are going to Happen sooner or later. Just at the moment, though, Niko is brightening at the idea that someone at least is closer to her own level of technology and reality than the pre-Internet age.

It's kind of reassuring, in its own way.]

I... guess? Virtual reality is the medium for games, but the game itself might be in its own virtual... server? I think that's what you'd call it.

[She's totally hedging because look, she's a player, not a maker.]

Um, Alice in Wonderland was the theme I was thinking of. But it's still a little early to be sure.