With the introduction of VR game goggles/helmets comes the decline of the arcade. It goes from kids playing after school to the retro junkies. Hipsters. Passers by. Nostalgics. Litwick finally has to face the facts, that no one is interested in an arcade that still features 8bit games. Within the capability for the machine to write and remember certain bits of data, it also creates shadows of the characters. Trapped within the memory of high scores and such, leaking back out and integrating into a character’s code.
In staving off memories that they don’t fully understand, Felix and Ralph search for understanding and solstice in the things they do have. Existence.