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Ella jolts around in her chair playing pigeon simulator. She laughs, then screams with delight as her bird takes to the sky and wreaks havoc.

Her best friend Jen* is playing Animal Crossing on a screen beside her, and the two chat, joke and help each other navigate their respective virtual worlds.

Behind them, with his back turned so he can concentrate on the cards on the table in front of him, Tim* is too focused on a game of Magic: The Gathering to notice their laughter.

But the real magic here is that the three…

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