As a teenager, Tao Lin spent much of his time as Esperath Wraithling, a dark elf wizard, in the text-based multiplayer online role-playing game GemStone. In “GemStone,” his essay in our new Spring issue, Lin describes this period of his life. On Sunday, March 15, from 8–9 PM ET, Lin will livestream himself playing Gemstone IV on Substack. Add to calendar.