If you?ve played Persona 5, you know that the 2016 smash hit by Japanese developer Atlus is more than just a game, it?s a lifestyle. When I sat down to play in January, I knew that Persona 5 was a time commitment, but I didn?t realize that eight months later and more than 100 hours in, I still wouldn?t have finished exploring the game?s sprawling maps and character arcs.
Persona 5 hasn?t just become part of my life, though. It?s become part of my friends? lives and especially my roommates?. Because my PS4 is in the living room, and because I keep the game?s incredible soundtrack as loud as I can without being rude, we?ve all gotten to know Joker and company.
In fact, certain lines, songs, and idiosyncrasies have become part of the way we talk to each other. It?s like we communicate in very specific meme-speak, and all the memes are about Persona 5. Here are some of the weird, delightful ways that the Phantom Thieves have infiltrated our lives.

?Focus!? ?It?s somewhere!? ?I can feel it!?

As Joker, you have the ability to drop into the Metaverse version of Witcher senses at the touch of a button. This is very useful, but what isn?t as useful is Joker stage-whispering one of three lines:

?Focus!?
?It?s somewhere!?
?I can feel it!?

He always says one of these. Over and over. It drives me a little crazy.
Now, if I can?t find something in the real world?which is an everyday problem?my roommates act like Joker. ?Where are my keys"? I might ask them, at which point they...