Mind's Eye (etc?)

I've played video games all my life. I love 'em. Can't get enough. It's the only hobby I have that takes up more time than posting here.I can do all the stuff MM talks about. I can visualize stuff that I've seen (and to a lesser extent, heard.) I can visualize stuff I've never seen, too, and I can do it with my eyes open. I'm working on smells these days.My guess is that you either have imagination, or you don't. Or maybe you choose to employ it or you don't. I don't think it's like a muscle that you have to develop.But I think memory is. And I think anyone who concentrates on trying to remember things, just for practice, can develop their memory to the point where they have great recall of sensory experiences.

I watch a lot of anime, and I like to watch it subtitled because most dubbing is poorly-acted and distracting.Later, upon recollection, I find that somehow I've blended the English-language written translation with the voice and emoting of the Japanese-language audio track. Could this shed some light into the linguistic centers of the brain? Can that segment of my mind tell the difference between language as speech and language as symbol?I'm a voracious reader (and a literature major) so maybe it's a specific adaptation of my mind. Just something I thought I'd throw out there.