Identity in Video Games

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Identity in Video Games
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In this Podcast we will take a deep dive into the identity we develop and live out in video games. We discuss how this affects immersion and how this very immersion becomes the main feature of this medium, giving it equal artistic value like movies, music and books.

Intro music self created

Cover Image from game Undertale

1. Burgess, J., & Jones, C. (2021). The Female Video Game Player-character Persona and Emotional Attachment. Persona Studies, 6(2), 7–21.

2. Przybylski, A., Weinstein, N., Murayama, K., Lynch, M., & Ryan, R. (2011). The Ideal Self at Play: The Appeal of Video Games That Let You Be All You Can Be. Psychological Science, 23(1), 69–76.

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