Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2023-11

“Go. Just take him.”: PTSD and the Player-Character Relationship in The Last of Us Part II

Stephen Michael Johnson

Games and Culture

Open access

Research article

First published 2023-6

Undertale’s Loveable Monsters: Investigating Parasocial Relationships with Non-Player Characters

Gabriel Elvery

Games and Culture

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2018-12

A Bard in the Hand: The Role of Materiality in Player–Character Relationships

Jaime Banks, Nicholas David Bowman, Joe A. Wasserman

Imagination,Cognition and Personality

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2008-12

Playing MMORPGs: Connections between Addiction and Identifying with a Character

David Smahel, Lukas Blinka, Ondrej Ledabyl

Cyberpsychology,Behavior,and Social Networking

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2021-5

Post-human encounters: Humanising the technological Other in videogames

Iulia Coanda, Stef Aupers

New Media & Society

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2014-8

Stimulating Psychological Attachments in Narrative Games

Bride Mallon, Ronan Lynch

Simulation & Gaming

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2020-3

Adult Reports of Pokémon GO Play: Stronger Parasocial Relationships Predict Increased Nostalgia and Decreased App Play

Marie A. Frolich, Naomi Ruth Aguiar, Marisa M. Putnam [...]

Imagination,Cognition and Personality

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2008-08

“They May Be Pixels,But They're MY Pixels:” Developing a Metric of Character Attachment in Role-Playing Video Games

Melissa L. Lewis, René Weber, Nicholas David Bowman

Cyberpsychology,Behavior,and Social Networking

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2026

Tabletop Role-Playing Games as Drama Therapy in the Wild: Developing Personal Bonds with Characters Improves Players’ Self-Concepts

Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, Seth I. Sagstetter, Choeeta Chakrabarti [...]

Transcultural Psychiatry

Retricted access

Research article

First published 2025

From Player to Posthuman: Subjectivity and Meaning-Making in Cyberpunk 2077

Alexis F. Viegas

Games and Culture

Search results