Jeffrey G. Snodgrass, "The Avatar Faculty: Ecstatic Transformations in Religion and Video Games" (U California Press, 2023)
New Books in Psychology
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The Importance of Social Network Effects in Video Games
There could be a social network kind of piece there that it only works or works most effectively if other people are somewhat sympathetic to video games. And so, I think that they're very avatar identities and elevated social status can be quite important for them even more important for people who might not be marginalized or of low status or something like that. The idea is in relationship to pedami bot remember she's that central person became possessed by her, her husband's clan deity. She, she belongs to a so called high cast but others don't take it this way.
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