The Strange Emotional Attachment Players Form With NPCs
Ever play a game where a character dies, and you get weirdly emotional, maybe even cry because you feel like you connected with them? There have been a lot of characters that I have personally related to or even connected with, and I might not have cried, but I was very sad. This goes the […]
Why the Anime Erased Proves Time Travel Works Best When It’s Emotional
When you think of time travel in any TV show, anime, or even movies, you know something is going to go wrong and ruin it, and they will have to go back again and fix it. But the anime Erased did it differently. This series is about a young Japanese man named Satoru Fujinuma, who […]
The Vampire Diaries and the Science of Emotional Rollercoasters
When I first saw The Vampire Diaries on Netflix, I remember seeing a girl between two guys and thinking it was just going to be another show with vampires, a love triangle and a lot of drama. That didn’t stop me from watching it, of course. I just had expectations. While the show did have these things, […]
Why Do I Keep Picking Up Books That Emotionally Wreck Me?
I swear sometimes I tell myself I want something nice and light-hearted to read like a rom‑com. Then, of course, I pick the one where someone dies in chapter two, a family breaks apart or the heartbreak is slow but completely unavoidable (at least that’s what I tell myself instead of just putting the book […]
