Drama in paradise: Love, Limerence and Virtual Worlds
Here’s a little story. See if it sounds familiar.
You meet someone in-world. They are hot. You flirt. There seems to be an intense connection. Maybe you hook up. Maybe you don’t. But you soon find yourself thinking more and more frequently about the object of your affections. At some point an invisible switch is thrown [...]
Behind the fantasy: Love and limerence in Second Life
I’ve been working for the past couple of days on a story for an upcoming MBC show on romance in Second Life. After setting up some interviews and spending a few hours researching, I decided to take a break and play around with a little graphic depiction. I came up with this somewhat caricatured [...]
