Digital Love
Digital Love

Author: Heidi McDonald

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-11-02

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1482237997

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Scholars and professionals from all over the world, across experience levels and the gender and sexuality spectrum, share experiences and analysis of romance and sexuality in video games. Whether discussing casual sex in the Star Wars universe; analyzing various Otome games; examining "the gaze" in various games; player romance behavior in games; or exploring the ethical ramifications of sexuality in virtual reality and other emerging technologies, this book discusses what players want in video game romance, and how developers can best deliver it. Key Features: Examines the past, present, and future of romance in single-player, role-playing games Discusses common presentations of romance in single-player, role-playing games— both in the category and game mechanics that drive romance Discusses research on how players define a satisfying game romance and what specific steps narrative designers can take to design satisfying games Explains the notion of the empathic game and explores its importance in relation to romance in game design

Digital Love
Digital Love

Author: Heidi McDonald

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-11-02

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1351644734

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Scholars and professionals from all over the world, across experience levels and the gender and sexuality spectrum, share experiences and analysis of romance and sexuality in video games. Whether discussing casual sex in the Star Wars universe; analyzing various Otome games; examining "the gaze" in various games; player romance behavior in games; or exploring the ethical ramifications of sexuality in virtual reality and other emerging technologies, this book discusses what players want in video game romance, and how developers can best deliver it. Key Features: Examines the past, present, and future of romance in single-player, role-playing games Discusses common presentations of romance in single-player, role-playing games— both in the category and game mechanics that drive romance Discusses research on how players define a satisfying game romance and what specific steps narrative designers can take to design satisfying games Explains the notion of the empathic game and explores its importance in relation to romance in game design

Digital Love, Analog Hearts
Digital Love, Analog Hearts

Author: Sneha Sreekumar

Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing

Published: 2023-12-08

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9360494445

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Bangalore, a city where ancient culture collides with a booming tech industry, becomes the epicenter of a series of enigmatic cybercrimes. Enter Anjali Sharma, a tenacious journalist for ‘The Bangalore Beat,’ known for her sharp observation skills, and Rahul Nair, a brilliant cybersecurity expert with a mysterious past. When these two cross paths, sparks fly and a relentless quest for truth begins. Can Anjali, with her keen eye for patterns, and Rahul, with his deep understanding of the digital underworld, unravel the web of high-tech offenses threatening to undermine the city’s digital infrastructure? As they delve deeper, they uncover a world of corporate espionage and personal betrayals. But what connection does Rahul’s past as a hacker have with the notorious figure known as “CipherMaster?” With a showdown looming and the stakes skyrocketing, can Anjali and Rahul outwit a criminal mastermind from Rahul’s darker days? And as they confront their past and present, will their partnership evolve into something more in the face of danger? “Digital Love, Analog Hearts” is a thrilling ride through Bangalore’s vibrant yet shadowy corners, where technology and emotions intertwine. It’s a tale of intrigue, resilience, and unexpected romance. Are you ready to unravel Bangalore’s crime riddle?

All You Need Is Love
All You Need Is Love

Author: John Lennon

Publisher: Little Simon

Published: 2020-12-01

Total Pages: 21

ISBN-13: 153447417X

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Celebrate the love that surrounds us every day with this lyrical board book that beautifully illustrates John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s world-renowned classic song “All You Need Is Love.” All you need is love, all you need is love All you need is love, love, love is all you need In this gorgeously illustrated Classic Board Book, the universally loved song “All You Need Is Love” comes vividly to life showing that if we follow the music, we will see there is indeed love all around us.

Love Rules
Love Rules

Author: Joanna Coles

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2018-04-10

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0062652605

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"For those looking for a smart, no-bullshit, effective guide to finding love, look no further."—Esther Perel, author of Mating in Captivity "While I’m not sure what Carrie Bradshaw would have made of today’s new world of dating, I do know this: armed with Love Rules, she would have figured it all out in one season."—Sarah Jessica Parker Sheryl Sandberg empowered women to lean in. Arianna Huffington Encouraged them to thrive. Now, Joanna Coles guides them on their most important journey: finding love. Love Rules will enable you to identify what you want in a relationship, when you should pursue it, and how to find it. Just as there is junk food, there is junk love. And like junk food, junk love is fast, convenient, attractively packaged, widely available, superficially tasty—and leaves you hungering for more. And both junk food and junk love require enormous amounts of willpower to resist. Social media and online dating sites have become the supermarkets of our relationship lives. You have to wade through rows of cupcakes and potato chips to find the produce aisle, where those relationships grounded in intimacy and trust live—the ones worth your investment. A diet book for romantic relationships, Love Rules first asks women to re-assess the way they think about their relationships, and then helps them use that newfound awareness to navigate their love lives more successfully in this very modern, fast-paced—and often lonely—digital age. In these pages leading media exec and former Editor in Chief of Cosmopolitan and Marie Claire Joanna Coles provides a series of simple guidelines for finding worthwhile love: fifteen rules—love "hacks." She also explains how to use dating apps effectively to expand real world connections and how to avoid DADD—dating attention—deficit disorder, where the tantalizing promise of someone better appears to be only the next swipe away.

Essays In Love
Essays In Love

Author: Alain de Botton

Publisher: Picador Collection

Published: 2024-02-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781035038589

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Data Love
Data Love

Author: Roberto Simanowski

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0231542429

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Intelligence services, government administrations, businesses, and a growing majority of the population are hooked on the idea that big data can reveal patterns and correlations in everyday life. Initiated by software engineers and carried out through algorithms, the mining of big data has sparked a silent revolution. But algorithmic analysis and data mining are not simply byproducts of media development or the logical consequences of computation. They are the radicalization of the Enlightenment's quest for knowledge and progress. Data Love argues that the "cold civil war" of big data is taking place not among citizens or between the citizen and government but within each of us. Roberto Simanowski elaborates on the changes data love has brought to the human condition while exploring the entanglements of those who—out of stinginess, convenience, ignorance, narcissism, or passion—contribute to the amassing of ever more data about their lives, leading to the statistical evaluation and individual profiling of their selves. Writing from a philosophical standpoint, Simanowski illustrates the social implications of technological development and retrieves the concepts, events, and cultural artifacts of past centuries to help decode the programming of our present.

Digital Sunset Digital Sunrise
Digital Sunset Digital Sunrise

Author: Kaixxa Bautista

Publisher:

Published: 2019-01-18

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9780578422183

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we're trapped in a computer in 1998. clippy the friendly microsoft office assistant might not be so friendly.will we drown in the digital ocean? read to find out. a post-post-modern tale of adventure and heartbreak. a collection of vaporwave poems and prose. a debut.

Lovemaster'd
Lovemaster'd

Author: Craig Shoemaker

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1460244591

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Seven years after his own first marriage has ended bitterly, happily remarried comedian Craig Shoemaker gets a Facebook message from Leah, a casual acquaintance, in which she tells him that her marriage of thirty years is ending. Something in Leah's deeply sorrowful message strikes a chord in Craig and he writes her back and offers to share some of his own hard-won wisdom on how to handle the dissolution of a marriage. But Craig's troubles with his ex-wife are far from over and he comes to need Leah's insights and support as much as she needs his. What evolves is a unique spiritual journey and an extraordinary friendship, conducted entirely through Facebook private-messaging. Through their correspondence, Leah and Craig struggle together through life's storms and eventually triumph over them, transcending into fully realized lives enriched by mindfulness, acceptance, and grace. Oftentimes painful, frequently funny, and always emotionally riveting, Lovemaster'd is a page-turner that imparts priceless lessons on spiritual awakening, in dramatic, can't-put-it-down style....

Politics for the Love of Fandom
Politics for the Love of Fandom

Author: Ashley Hinck

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2019-03-13

Total Pages: 270

ISBN-13: 0807171255

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Politics for the Love of Fandom examines what Ashley Hinck calls “fan-based citizenship”: civic action that blends with and arises from participation in fandom and commitment to a fan-object. Examining cases like Harry Potter fans fighting for fair trade, YouTube fans donating money to charity, and football fans volunteering to mentor local youth, Hinck argues that fan-based citizenship has created new civic practices wherein popular culture may play as large a role in generating social action as traditional political institutions such as the Democratic Party or the Catholic Church. In an increasingly digital world, individuals can easily move among many institutions and groups. They can choose from more people and organizations than ever to inspire their civic actions—even the fandom for children's book series Harry Potter can become a foundation for involvement in political life and social activism. Hinck explores this new kind of engagement and its implications for politics and citizenships, through case studies that encompass fandoms for sports, YouTube channels, movies, and even toys. She considers the ways in which fan-based social engagement arises organically, from fan communities seeking to change their world as a group, as well as the methods creators use to leverage their fans to take social action. The modern shift to networked, fluid communities, Hinck argues, opens up opportunities for public participation that occurs outside of political parties, houses of worship, and organizations for social action. Fan-based citizenship performances help us understand the future possibilities of public engagement, as fans and creators alike tie the ethical frameworks of fan-objects to desired social goal, such as volunteering for political candidates, mentoring at-risk youth, and promoting environmentally friendly policy. Politics for the Love of Fandom examines the communication at the center of these civic actions, exploring how fans, nonprofits, and media companies manage to connect internet-based fandom with public issues.