Serious ‘techno-intimacy’
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In present paper, I will argue that Japanese dating simulation video games can be considered as serious games. Prior to advancing my main argument, I will introduce the popular dating sim LovePlus and relate it to the historization of the concept of „techno-intimacy‟ within the Japanese society. For further contextualization of the field, I will theorize the audience at which dating sims are aimed. Definitions by other scholars concerning serious games will form the theoretical framework in which I demonstrate that we can indeed perceive Japanese dating sims as serious games.
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