What Artificial Romance Does To People

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Take control of your finances today! Go to https://RocketMoney.com/Daryl to get started for free. Thanks to Rocket Money for the sponsor. Falling in love with a fictional character is not abnormal. Neither by societal standards based on just how many people do and by psychological standards. It is a normal thing we sometimes do as humans; become attached to someone who doesn’t really exist. Let’s take a journey into the mountain of psychological research and real life pandemonium of fictophilia. Support Daryl Talks Games on Patreon! ▶▶ https://www.patreon.com/daryltalksgames Bonus content, early access, YOUR name at the end of videos, and more all for $1/month! Twitter ▶https://twitter.com/DarylTalksGames Twitch ▶https://www.twitch.tv/daryltalksgames DTG Intro motion graphic by Icaro, if you’d like to hire him for a Twitch overlay/motion design just like this one, hit him up here! ▶ https://twitter.com/icarogabriel17 Have you ever...? (0:00) Rocket Money wants to help! (5:08) The Fictophilic Paradox (6:40) The Benefits of Social Surrogacy (12:14) "Bridging The Gap" (18:32) "Her" and love that transcends (23:49) Reality Shifting and Tulpamancy (28:16) When "she" isn't enough... (34:16) Slay The Princess is a mirror (38:35) Love carves your heart (42:33) WOW this was long wtf (45:26) ▶Games Shown MiSide (2024) Alan Wake 2 (2023) Signalis (2022) Celeste (2018) Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (2022) Disco Elysium (2019) Slay The Princess (2023) Love and Deepspace Chrono Trigger (1995) Persona 5 Royal (2019) Mass Effect (2007) NieR:Automata (2017) Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024) Elden Ring (2022) Hades (2020) Final Fantasy VII (1997) Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (2023) The Last of Us (2013) The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (2017) Resident Evil 4 (2023) Honkai: Star Rail (2023) Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) Doki Doki Literature Club! (2017) LovePlus+ (2010) NEW LovePlus (2012) NEW LovePlus+ (2014) LovePlus Every (2019) True Love ‘95 (1995) Mystic Messenger (2016) Senran Kagura Reflexions (2017) ▶Movies/TV/Anime Shown Her Chainsaw Man Jujutsu Kaisen Summertime Rendering A Sign of Affection How to lose a guy in 10 days 10 Things I Hate About You Anyone But You ▶Music Sources (in Order): The Princess - Slay The Princess OST What's New On The Radio - Mouthwashing OST Where Do I Go from Here? - VallHalla OST Hope by Tenno: www.instagram.com/tennomusic/ www.youtube.com/c/tennomusic www.tennomusic.com Eidos 7 Abandoned Station - Stellar Blade OST What's New On The Radio - Mouthwashing OST My Confession - Doki Doki Literature Club! OST Submarine - Inside OST Safe Room - Resident Evil OST Vague Hope (spring rain) - Nier Automata OST Fragmentation - Slay The Princess OST Welcome to VA-11 Hall-A - VA-11 Hall-A OST Ueno Underground District - Shin Megami Tensei IV OST Safe Room - Signalis OST Track: MokkaMusic - Ageless Planet (https://youtu.be/p3RsiTUVrnE?si=hD9Y5modOovvUHFD) Music provided by MokkaMusic Youtube channel and https://inaudio.org Loneliness 1b - Serial Experiments Lain OST ANOTHER HIM - Delta Rune OST Heroes - Mouthwashing OST My Confession (Variant) - Doki Doki Literature Club OST DuNock - Wandering Thoughts (https://soundcloud.com/dunock/wandering-thoughts) The Princess - Slay The Princess OST The Damsel - Slay The Princess OST I Just Want to Make You Happy (The Damsel III) - Slay The Princess OST Azure Rose by Wisp X (https://youtu.be/FRYj_KEgi38?si=J6DKbcc21TwyELEy) ▶Media/Clips/Considerations: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwABHajSLTc8gr5WldE0t5r7ogE4QYloO&si=Obv8LUq8c9ttRZwe ▶Research Sources https://docs.google.com/document/d/12tNCbSEXXuw6WqHeMJTdBZx7VZ4rToxgxQnMDLdyoII/edit?usp=sharing