It’s possible to love a video game. To be devoted to it, to value what it does for you and how it makes you feel, and to want the best for it. Not in the same way you love a person — or at least, I hope not. But take a look at any major fan convention for video games, movies, TV, or almost anything that develops a subculture, and you can see this love is real, active, and powerful. And of course, profitable. And if it’s possible to love a video game, then of course it’s possible to fall out of love. To feel disconnected from what first drew you to it. To realize that it isn’t giving you everything it once did, and you can’t give it what it needs from you. Especially if what it needs is regular digital purchases in order to get a competitive advantage in gameplay. I loved Overwatch once. I don’t anymore. How that happened is, I think, worth examining. This Dear John letter is a broad history of the game itself, and its relationship with both its own players and the company that made it. The honeymoon phase In 2016, Overwatch was a big deal. A Team Fortress 2-style team shooter, made by the people who brought us Starcraft and Diablo, with incredible character designs that looked like Pixar had decided to reboot G.I. Joe? Players couldn’t get enough of it. And indeed, for the first couple of years Overwatch was a 600-pound Winston of the gaming landscape, dominating game coverage, showing up constantly on Let’s Plays, and causing an excited titter with... Continue reading at 'PC World'
[ PC World | 2022-10-28 10:45:00 UTC ]
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Daisy Johnson’s latest novel revolves around an intense sibling relationship and the horrors that lie within Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 17:37:00 UTC ]
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Emily Mortimer’s adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love for BBC One and Amazon Studios will star Lily James, Dominic West, Emily Beecham and Andrew Scott, among others. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 16:27:08 UTC ]
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It’s a strange thing, when you realise, you’ve fallen out of love. It’s kind of embarrassing, really. Noticing that things are messy, and that you don’t care. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-23 21:56:20 UTC ]
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Black & White Publishing will publish For the Love of Trees, a collection of stories compiled by author Vicky Allan and photographer Anna Deacon. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 06:20:08 UTC ]
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“What’s Left of Me Is Yours,” a debut novel by Stephanie Scott, is inspired by the events surrounding an unlikely murder that occurred in Japan. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-06-23 09:00:07 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail will publish Torrey Peters’ debut novel Detransition, Baby, described as a "uniquely trans take on love and parenting". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-05 09:01:28 UTC ]
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Kaouther Adimi’s newly translated novel weaves together fact and fiction in a story about a famous Algerian bookstore and its fiercely loyal patrons. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-02 10:00:04 UTC ]
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Kaouther Adimi’s newly translated novel weaves together fact and fiction in a story about a famous Algerian bookstore and its fiercely loyal patrons. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-02 10:00:04 UTC ]
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Kaouther Adimi’s newly translated novel weaves together fact and fiction in a story about a famous Algerian bookstore and its fiercely loyal patrons. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-06-02 10:00:04 UTC ]
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Mirror Books has acquired Martin and Shirlie Kemp's joint autobiography in a world rights deal to publish this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 20:52:39 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is launching an e-book subscription service called We Love Romance, providing unlimited access to thousands of Mills & Boon titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 01:34:32 UTC ]
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On this episode of Sheltering, Nina Renata Aron speaks with Maris Kreizman about her new book, Good Morning, Destroyer of Men’s Souls, a memoir of codependency. They talk about the cultural history of love and its entanglement with suffering, particularly for women, and how hard it is to break... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-27 19:00:44 UTC ]
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Book Reviews Natalia Lomaia Left: Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal in Normal People (2020) / Courtesy of IMDB Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel is a meticulous observation, or even a study, of how one human being can have immense, intense power over another.... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-04-23 13:18:03 UTC ]
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Crime writer and police psychologist Dr Emma Kavanagh is embarking on a study on what love means to a psychopath for her non-fiction debut with Trapeze. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 23:37:45 UTC ]
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Contrary to what you might read elsewhere, there are three stages to a pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-17 07:22:01 UTC ]
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‘The Orange-and-White-Heeled Shoes’ looks at a shared moment between mother and daughter Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-04-16 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Owen Nicholls’ debut novel is chock-full of movie references, but he delves deeply into the intricacies of maintaining a relationship. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-04-15 22:39:46 UTC ]
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Owen Nicholls’ debut novel is chock-full of movie references, but he delves deeply into the intricacies of maintaining a relationship. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-04-15 22:39:46 UTC ]
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Owen Nicholls’ debut novel is chock-full of movie references, but he delves deeply into the intricacies of maintaining a relationship. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2020-04-15 22:39:46 UTC ]
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Walker and Candlewick are to publish Will You Be My Friend?, a sequel to the bestselling children's book Guess How Much I Love You. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-07 14:27:02 UTC ]
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