biology - disease

• mosquitos and viruses
  • https://academic.oup.com/jid/article/217/5/807/4693873?login=false
  • https://emilyflies.com/

biology - psychology

• fruit fly brain
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07558-y#Sec16
  • https://www.princeton.edu/news/2024/10/02/mapping-entire-fly-brain-step-toward-understanding-diseases-human-brain
• fear
  • https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10465674/
• video games
  • https://www.futurlab.co.uk/powerwash-oxford-study

video games

• EnMatch: Matchmaking for Better Player Engagement via Neural Combinatorial Optimization - published by makers of marvel rivals
• Gacha Game Analysis and Design
• Price discrimination in mobile gacha games: A comprehensive study of the scarcity–pricing, gachaing–user profiling, and recharging–profiting models
• Emotional Believability of Non-playable Game Characters - Animations of Anger, Sadness and Happiness

video games - mihoyo

• microtransactions & gacha
  • FACTORS INFLUENCING THE PURCHASE INTENTION OF MICRO TRANSACTIONS IN FREEMIUM MOBILE GAMES IN BANGKOK: A CASE OF HONKAI STAR RAIL
  • Paying for beloved game characters: congruence with ideal others predicts purchase intention
• storytelling
  • What Inspires Retellings - A Study of the Game Genshin Impact
  • Different Personality Nuances Caused By Translation Differences (Semantic Analysis of Fictional Characters Personality Differences Caused By Japanese and English Dialogue Translation in Genshin Impact)