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Screenshot of my highlighted themes The theme of Relationship: The most common following definition of relationship is said to be the way in which two people consider and behave towards each other especially in a romantic and sexual way but what is the specific term for the player and avatar relationship known as 'PAR' which is outside of this world. In the world of digital games, PAR is defined to be the approach the player has for their avatar in the game. The PAR can be identified as a parasocial and social relationship, in addition, it can be very meaningful or more basic as they can be both long-term or short-term. In most cases, it was discussed how a player has a strong PAR where the player develops feelings about the avatar and can almost feel for them almost like in a human relationship. Some papers argue how the PAR can almost be a social relationship yet others argue how it can't be as it is not in the real world. Banks, J. and Bowman, N.D. (2016) sta...