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Fantastic Intimacy: How Final Fantasy XIV Provides Social Belonging in Japan
Mattias van Ommen
Cornell University Press, 2026
My name is Mattias van Ommen. I am a cultural anthropologist specializing in ethnographic research on Japanese digital culture, particularly video games. I work as an associate professor in the International Studies Course at Kochi University in Japan.
Fantastic Intimacy: How Final Fantasy XIV Provides Social Belonging in Japan
Mattias van Ommen
Cornell University Press, 2026
Mattias van Ommen, Ginga Yahanashi
Social Media + Society, vol. 11(4), 2025