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 Send to email | Gaming for Love: Finding Love in MMOs [Looking For Love] in Looking for love City of Heroes Culture Eve Online Mmo Mmorpg Romance Warcraft |  By Maggie Greene
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There's a more or less constant trickle of mainstream articles discussing people 'finding love in all the wrong places' — but Tom Francis has a hilarious look at his attempts to play the dating game in MMOs. He tracks his progress in EVE Online, WoW and City of Heroes. The CoH section is my personal favorite, featuring Francis' trenchcoated character, 'Manley Power,' whose bio page read "Power's two favourite things are commitment and changing himself.": Although some of the female gamers I know only play sexy characters, all of them object to luridly over-sexualised body shapes. This did not seem like the sort of physiology a real woman would choose. Still, I invited her to do a mission with me. She accepted and suggested I take the lead. Manley Power approved. I didn't want to spring the obvious question too soon, as it'd be a shame to creep her out if my intuition was wrong. But after skewering most of the goons in the warehouse together, an easy way to broach it occurred: "So, from the sheer size of your character's breasts, I'm guessing you're male in real life?" At exactly the same time, a speech bubble appeared over her own head: "lets go out." Wait, what? Is Manley Power that attractive that she'd instantly ask his player out? Or was she referring to some sort of cyber-relationship? God, maybe she was male and still wanted to hook up in-game. I should have known when I found myself warming to my creation: I'd made him too pretty. I'd created a manly monster. Hang on, she probably means the warehouse. We've finished, we can leave now. "Yeah, im male lol" Correction, he probably means the warehouse.
It's a clever and funny look at the intricacies of introductions in MMOs - and a hell of a lot more fun to read than an article on some guy who left his real-life wife for a Second Life vixen. The Dating Game [ComputerAndVideoGames.com via Rock, Paper, Shotgun]
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| Gaming for Love: Finding Love in MMOs [Looking For Love] | | There's a more or less constant trickle of mainstream articles discussing people 'finding love in all the wrong places' — but Tom Francis has a hilarious look at his attempts to play the dating game in MMOs. He tracks his progress in EVE Online, WoW and City of Her [..] Read complete article | | Published 13-Jul-2008 by Maggie Greene in Looking for love City of Heroes Culture Eve Online Mmo Mmorpg Romance Warcraft
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| But, Do You Want Mad Max 4?! [Night Note] | | To: Crecente From: Bashcraft Whada week! I am exhausted. By Friday, my brain turns to mush. Watching Mad Max 3 with the fam. Love, love, love Mad Max. But, I really, really hope that old Mel Gibson doesn't make Mad Max 4 — though, I know that director George Miller is interested... What you missed last night Activision F [..] Read complete article | | Published 11-Jul-2008 by Brian Ashcraft in night note Note
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| On Unrequited Love and Gaming [Design] | | Ah, unrequited love — a classic theme in all sorts of media, and gaming is no exception. There's a wonderful little post over at auntie pixelante on the issue as it relates to games — and why it is so powerful. As far as I'm concerned, the whole player-game relationship is f [..] Read complete article | | Published 16-Nov-2008 by Maggie Greene in design braid Culture Game Design Nintendo Orbient Super Mario Wii
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| British Sales Charts [Sales Charts] | | Metal Gear Solid 4 Remains at the top for the second week in Britain, though a quick glance over Snake's ageing shoulders will see that Britain's love for Mario & Sonic has been replaced by a love for Lego & Indiana Jones. And it's a love that knows no boundaries, as [..] Read complete article | | Published 26-Jun-2008 by Luke Plunkett in Sales Charts Britain News
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| Noitu Love 2 Out, Get [Noitu Love 2] | | Here's a fun fact: I got a new PC yesterday. First entirely new one in about seven years. Dual-core 3ghz, 512MB 8800GT, the works. And the first game I played on it? Not Crysis. Not Company of Heroes. It wa [..] Read complete article | | Published 21-Apr-2008 by Luke Plunkett in KonjakNoitu LoveNoitu Love 2PC
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