Comments on: We’ll always have Borderlands: How shooting aliens together saved our relationship

By: aindoria

aindoria — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 09:32:42 +0000

inz, Not exactly, "I could paste what I wrote in N4G" << I wrote the N4G comment before reading the whole of it. Then I read it, edited the N4G comment, created an account here and pasted the whole thing.

By: inz

inz — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 01:11:05 +0000

You joined up to comment on an article you hadn’t even read yet?

By: aindoria

aindoria — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:41:37 +0000

I created an account so that I could paste what I wrote in N4G *Pants*

To be honest, one of the major reasons Why I play games is to get a break from reality. I mean, I like to forget all my problems…even for just a while, and get immersed in the problems of fictional characters and feel the world as I’d feel if I was them.

I know it sounds cheesy and all, but yeah, that’s gaming for me, and it has helped me through some really tough times.

Cheers mate, and good luck.

Edit, just finished reading it and it’s one of the best articles I’ve read in a while. Kudos to you, sir.

By: matthewdev

matthewdev — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 02:28:01 +0000

“the lucky girl who is now my wife”

Did you really mean to say that your so awesome your wife is lucky to have you?!

Anyway good article, nice to hear a personal story :)

By: shakes76

shakes76 — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:38:34 +0000

Beautiful story mate. The Mrs and I had similar stories with WoW and Heavy Rain, but luckily spent together with each others company. All the best.

By: Alex Walker

Alex Walker — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 12:24:14 +0000

If only there was a professional 2v2 Starcraft scene …

By: inz

inz — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:17:27 +0000

Even the broken ones? :P

By: jebusjm

jebusjm — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:43:03 +0000

I love the article and the comments. They are really nice stories. I’m so happy for all of you. It is really heartwarming.

By: jesskit

jesskit — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:21:31 +0000

my fiancee and I met similarly, through a chat site and bonded over our love of mmo’s playing wow together and then starting up in swtor, she’s from america and im here in aus, its been well 10 months now and we are close to her being here. i know definitely what it is like, and its great to hear others have had similar experiences and have made it work. you know i think i might link this article to her

By: bato

bato — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 09:21:19 +0000

I can relate, having met my wife through playing an MMORPG at the time (I was in France, she was in Oz).

I think the time we spent together managing her guild/partying/etc really helped us last one year before I could move out to Australia myself.

By: inz

inz — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:37:04 +0000

My previous partner and I came to be friends through playing Counter-Strike together… granted it didn’t work out – But I wouldn’t give back those 6 years of my life for anything.

By: Jess Colwill

Jess Colwill — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 05:34:20 +0000

That is amazing and adorable!

Tim and I began our story long-distance, he in Perth and I in Sydney. I can’t imagine being further apart could possibly make things any easier. So I feel for you!

But what a beautiful story! So glad it had a happy ending! I wish Tim and I had had something similar for the year and a half we were apart.

Reading this has made me happy. I will always have a special place in my heart for long-distancers who stuck it out. So congratulations! On both the wedding (very belated :P) and just being awesome and cool people.

By: ausjoker

ausjoker — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 04:44:31 +0000

I’d like to thank you for this article and the other one on depression. The best articles I’ve read in a while. And as someone who has gone through pretty much the same situation, it certainly makes me feel validated. Depression is such a touchy subject among everyone I know, and video games have certainly helped me a lot in the same way. It’s really important to read this, actually – a lot people would see video games in these situations as a negative, so it’s quite reassuring to see info like this on a gaming website.

In summary: thank you!