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The Idea

02.20.08 | written by Dave | Comment? | General

Sally and I have been together for over three years now. I’ve always been a gamer. Sally realized she was as well while I was playing WoW and the cornerstone of our free time was found. In WoW, we found a shared activity that was fun, interesting, cooperative, had social aspects and problem solving. We connected with previous friends around the country as well as meeting and befriending many new people. Sally even based some research off of our experiences and wrote a paper about it. It turned out to be a really good time.

We’ve recently moved to Boston and in the process have changed social groups, jobs, and habits. In the months we’ve been here, finding the time and/or interest in games has been harder. I’ve gotten restless with WoW and picked up EVE which Sally hasn’t gotten into. We’ve played around with our roommate’s Wii and 360, but haven’t really found or settled on anything.

So the idea here is to make this site the primary shared activity. The brilliant idea is that even if we don’t like the games we try, we can write about why they didn’t work together. And if we do find things that we like, we have a place to engage and share with the larger gaming community.

What can you expect to find here? We’re planning on doing the usual posting of what we’re playing with a focus on how we are playing it together; what we find interesting individually and as a couple. We might talk about our relationship in particular as well as couplehood in general. We’ll try to process any relevant news with our relationship-focused lens. And we’ll probably post pictures of lolcats as well, because, c’mon, we’re on the interwebs now.

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