I got my wife into MMOs by volunteering to buy her a copy of World of Warcraft. At the time, we had been best friends for years – since we had met back in college, in fact – and we were moving in the direction of romantic involvement. So we started playing together on a nightly basis, and that formed a big part of our relationship before we moved in together. It started some nicknames and traditions that we still observe now, a decade later.
A lot of online romances end badly, but not all of them do. Not all of them are even what springs to mind with the term “in-game romance.” What about you? Have you had an in-game romance? Has playing games together significantly impacted your romantic life? Or do you prefer to keep your online gaming and your romantic life entirely separate from one another?
Every morning, the Massively Overpowered writers team up with mascot Mo to ask MMORPG players pointed questions about the massively multiplayer online roleplaying genre. Grab a mug of your preferred beverage and take a stab at answering the question posed in today’s Daily Grind!
