Our Love Is Like An FPS

As a gamer, I can relate when someone uses a gaming term or analogy to refer to their love life. Girlfriend aggro used to be a big issue before she got hooked on World of Warcraft with me, for instance. It's normal to superimpose aspects of your favorite hobby over your personal life. Just not the entirety of your personal life, like Boyd over at the Mingle2 dating blog has done, comparing a relationship with his ex to playing Doom II.
my ex was like playing DOOM II on nightmare mode.

I want to cheat on you
I'm trapped in this relationship and IDDQD and IDKFA are starting to sound very appealing. I'm a man of ethics, however, and I'm going to endure this masochistic adventure as honestly as I can. (Plus, the sex is still great)

If you can sum up an entire relationship using Doom II, you're probably better off just sticking to gaming with occasional breaks for porn. Michael Fahey

How dating my ex was like playing DOOM II on nightmare mode [Mingle2.com - Thanks Andrew!]

1:20 PM on Mon Apr 9 2007
By Mike Fahey
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gils0n at 12:40 PM on 04/09/07
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If I could IDCLIP or IDSPISPOPD i'd watch my wife's sister shower!!

KIDDING! :)
Techknow at 12:44 PM on 04/09/07
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If I could IDBEHOLDA, my girlfriend could stop telling me to pull over and ask for directions.
BlindsidesDork at 12:44 PM on 04/09/07
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IDSPISPOPD should be what he is looking for.
AndrewDB at 01:07 PM on 04/09/07
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Woohoo! Finally made the kotaku home page!
Sinnix at 01:26 PM on 04/09/07
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I remember what KFA (heh) stood for... but does DQD actually stand for anything.
withaneight at 01:37 PM on 04/09/07
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His love is like an FPS... interesting, cause my love is like a tidal wave... spining over my head.
TOCATL at 01:46 PM on 04/09/07
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LOL, that guy relationship was very caotic if he compared it with doom 2 in nightmare wich is nearly impossible to beat the game without cheats, even with cheats is tough, but real tough not halo or gears of war tough..
embee at 02:19 PM on 04/09/07
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@Xehirut: I think you have this confused with Digg. I don't know why. Digg is crap.
SorenKier at 02:45 PM on 04/09/07
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I think my worst relationship was akin to the Playboy mansion game - Full of promise, but ultimately a fear of the parents made it unfulfilling.
wildweasel at 04:32 PM on 04/09/07
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@gils0n: You could, but no-clipping mode still leaves you perfectly visible, so she'd still notice.
Iddqd at 06:27 AM on 04/10/07
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Damn, I tried my best, lol...

@Sinnix: It stands for "Delta-Q-Delta"
Iddqd at 06:28 AM on 04/10/07
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PS, not sure what the Q means though, lol...
tenkosqueak at 10:11 AM on 04/10/07
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Nifty response to the above here - http://www.mathewkumar.com/2007/04/10/320/
52 Relationship/Game Similes by Games journalist Mathew Kumar (eurogamer, insert credit, Globe and Mail)
Blain at 01:34 PM on 04/10/07
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"If you can sum up an entire relationship using Doom II, you're probably better off just sticking to gaming with occasional breaks for porn."

Done and done!