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Laura and Chris Sheriff will celebrate their first wedding anniversary this week. Among their favorite past-times: playing video games. He's more of a Call of Duty person. She prefers Bejeweled. More »
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Mass Effect developer Casey Hudson's announcement less than a day ago that same-sex romances would be given fuller and more explicit articulation in Mass Effect 3 has unsurprisingly ignited a spark among many followers of the franchise. More »
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Cutting-edge trendspotter The New York Times today tackled the phenomenon of MMO-facilitated romance, noting that the subscriber base for World of Warcraft is six times that of Match.com. More »
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Last week we lauded BioWare writer David Gaider for his eloquent defense of the inclusion of love interests for players of any sexual orientation in Dragon Age II. Now one gamer has started an internet petition asking that Gaider be fired for his poor portrayal of gay men. More »
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We sit here stunned, amazed and just a little bit skeptical that artist Hye Yeon Nam has found a way for people to control a bowling video game by French kissing. Kissing and playing video games were just never fun enough on their own, now were they? More »
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This may be the sweetest wedding proposal I've ever seen. Sid Ceaser, Muppet fan, had two puppets made, one in his likeness, the other, his girlfriend's. Then he made a movie with them. Then he had the clip played at the movies. More »
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Tara and Seth are getting married. They also happen to love Portal. So they hired Gawker artist Sam Spratt to design their save-the-date for their upcoming spring wedding. More »
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Will the Pokemon dating advice ever stop? We can't recommend this technique, because we don't know how it turned out. [Via Twitter, Thanks Xris] More »
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Han had Chewie. Luke had R2-D2. Who will you have by your side as a Companion Character in BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic, and will you be able to sleep with them? More »
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We've all thought about it, setting aside an entire weekend to recharge the recently rocky relationship with have with our console of choice... right? Or is that just me and this guy? More »
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While we've misplaced the video evidence, senior editor Michael McWhertor and I recently pretended to go on a date. For work purposes. More »
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Remember the guy who proposed to his girlfriend with a LittleBigPlanet level? They are in fact getting hitched - and are planning to do so in the game itself. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5153728&view=rss&microfeed=true A gamer known only as DimmuJed used LBP's level creation tool to propose to his girlfriend. More »
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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.": More »
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You know, I'm just going to let the following craigslist entry speak for itself: More »
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While the heyday of the Sims has passed, Kieron Gillen has posted a (lengthy) piece on 'Sex and the Sims' over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun - an essay that was supposed to be included in a project that was cancelled a while back. It's a meditation on (of course) sex and the Sims, but more broadly about connection and interaction with games. Well worth a read if you have the time, even if you're one of those people who never quite got the appeal ... More »
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San Jose will be the first place to hold this year's Play!, a "video game symphony", complete with full orchestra and visuals. This two-hour concert is performed by the Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale (fancy word for "choir") and has a playlist that includes music from Final Fantasy, Castlevania, Metal Gear Solid, The Legend Of Zelda, Super Mario Bros., World Of Warcraft, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shenmue. Even though it's part of a world tour, the only date that has been set is in San Jose. More »
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Did someone forget to refill the classic gaming barrel over at Nintendo? More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=247015&view=rss&microfeed=true Aw. This really does squeeze a single drop of the ichor of love out of my cold, black, dead heart. Okay, Zack's a dork, but his Guild Wars Valentine's Day message at least takes dork love to an unmatched extreme. Florian Eckhardt More »
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Gamer love doesn't merely cuddle close to the homerotic. After we posted the tattoo of a Hot Topic employee's Luigi tattoo and explained that it was a testament to his passion for his best friend (their love ripped asunder by different college acceptance letters), Kotakuite David S. wrote us: More »
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Aaron Stilton, intrepid Lothario and part-time ROM hacker, hacked apart Super Mario World to be a 16 bit mash note to his girlfriend. He wrote elaborate love messages in gold coins across World 1, hinting that a limo would pick her up at 7:00pm and that she should wear her sultriest pair of underpants. At 7:00pm, a limo did indeed pick her up, whisking her and Aaron away on a romantic date to see... More »
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In a shocking announcement that has resulted Wagner James Au sobbing and headbutting his crotch, Republik Games have announced that they are canceling their eagerly anticipated MMOG, Spend the Night. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=164642&view=rss&microfeed=true The professor looking for wives and girlfriends to study the impact MMOs have on relationships responded to my post earlier this morning to clarify a few things. More »
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A college professor in the Boston-area is looking for some wives and girlfriends of gamers (specifically MMORPG gamers) for a study he's working on. The prof is trying to figure out how loved ones put up with all the gaming. He wants to do group interviews in which he can "listen to 4-5 women talk/rant/bitch about life with a gamer." Bitch? Did a professor just use the word bitch? What exactly is this guy a professor of? More »
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