Sometimes life is like a video game, and you reach a point where it seems like there's nothing to do but wait. Maybe you're in between jobs or are being held back by something beyond your control, but you can always take this time to level up, help others, and find a way forward. » 12/18/14 5:20pm 12/18/14 5:20pm

Is your love life DOA? Say hello to Harris O'Malley, otherwise known as Dr. Nerdlove. The good doctor offers love, sex, and dating advice to those of us—nerds, dweebs, dorks, et al—who may be more comfortable playing Magic the Gathering than actually going to a gathering. » 11/03/14 3:09pm 11/03/14 3:09pm

You've probably heard of online dating. You may even have a few friends that do it. But, despite your curiosity, you haven't been able to convince yourself to actually try it out. We're here to answer some of your burning questions. » 9/12/14 2:47pm 9/12/14 2:47pm

Redditor ne1butu found this sign in Wolfenstein: The New Order, that shows the lengthy process of finding a mate in the alternate world where the Nazis won WWII. » 5/20/14 4:15pm 5/20/14 4:15pm

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs, mercifully) get a bad rap for being life-sucking parallel universes. However, games like World of Warcraft are a microcosm of many real-life experiences. No, really. » 1/21/14 11:50am 1/21/14 11:50am

If you find yourself discussing the merits of relationships represented in video games, you'll probably find a lot of people bringing up BioWare games as examples to follow. The Saints Row series doesn't seem like a serious suggestion considering, well, how unserious those games are.
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There's someone for everyone. That's what they say, right? They, whoever the hell they are, might not be correct. Some folks can't settle on that special someone for whatever reason, and others don't necessarily want to.

However, surely there are folks who are alone—forever alone—but would at least like photographic… » 10/09/12 5:40am 10/09/12 5:40am

Hey world, guess what! There are female gamers. There are also females who are not interested in games. And there are dudes who don't like games, either. SHOCKING, I KNOW.

Yet, there's this: Japanese website Sugoren did a story on nine ways you can get your "beginner gamer girlfriend" to have fun while playing few… » 10/05/12 7:30am 10/05/12 7:30am

I was going to title this post "The Romance and Enchantment of Rift's In-Game Marriage System Makes Me Throw Up a Little in My Mouth", but that's far too long, and while spoil the cake? » 2/08/12 4:15pm 2/08/12 4:15pm

In today's tear-jerking and slightly spoilery edition of Speak Up on Kotaku, commenter Firescorpio tells us about a special relationship he formed in Skyrim, and how he wound up ruining it. » 12/07/11 11:20am 12/07/11 11:20am

There's the stereotype of the online gamer as an angry shut-in, using the anonymity of the internet to grief anyone in earshot. Especially, it seems, the women who dare enter an FPS lobby. » 11/18/11 2:40pm 11/18/11 2:40pm

Relationships flourish on trust, but if you had the opportunity to hide in plain sight and observe how your significant other behaves when you aren't around, would you take it? Zelda sure as hell would. » 5/13/11 12:40pm 5/13/11 12:40pm

Research suggests that family communication improves if the group are playing online video games together, but if a single member is gaming, it suffers greatly as the gaming becomes a substitute for healthy communication. » 5/06/11 10:00pm 5/06/11 10:00pm