MMOs as Girlfriends: Ultima Online
She was my first love. Whenever I think about her, I picture her in the best possible light, ignoring whatever flaws she may have had and remembering only the great times when we were together. She gave me a lot of freedom to do what I wanted, and I did the same. We burned each other. A lot. But we were new at this whole thing–neither of us quite knew what we were doing. Will I ever experience a girl like her again? Do I really want to?
No, you don’t..
You have changed and your tastes are more sophisticated. Maybe you liked “party girls” back then but now you prefer someone who like you, is also more sophisticated and less likely to end up on the bar for body shots on a Friday night. Yeah that was fun once, but you’re over it.
Yes, you do. I can`t forget my first lover (EQ), we were together for 6 years and I have tried to move on but any other has only kept me interested for 3 or 4 months. He was dangerous exciting and very sociable, I`m a party girl and he was a party guy, we totally understood each other. He had his faults but I could live with them. I am waiting for another to come along but have almost given up hope. Guess I`m not over it and don`t want to be.
Awesome
Y’know I wrote a article about this exact thing back in July
MMORPGs Are a Lot Like Women
You may want to, you may not …. but you’ll never have your first again. Love the one you’re with.
We Fly Spitfires:
I’m not going to read yours until I’m done with mine. Don’t want to corrupt my view of the various MMOs by reading what you wrote.
For some reason I came up with the metaphor of MMOs as women during a conversation at work, and we talked about it for 10 minutes or so. Thought it would be fun to do shorter versions of each on Nerfbat.
I dare you to try to find a better girlfriend for $15/mo.