Love in the Time of Pixels

The Escapist has piece, on this Valentine's Day, highlighting a relationship begun in a Virtual World that lead to the real life marriage of the players. From the article: "We think of these places most often as games, but there is much more going on in them than simply play. What we often forget is that any place in which two or more people can interact, whatever else it is, is a communications medium of a certain sort. Connecting via an online world - whether it's Second Life, World of Warcraft, EverQuest or any other - is not different from connecting via a chat room, via Friendster, via telephone or even in the time-honored way people sometimes connect at a party." Have you had any successful online experiences of the online variety (that you're willing to share)?

Comments

If Marriage is a scam, then I'm a sucker for scams

[WillAffleckUW]

ah, so nice to hear from the embittered and distrustful amongst us.

Sure, maybe it doesn't make sense to you, but noone is requiring you to get married, or even live with someone.

Some people prefer the single life, living with thier pets or tamagotchi, able to live online at 2 am instead of having to go to bed and do unseemly things that make you all warm and fuzzy inside.

That's the beauty of it, you get to choose. Now, in Japan, you'd be obligated to give V-Day Choco to your boss, co-workers, friends and boyfriends - and supposedly they'd give you Choco on White Day. And you'd be all stressed out by the whole thing. There V-Day is more of an event than Christmas is for us. And New Years has more meaning.