discussion thread: 8-bit hearts

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Yes, ‘tis the season of reddening professions of affection (and not coincidentally, also Transcending Pixels Reader Appreciation Week, which you can learn more about on the Facebook page). But as not all of us have “significant others” with which to share the holiday, why must we withold our need for doting and loving entirely? Why not bestow some of our thoughts and words and actions upon the games that are just as significant in our lives as any flesh-and-blood creature is?

Now I’m not arguing or pushing the stereotype that us geeks are incapable of romance. If you’ve got a date, or a special friend, or a little party of fellow singles to accompany you to a viewing of The Woman in Black (you could argue it's about [the horrible grotesque sick outcome of] a romance), then by all means don’t sit around at home ogling a Companion Cube! But why should the things in our lives, the things that make up our lives, the things that are a core part of our individuality, be neglected on this day as well? If you are not single now, one day you will be, but that doesn’t create an excuse to avoid showing your affections at any time of the year.

Okay, that was my elaborately overdone excuse for proposing these questions:

If you could compose a valentine to [insert video game of choice] what would it look like? Why is this game your (more or less virtual) "significant" other? Are you in love with its characters, or was it its subtle themes that touched your inner soul?

Fire away.