Epic Heroes

Gaming is an important aspect of my relationship with Anna. Video games are what make up the, “akai ito“ that originally pulled us together. For myself as a gamer, I take a different approach to the cliche quote. “Couples who game together stay together.” That is not to say we are constantly engrossed within our virtual lives. Instead, we simply tone down the frequency in which we game, and both of us are constantly looking for suitable candidates to meet our current needs. For example, around the time we started dating, we were quite hardcore into the highly competitive game Ragnarok Online. Both of our lives weren’t too busy at the time, therefore, we were able to invest many hours grinding, healing, and fighting for our beloved guild Azure Breeze. In the last year, our schedules were filled up with professional obligations in order to further upheave the status of our societal value(what? #HIMYM #paramore). We needed a game we could play together in short bursts of time, due...