Marle &Me: A Better Love Story Than Twilight

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over a late night Cinemax-style fade-to-black awkward sex scene any day. Because the M.E.s and the Dragon Ages of modern gaming seem to say that sex is the true end goal of every relationship, "Happily Ever After" replaced by the morning after. Relationships in modern gaming involve the literal manipulation of the relationship between the player-avatar and their romantic pursuit(s!) all towards the end game of a momentary fling (marriage is at least possible in The Elder Scrolls and Fable, but general player behavior tends to treat these with the same brevity and callousness of a Las Vegas wedding). For all the talk from some gamers and developers about wanting to make gaming more mature, "stick figure sex theater" seems to be the best the industry can offer right now. After all:




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What's the difference, playa?







For more musings on Chrono Trigger, video games and geek culture, and deep fried bacon mac & cheese, visit my blog at dreamsofadistantplanet.wordpress.com
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* Works Cited:
1. Reisman, Mara. "The Shifting Moral Ground in Fay Weldons' Fiction." Womens' Studies 40.5 (2011): 645-647, 661

2. Lee, Linda J. "Guilty Pleasures: Reading Romance Novels As Reworked Fairy Tales." Marvels & Tales 22.1 (2008): 52

** Artwork Contribution:

1. pixiv

2. uuyly.deviantart.com

3. pixiv

4. redbubble.com

5. Siliconera

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