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[NM_Che56]

Me and this little guy took on the 5th blight back in spring 2011.



His big sister and i took it to the Collectors in 2010.

[SwobyJ]

It's funny because I didn't actually give it much thought, but BioWare games (and others) helped me when I had a serious battle with depression after struggling mightily after my first year of University.  Baldur's Gate 2 definitely swept me up in its epicness.  Cemented me as a fan and helped affirm that I wanted to get into making games and that BioWare was a target for where I wanted to work!

 

Quoted for being similar to my on-and-off situation the past few years. (when on, I'm taking classes and being very busy; when off, I'm doing barely anything and feeling like I'm stuck in life and highly anxious about it)

 

Currently, Mass Effect and at my imagination about it keeps my mind active and my feelings centered around hope. Bioware is absolutely one of the targets for me as well. With a target, I like to think I'll one day go places . Whether with Bioware as a designer/writer, or something else that I'll enjoy for years and decades.

 

At the very least, it gives me comfort when things feel a little too dark and I feel a little too useless. That there is a future, and it'll always be damn interesting to experience and adapt to.

 

 

 

Bioware games and their content have the personal impact on me that inspires me to aim for something greater. I don't actually believe in astrology, but as a Sagittarius(/Ophiuchus), this kind of thing is important to me .

[giveamanafish...]

Indeed. Keep in mind that the gaming medium has evolved through-out the years. It's not just BioWare, but games have come to help many people cope with life's difficulties.

 

It wasn't so much for me, but when my mother had a pretty rough spot I played tons of games for her. Demon's Souls, Uncharted, L.A Noire, and her favourite... The ME trilogy. It helped her tons to just watch the story flow, or just enjoy the gameplay. Especially when it came to Demon's Souls and I had to fight some pretty rough bosses. ****, I even showed her a trick to grind and when I came back home I have 200,000 souls or more.

 

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Take this with as many grains of salt as you like, (that is, ignore me if you so choose), but have you ever thought that what really helped your mother was just being able to spend time with you?  Maybe you might want to reciprocate and join her in some activity she enjoys and which you can at least tolerate. 

 

I suggest baking cookies. Not because moms always know how to cook but because everybody loves cookies and they're easy too make.  Pies are better but they take skill and speed. Basic Tollhouse recipe, cut sugar to 3/4 depending on taste, use your favorite trail mix along with chocolate chips. Oversize cookies. Bake talk, eat.

[Hanako Ikezawa]

Wow, this seriously warmed my heart. Thank you so much for sharing my video and it makes me very happy to know that Bioware has helped others in the hardest of times as well. It reinforces my respect and love for them. They've always held a very special place in my heart. When my father passed away in 2001, Mass Effect was what really helped numb my brain. I'm so glad this topic was posted. And not just to share my video, but because Bioware needs to see how special their work is and just how grateful we are for it

I hope your mother recovers.

 

Yeah, Bioware games have always kind of been one of the foundations I've had in my life.

[SamaraDraven]

Bake talk, eat.

That assumes he/she didn't ask if mom wanted to do something else. Maybe he/she did and all mom wanted was to enjoy quiet time watching her child do something they like. Maybe mom didn't feel up to doing anything but relax on the couch? As a parent, I am sometimes content simply to watch my children play. Or I join them.

It sounds like Simfam and mom had a good time regardless. Rather than be happy for them, you feel the need to be condescending? No one asked you to come along critiquing people's choices. This thread isn't a debate or discussion.

[AllThatJazz]

@ Master Che - there aren't enough 'likes' in all the world for that picture. Absolutely gorgeous!

 

During my pregnancy with my eldest daughter we found out that she had a heart defect (she was indeed very poorly when born but is fine now, and utterly adorable). Since there was a limit in terms of what could be done for her until she was born, the main advice we were given was 'try not to worry too much because stress can harm the baby' (aargh!). Mass Effect played a big part in alleviating my stress. It was tough to unwind but damn, that game provided me with exactly the escapism and fun I needed, right when I needed it most. To this day, if I'm feeling down, ME1 is my go-to game. As soon as I boot it up, it reminds me that things can get better  

 

All the very best to GamerMD, to all the people who have posted personal stories in this thread and to the folks who support them - you rock! x 

[NM_Che56]

That assumes he/she didn't ask if mom wanted to do something else. Maybe he/she did and all mom wanted was to enjoy quiet time watching her child do something they like. Maybe mom didn't feel up to doing anything but relax on the couch? As a parent, I am sometimes content simply to watch my children play. Or I join them.
It sounds like Simfam and mom had a good time regardless. Rather than be happy for them, you feel the need to be condescending? No one asked you to come along critiquing people's choices. This thread isn't a debate or discussion.

Sounds like a troll trolling. Dat moniker ...

[NM_Che56]

@AllThatJanice - thanks

And check this out: Janice is REAL! I see her on buses and billboards all over town

[JeffZero]

I grew up in orphanages and on the streets, emancipated myself from a bad place at 16, went through a few continually troubling years, then I hit the road and traveled North America for a few years before finally starting college not long ago.

Had a lot of very tough times throughout my life, yeah. Barely ever knew any of my family, either. But I did for a time know my maternal grandmother, who had a great love for speculative fiction, and when I was very young I read (or at least, attempted to read) many old sci-fi and fantasy books, alongside some spiritual and metaphysical stuff. I also watched everything I could that was set in space, so, lots of Star Trek, Babylon 5, et al.

That love for fantasy blossomed into a love for BioWare later on. I've carefully tailored my escapes just as many others have. A lot of hereditary familial arcs in storytelling don't resonate terribly strongly with me at first blush for fairly obvious reasons, but "family is what you make of it" and hopes for a brighter tomorrow both speak quite profoundly for me instead. Both those qualities run rampant in BioWare's exciting universes.

[SwobyJ]

That love for fantasy blossomed into a love for BioWare later on. I've carefully tailored my escapes just as many others have. A lot of hereditary familial arcs in storytelling don't resonate terribly strongly with me at first blush for fairly obvious reasons, but "family is what you make of it" and hopes for a brighter tomorrow both speak quite profoundly for me instead. Both those qualities run rampant in BioWare's exciting universes.

 

Totally agree. With my own history (mother too unwell to take care of me, and ending up not feeling close enough to my adoptive aunt and uncle to regard them as parents), stuff like the Hawke family in DAII is something I can appreciate from afar, but not feel as much affinity towards, while 'optional family' scenarios feel distinctly great and positive to me.

It's one of the reasons I really dig RPG 'parties' and always make them my character's 'family' (at least with my main profiles), regardless of any other character traits they may have.

[HunterX6]

Yeah some video games do help with some feelings such as stress,sadness,etc, but it might also make it worse,depending on the game and person. I however find video games, inspiring, they teach me lessons,entertain me, make me curious about many things, and help me escape the real world when things are going bad. For example standing inside a house watching the rain or snow outside through a window in games like minecraft, fable games or skyrim feels so peaceful to me and I feel as if I was there. In the future with face visor one might even immerse them self into the game world even more, which I would like.

 

Final goal? matrix mode haha

[Volus Warlord]

So, is this whole thread about some melodramatic fanboys and fangirls on Youtube?

[SwobyJ]

So, is this whole thread about some melodramatic fanboys and fangirls on Youtube?

 

My grandfather found his own hobbies as a way to deal with his cancer.

 

Video games are just that. A hobby. But one that we can find meaning in, if we want to. Like any hobby, or any activity, or any artform.

 

But yes, some can be dramatic. But no one here has been overdramatic (which I would only attribute to something being dysfunctional).

[JeffZero]

So, is this whole thread about some melodramatic fanboys and fangirls on Youtube?

I resent that implication: I happen to spend nearly zero time on YouTube!

[Eternal Phoenix]

I have fond memories of Neverwinter Nights, mainly with the final campaign and modding it back in 2012 but that's only because it was one of my favorite years so literally nearly everything from that year is vivid in my mind.

 

 

So, is this whole thread about some melodramatic fanboys and fangirls on Youtube?

 

At least with the OP, yes.

 

I don't know why, but I laughed at that video after skimming through it and it's currently 3 am in my house in the UK so thanks OP. I nearly woke everyone up.

[Hydromatic]

So, is this whole thread about some melodramatic fanboys and fangirls on Youtube?

And the occasional ******* dropping by, obviously

[NM_Che56]

Watched the video...finally. Very touching.

 

God help her when a Mass Effect trailer hits.  She will literally explode. 

[Hanako Ikezawa]

After watching it again, I have to say the funniest part is her reaction to Varric. 

[NM_Che56]

Cole, huh...? This could get interesting.

[Aremce]

This thread is ... both heartbreaking and -warming. How those games can affect people's lives and help them truly shows how great of a storyteller BioWare is, though. It's amazing. I don't even know what to say. I have no touching story myself, but nobody's life is always easy and BioWare games have cheered me up countless times when I've needed it, so ... I guess, I just want to say "thank you", too.