Making Friends in a Digital Wasteland

Recently I purchased Borderlands 2 and its season pass for the Xbox 360. I already own Borderlands 2 and its season pass for the PS3. Why would I go and do something as silly as purchase the same game again but for a different console, especially when Borderlands the Pre-Sequel is coming out? To reconnect with my brother when he lives on the other side of the country, of course.

I've played through Borderlands 2 and all of its DLC with my brother before, and we enjoyed the crap out of it. We did pretty much all of the side quests,, and even decided to do the second run through on the "True Vault Hunter Mode". Though, when he moved away, he didn't have a PS3. We could no longer play Borderlands 2 together, as we played it on splitscreen. When Borderlands was on sale for super cheap on Xbox, my brother leaped at the opportunity, and I quickly followed suit. We could go back to Pandora and shoot the ever-loving crap out of everything together again.

To be honest, I was a bit wary of going through a game that I had already gone through twice. However, all of those fears were washed away with the decision to play a different character. Plus, it's always good to hear from my brother, and play video games with him.

A game can have infinite replay value if it has something that is beyond the game itself. For Borderlands 2, it is the relationship that I have with my brother. The game is a connection that him and I share. Games can be so much more than a challenge, or a story.

All across the globe, millions of people connect over video games. With games like World of Warcraft, Guild Wars 2, DOTA, League of Legends, Team Fortress 2, and many others, people are meeting. People have even married the ones that they have met through video games. Video games are such a prevalent part of our society, that they have become somewhat second nature to us. It is natural for us to log on to our game of choice, and meet up with our friends after school or after work. We make new friends after a good match of Halo, or Counter-Strike. There are other ways to meet people, but there can be something special about that one person you can rely on in a virtual firefight.