I Understand, Now Come

By Victoria and Anthony Bartkewicz

anthony: Great role-playing games teach us things about ourselves. I’ve learned real deep shit from games about who I trust and how I present myself to the world, no joke. Soulcalibur IV is my third-favorite game of all time. I’ve spent most of the 261 hours I’ve got logged on SCIV playing it with my wife. Trying to beat her up with the most annoying parts of my personality, essentially. I’m not sure if this is weird or incredible, but I’m way into it. Victoria?

victoria: It’s pretty incredible. I love how hard you come at me, and how hard I have to fend you off. I don’t fight any other live opponents. I don’t get mad or amped when I play the CPU. I get satisfaction from playing you and only you. When I tried to play strangers online, I had to constantly check to make sure my controller was on! I guess I’m a one-man woman.