8 years ago, I was feeling depressed because my pet had died, and a friend introduced me to an online game to take my mind off things. My first session, I’m ashamed to say, was 12 hours long. I actually spent an hour just creating my character! Then I became part of a guild, which had a lot of great people from around the world who played together on a team.
One night, everyone left the game to go to bed, but there was one guy from Australia, Michael, who was in the same time zone as me, so . . .