now thats nice to hear
hope the tables turn in your favor from now on :)

This kind of makes sense.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/170304/study_adult_video_gamers_fatter_more_depressed.html?tk=rss_main

My first impression is that this is another study made to prove an opinion rather than to discover one

Yep. Stupid PC gamer magazine....

well if they wouldn't make that many crap studies proving an opinion we wouldn't spend that much time behind the computer reading it.
It also depends on the point of view i think.
If they want to prove that pcgamers are more depressed they using the negative arguments only.

I'm a PC gamer and not depressed. I'm just a little nuts. >=)

I spend a fair amount of time depressed, but it's not because I like video games. It's because of me and certain things in my life. And sometimes it's probably for no reason at all, like the way you get rain one day and sun the next. Who knows. Video games don't make me depressed, or more depressed, though. If anything, they are one of the things that amuses me and lets the day's accumulated steam and various pressures blow off harmlessly, and that helps cheer me up.
What about people who watch stuff on TV? Like reality shows or soap operas or sports? Lots of them waste enormous amounts of time doing it, and drink beer and/or eat junk food while they're doing it. How come I'm not seeing more studies showing that people who watch sports and bad TV are fat time-wasting depressives or trying in an unhealthy way to escape their lives?

Dude, it's hard and I feel for you. I've had a lot of experience with what you're going through (not strictly the issues with females, but the negative thought patterns that follow.) Allow yourself time to grieve, but don't let yourself get drawn into that vicious cycle that can easily develop where the feelings of hopelessness build. Easier said than done I know, but don't start by looking at "the big picture," rather, start small and do those little things that usually put a smile on your face... I'm guessing gaming is one of them.. ;-)
When you start feeling a little better emotionally, you need to try and get out of your comfort zone to try and break those negative patterns by trying something different or new. If you're looking to meet more women, a casual dance class is a good place to start. You may not be into dancing, but a traditional dance class (like ballroom or something similar) is pretty non-confronting and easy to get a grasp on. (Avoid modern dance classes, they're usually full of heroes and wanna-be's.) A beginners casual class for adults is ideal as you usually pay by the session (so if it's not for you, you haven't lost much,) and the ratio of women to men is awesome. Usually there's about 8-10 women to every guy. Plus on a social level, it's an good way to ease yourself into meeting new people. Everyone's on the same sort of skill level and because you're not going to be the only one there that's getting out of their comfort zone, conversations are easy to start as people start to joke around with each other about how bad they are at it! Plus you get to dance closely with a lot of different women! If you don't have anything like that in Wagga, make a night out of it and travel to somewhere nearby (I know Wagga's kind of remote though) and get a meal or a coffee, take a buddy if it makes you feel a little more comfortable. If you don't have a buddy that's into it, the promise of being horribly outnumbered by women usually hooks them in!!! :-)
As for working in an indusrty that's a complete sausage-fest, I can relate. Enjoy your work, but try to augment it with something totally different (like the aforementioned dance classes.) Lastly, embrace your nerdy side. Believe me, there's a lot of women out there like that and even the one's that aren't nerdy themselves appreciate an intellectual guy that can carry a conversation that's not constructed from one syllable words. So many women that go for guys based on looks get tired of posers in their fucking Ed Hardy shirts and popped collars that spend more time on their hair than they do, and look to a more intellectual guy like yourself. Looks fade, eventually everyone realises that, but your intellect will remain appealing to others for the rest of your life.
Stay strong brother.

Very nice post, Bolwerk.

The only times I get depressed (although that probably isn't the right word, as it's not over prolonged periods of time), is when I recall that I still haven't had a girlfriend, ever, and I'm 25 - usually around christmas/new year, and valentine's. Other times, I'm a happy geek with few troubles (as long as I've got a roof, enough food, and a decent internet connection).

thats why i hate those holidays and they even invent new ones just to bug so single people.
Valentine's day was invented commercially.
single people feel crap and non single people feel crap as well because the are oblidged to buy gifts or they get hammered by there partner ranting they aren't romantic anymore.
usually a line that works great is : I don't need 1 special day to tell you i love you. I'd rather tell you that the whole year.

Well I certainly got a good bit of cheering up today. Submitted a job application at midday for an IT position at the local cancer care centre, 7PM I got a call to come in for an interview next friday! If things go well I might just have a gaming PC in time for OFP2...
Ahh singles punishment day, the most bitter time of the year. I'll lay odds a lot of people make bad life (or even death) choices on that day...
Yeah who needs a real woman who can be annoying when you can download hundreds of them who can't answer back and who you can delete when you're bored of them?

Sometimes the intellect needs its share of entertainment as well - a'la Fall-from-grace. And it can become a bit confusing when everyone is known as "Miss Jaypegg".
Oh well, at least I've got some nice company on my various adventures around the multitudes of worlds I visit: Earth, Azeroth, the Citadel, Hillys, Faerûn, and wherever else my gaming takes me.

I don't think I'd leave the brothel in sigil, gorgeous women with remarkable brains? Sod the adventure, I've got all I want!

Valentine's Day always bugged me not because I'm single, but because when I was going to school, the public face of the holiday was so revoltingly saccharine and overwrought; it was probably the most highly visible holiday of the year. Student councils sold classroom flower deliveries and singing telegrams to raise money, the prettier girls walked the halls carting giant stuffed bears or a squadron of red mylar balloons, and so on. High school romances are ridiculous (and hilarious) in the first place, but this was just too much. As my dad would say, that kind of thing would make a maggot puke.
Also, I don't care for pink.
Nowadays I rarely notice the day, since the only holidays that are relevant at work are the ones when I get the day off.