Soon after Princess Luna tried her first-ever video game out of boredom, playing them became her #1 favorite hobby by far. She especially loved playing them with other ponies. It was just too bad that her competitiveness and hot-bloodedness made ponies start "conveniently" claiming they felt ill when it was their turn to play with her.
However, Princess Celestia could tell the real reason, but couldn't bear telling her little sister out of fear of giving her Nightmare Moon flashbacks. Near her wits' end, Celestia asked Princess Twilight if she knew any ponies with both a fondness for video games and a personality capable of handling "Gamer Luna."
At Spike and Starlight Glimmer's suggestion, Twilight decided to ask Eric Reed, a human but also an experienced gamer, to be Luna's new gaming buddy. Unfortunately, Twilight forgot to warn Eric that Luna could become intense when she played games, which accidentally left him blind to what he was in for.
Things (probably) went as well as you might expect.
This story is also one of a still-growing series of stories that all take place after A Giant Adventure to Equestria. It isn't necessary to read any of them to understand this story, but "A Giant Adventure to Equestria" does show how and why the human OC Eric Reed is in Equestria and can't leave.
If you enjoy this story and would be interested in checking out any of my other stories with Eric, you can find the list of all current ones here.
EDIT: Featured on Equestria Daily!
Very funny, I remember getting frustrated with Pac-Man Games too.
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Glad you enjoyed it! I have a lot of fond memories playing Pac-Man, but man did I have a few hair-pulling moments.
Amusing. However, I would have Buggie ask if she had anything like Duck Hunt.
Very wholesome and entertaining read. Well done!
Celly is a bot.
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No.
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should do s sequel where he brings human video games
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I was going to say Luna probably wouldn't, since Equestria doesn't have guns to inspire their version of Duck Hunt. But since unicorns and alicorns can "shoot" with their horns, maybe Equestria would have a Duck Hunt equivalent after all.
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Thanks and glad you liked it!
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We got a live one. Bring in the anti-spam artillery!
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Lore-wise for this story's continuity Eric couldn't do that. However, Sunset theoretically could bring video games from the EQG world if I were to use this angle in a sequel, and they just stick with games with controls compatible enough to be played with hooves.
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Oops, I meant to reply to your comment when I said to bring in the anti-spam artillery.
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well in most luna gamer art she using magic to manipulate a controller, and having her deal with multiplayer games be hilarious
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Hmm. Yeah, Luna using magic to work controllers could work if human games were brought into Equestria.
That was hilarious!
One of the best Gamer Luna stories here.
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You should have Luna, Eric, Sunset, and some poor sod (prob Celly because it would be funny) play Mario kart and watch the chaos unfold. Maybe have Discord as a spectator of commentator
Celestia worshipping herself?
Not surprised!
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Thanks! I don't know if it's one of the best, but high praise indeed!
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Mario Kart huh? Let's just say I'm thinking.
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It was more "they got me doing it" than Celestia worshipping herself, unless she did in the past but in recent times she forgot about it or something.
Which wouldn't be a too much of a surprise giving her age.
Lolol, this was very funny. Any fic with Luna being Luna is a good fic!
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Glad you enjoyed it! Luna being Luna is always good.
Nice! Lmao, we need more Luna stories!
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Glad you liked it!
That sounds like a fun story! It's tough when Luna's competitiveness scares off potential gaming buddies. At Home and Away Gaming, we love fostering gaming friendships. If Luna needs a place to play with friends, we’re here to help!
Luna when playing Minecraft Hypixel PVP and losing: THIS BUCKING PLAYER IS HACKING!!!!
ROFL Twilight's acting like a mom after finding out her son has his 1st girlfriend! XD
ROFL Twilight's acting like a mom after finding out her son has his 1st girlfriend! XD
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. Eric, Spike, and even Celestia didn't call/refer to Twilight as "Momlight" for nothing!
No kidding
Nice to see Eric have more interactions with the Princesses! Also question, whatever happened to Chrysalis? If I remember correctly in the original story she escaped and they never caught her
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Chrysalis is still out there on the loose, much like she was in canon during season 8.
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Gotcha. If she ever makes a return will the story continue to follow the Canon? Or will you change some events to better suit your stories?
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I'm actually still thinking about that myself and haven't yet made any hard plans. The only thing I know I want to do is to eventually have Chrysalis return to try another round of revenge, but how that would go in comparison to the canon events is still very undecided, save for a couple of ideas I've been considering. I'm particularly unsure about if I'll eventually bring in Cozy Glow. I have some potential ideas for her if she does appear in this continuity, but whatever would happen, or if she will appear at all, is still up in the air.
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I see. Personally I'm not a fan of Cozy Glow as a villain (honestly I just found her annoying), but I am interested in seeing what you'd have planned for Chrysalis' revenge. Given how the original story Eric showed up to Equestria shrunk, I can imagine Chrysalis maybe trying to do that to Twilight and Starlight next lol. Kinda like a Honey I shrank the kids situation