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There are couples who play together, and there are couples who play
together. Jen and Mike, members of on Scilla-US, fall into the latter category - so much so that perhaps their playstyle doesn't accurately qualify as "playing together" at all. More accurately, Jen and Mike play as one, sharing the controls to seamlessly guide their mutual character,
FertZane, through Ulduar and all the rest of
WoW's endgame content.
A rare disability called
arthrogryposis keeps Jen wheelchair-bound and binds the couple's gaming together. The congenital disorder causes joint
contractures, muscle weakness and
fibrosis and leaves Jen with quite limited use of her arms and legs. Nonetheless, she says she's always loved video games because it was something she could enjoy as long as she could manage the controller. "For using my computer, I use a pen in my mouth to type and trackball mouse that I can hold in my lap," she says. "This makes computer gaming a lot more challenging for me, since I cannot look at the monitor while using the keyboard - but a mouse just can't always do everything that needs to be done."
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