Playing and working with video games for a living sometimes makes it hard to recognize when we take steps towards growing up. All of us felt like we were entering a magical world a lot like Neverland when we joined the Frag Dolls. We had a legitimate excuse to play video games and hang out with our gamer friends at gaming events; a dream come true for the eternally young at heart. All of us have grown, however, despite our youthful habits, and it’s time now for two of our cherished Frag Dolls to graduate to the next stage of their lives.

Seppuku and Pyra are both retiring from their professional gaming gig as Frag Dolls to focus full-time on their professional careers. We are of course sad to see them go, but that is far outshone by how proud we are of how far they’ve come and the exciting opportunities they have earned. Each has written a Good-Bye Blogs so I will let them speak in their own terms about their departures, where they’re going, and what being a Frag Doll has meant to them. But I can speak for the rest of the team in saying that Seppuku and Pyra have left indelible marks on the Frag Doll team and we feel lucky to have had them as teammates. We will miss Seppuku’s comic book nerdiness, fabulous sense of style, mad Halo skills, and much appreciated level-headedness. And Pyra will be missed for her multi-platform competitive gaming talents, a special balance of polished professionalism and approachability, her delightful exuberance, and that impossibly photogenic smile.

PAX will be the last hurrah for both Seppuku and Pyra so everyone there will have a chance to give hugs, say goodbye, and wish them the best. We suspect they’ll still be around in some capacity as our Frag Doll Emeriti usually are.

Good luck in all of your future adventures, girls! We’ll be cheering you on from Neverland until it’s our turn to grow up, too.

Read Pyra’s Good-Bye Blog here

Read Seppuku’s Good-Bye Blog here