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Muckraker  Posts: 278 Joined: 17 Jul 2008     | |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3326 Joined: 10 Oct 2008   | She plays damned Second Life. It makes me want to puke on myself. I hate that so called "game" to the core of my being. Otherwise we play nothing together, because that is all she plays. She used to play WOW but I hate the shit too. |
Paperboy  Posts: 29 Joined: 10 Oct 2008     | My girl hates games to death, i have tried multiple times to get her into stuff but she just doesn't get it. Then again i dont get period drama's so fairs fair. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1534 Joined: 10 Oct 2008     | My ex played WoW. luckely neither of the girls I hooked up with after that did. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 608 Joined: 6 Oct 2008   | My gf actually can beat me in guitar hero any day (not a fan, not gonna lie about that one), and is anxious to learn about how to play other games... She tries to play with me when possible, and picks up games pretty fast. She doesn't mind too much when I play unless she's directly there... In which case, it's a problem. Ha, she is pretty awesome though. Good times ;-) |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 758 Joined: 12 Dec 2007     | My girlfriend can kick my ass at Mario Kart any day of the week. Mind you, I can mostly beat her at Soul Calbiur any day of the week. |
Infamous Scribbler  Posts: 514 Joined: 20 Aug 2008 | Mine enjoys most wii based family games but doesn't mind watching anything i'm playing, she prefers trying to distract me rather then playing. |
Paperboy  Posts: 11 Joined: 15 May 2008    | My wife is a gamer. She likes party games and anything co-op. Currently she is hooked on Saints Row 2. On the RPG front She likes Zelda and Guild Wars, but doesn't like Oblivion or Final Fantasy. I try not to understand what makes her like/not like games and just be thankful she does. She doesn't go anywhere without her DS. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2912 Joined: 12 May 2008    |
You are a pretty lucky fella! Sounds like you got a great partner :) |
Paperboy  Posts: 17 Joined: 15 Oct 2008   | My boyfriend plays although not as much as I do. I do have to occasionally put my foot down so the 360 and I can spend some quality time together, but for the most part, he understands. He's a keeper! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1873 Joined: 7 Feb 2008  |
No, because sometimes the "Bitches" will use the term to describe their master. |
Paperboy  Posts: 48 Joined: 28 May 2008   | I've been gaming since I was old enough to hold a joypad, although I did have a brilliant girlfriend but for some reason we grew distant whenever interesting games were released... couldn't stand how she;d moan that I never call or only wanted to be with her so I'd someone to do co-op with blah blah, I'm sure you all know :D If you do find a partner whose a gamer I say stick with them... and you lucky so and so |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2912 Joined: 12 May 2008 |
*Facepalm* I can smell the mods already. Are you like trying to get banned or something? |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 101 Joined: 8 Jan 2008   | My wife is on-again, off-again about gaming. She got fanatical about Professor Layton so I bought her a DS when I went on a buisness trip. She picks it up occasionally while waiting for the next Layton game. She used to play Quake, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil but not so much anymore. She's a big horror movie fan and likes to watch while I play horror games. Not so much with anything else. I recently decided that I should try to swing my console purchases in the direction of games we can both enjoy (or games that I can play with my brothers online.) That means I'm sure to pick up any horror title but I'll probably stay away from other genres. I'd rather we be able to have together time while I'm playing and games like Mirror's Edge drive her out of the room with motion sickness. I'm trying to make my gaming a social experience, but in a limited context. Besides, I still have my DS and laptop for games that are just for me. |
Red Guard  Posts: 4183 Joined: 18 Sep 2008   |
Not unless I want to goto bed on my small futon with a black eye and a nut missing. On topic: Slowly climb the ladder... |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2912 Joined: 12 May 2008 |
Where are you people finding these women? Where is this land where women play video games? Narnia? ;) In all seriousness, good for you. Just shows how far gamers as a community have come. |
Wordsmith Extraordinaire  Posts: 11784 Joined: 13 Feb 2008    | My S.O. tolerates my gaming, but then we tolerate each other ranting and pulling out insane topics as well. I've tried to convert her, but she's as hard headed as I am. NM, she's a Mac user anyway. |
On the Record  Posts: 6216 Joined: 7 Feb 2008   | Depends on the game for my fianceee, I wouldn't call her a Gamer, but she certainly tolerates and occasionally participates in my gaming habit. |
News Room Contributor  Posts: 4256 Joined: 21 Feb 2008    | My wife is a hardcore World of Warcraft player and she while she doesn't really play anything else, she has at least a passing interest in the games that I play. My wife is awesome :) I love her lots. |
On the Record Posts: 6216 Joined: 7 Feb 2008 |
She was watching while you typed that wasn't she? Just kidding. Most of us who are lucky enough to get women who like gaming are very appreciative of that fact. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 133 Joined: 3 Sep 2008 | My girlfriend really doesn't care about my gaming although she has the annoying habit of calling me right in the middle of really important parts of games, like a cutscene that I actually want to watch and can't pause ARGH >_< but she does play. She can kick my butt in any music game. I occasionally play Guitar Hero with her. She could rock out a 98 percent on Psychobilly Freakout and still have the time and coordination to look over and tell me I'm holding the guitar controller backwards! |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3116 Joined: 13 Jul 2008    | My girlfriend's what the ignorant person might call "emo", although not to a huge extent and she's into anime a bit, so she games occasionaly. Games like Fable 2 and COD4. And she uses an Xbox 360.......Every time she turns it on I can hear that insanely loud fan they have, it makes me laugh. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 4 Joined: 12 Nov 2008    |
has anybody else noticed that only one other female besides myself has commented? And seriously, where are you guys? Because I would love to have a gamer bf who actually wanted to mp with me in games like fable ii, etc. Most of the time when I mention I have an xbox and they know i live without a brother or sig. other, guys act with surprise--are we (gamerchicks) all that sparse? |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 1631 Joined: 12 Dec 2007    |
You arrogant moron. Being sexist is not funny, it doesn't make you cool it's just narrow minded, ignorant and unwanted. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2912 Joined: 12 May 2008 |
I don't think it's that they're aren't a lot of Gamerchicks, but that gamerchicks and gamerdudes don't usually hang out with the same people or at the same places. A good place to meet Gamerchicks/dudes is at conventions like PAX. God I love PAX. |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 358 Joined: 9 Nov 2007  | Well third girl chiming in then; I game, and my bf plays too. Together we play MMO's, we have played WoW, city of villains, Guildwars, FF11, and Lord of the rings online together. Gamer chicks aren't all that rare, but when is a girl a gamer? Most girls that I know that game focus on a few games and keep playing them over and over. |
Muckraker  Posts: 323 Joined: 1 Oct 2008   | Heck, my wife's a better gamer than I am in some aspects. She's hooked on RPGs of the Kingdom Hearts variety, tears it up in Mario Kart Wii (I mean literally - nobody I know can touch her), is a great partner for Guitar Hero, and is right now playing thru Little Big Planet with me. She's even got mint-condition extra copies of Super Mario World and Zelda: a Link to the Past. She's beaten the hell out of those games. Yes, I'm lucky. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 4 Joined: 12 Nov 2008 |
i see your point. i do that sometimes, but then again, i usually get my suggestions for games to play from my bro who's going into the business and he knows what i like. |
Anonymous Source  Posts: 7 Joined: 5 Sep 2008 | Well I myself play a wide variety of games, from rpgs to fps to platformers and racing games... everything but mmo's pretty much, i hate those ><|Ive dated a bunch of different guys, gamers and non gamers alike, and I tend to get along much better with those who game, (As gaming is such a big part of my life, i dont have much in common with those who dont.... o.o) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1631 Joined: 12 Dec 2007 | My wife doesn't mind my gaming but I do. I waste too much time playing games and am trying to cut down. If you think about it you can miss out on a lot of life if you get too involved in games, as with anything though. That's why I like short single player games. Multiplayer games drag you in for hour upon hour and you get no real reward for it. |
Anonymous Source Posts: 4 Joined: 12 Nov 2008 | I have to disagree a little, both of my more serious relationships were with gamers, one asked me to marry him then cheated on me and the other tried to get with my best friend behind my back. sometimes you still have to weed out the assholes. (then again, they were both military so that could've had something to do with it) |
Anonymous Source Posts: 7 Joined: 5 Sep 2008 |
Well, every person to thier own experinces i find... Ive also dated a couple of military guys. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1137 Joined: 14 Feb 2008  | I do not have a gf atm but I play GW with my best friend of the opposite gender on a regular basis. |
Editorial Assistant  Posts: 181 Joined: 8 Aug 2008     | My significant others would watch me play WoW, try it themselves, and then get OBSESSED with it. They'd be in high end raiding guilds, playing every night, and I'd be there...with my lvl 50. |
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What does your significant other think of your gaming? I personally have been gaming since 1985, so that means that I'm not stopping for anyone. How many of you have the pleasure of having a gamer for a partner?
I got lucky with my girlfriend. She does not play herself, even though I occasionally try to get her to try some good multiplayer, or just plain funny game. She does not mind me playing. She only has a problem if I get sucked into Civilizations one-more-turn syndrome.
I used to have a girlfriend years ago who really hated when I played games. She was so insecure about herself, that she saw my computer as a direct competition to her.