Gamer Girlfriend?

[Taldeer]

I know that feeling of pride and joy you're talking about. I had a girlfriend who just couldn't get accustomed to any sort of 3D interface. Not even WoW, back when I used to play. But she gave it her best shot, and she had tremendous patience and hunger to learn all the lore about the games I play (RPGs mainly, so...).

On the other hand, I had another girlfriend, who used to play Sims 3 all day. Literally. All day. It was... cute but disturbing. Sort-of like a Chucky movie. )

 

[Tears of Blood]

My girlfriend actually uses this site. (Hi, Cyanne. :]) And she plays her fair share of games. She recently just beat Alan Wake, has gotten farther in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas than I have, and got WAAAAAY farther in Dragon Age than I probably ever will.

I feel extremely lucky to have her.

As far as our skill levels are concerned, I think I am better, only because I am that much more dedicated to gaming than she is. But, like I said, she is definitely good.

 

[Troublesome Lagomorph]

My girlfriend actually uses this site. (Hi, Cyanne. :]) And she plays her fair share of games. She recently just beat Alan Wake, has gotten farther in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas than I have, and got WAAAAAY farther in Dragon Age than I probably ever will.

I feel extremely lucky to have her.

As far as our skill levels are concerned, I think I am better, only because I am that much more dedicated to gaming than she is. But, like I said, she is definitely good.

Damn right, my sister's awesome!!

OT: I'd see it as a requirement. If she's not a gamer, then I'd have barely anything in common with them, most likely.

 

[Legendairy314]

I wouldn't mind if I found a girl that didn't play games as long as she was okay with me playing them. Although, considering I'll probably spend most of my life with them I think I'd eventually start trying to brainwash her. I've already transitioned my sister off of the Disney channel and onto Minecraft so it shouldn't be too hard.

 

[DarkLordofPants]

I've had a gamer girlfriend for years (highschool sweetheart). It is pretty awesome to have a guaranteed player in most everything, but the problem is she wants to play EVERYTHING together. Dunno if its a girl thing, or just mine. Still, wouldnt change a thing.

Also, she does actually play real games. She's been my wingman in Gears 2, and runs a Siren in Borderlands.

 

[Penguinness]

Whenever my girlfriend comes round it doesn't take her long before she starts loading up a game. She'll then play it and get me to help her on bits she can't do. It's a weird thing because she's not great at them, gets extremely frustrated at them, blaming her mistakes on the game, then will say that I wanted her to play it!

 

[MrGalactus]

I have a friend who beat Crackdown without ever knowing he could lock-on.

WHAT? HOW??

 

[silverleaf81]

Discussion: Does it matter to you if your Significant Other plays games or at least tries to play them. And are you like me in which seeing them try just fills you up with some sort of joy.


So the other day I was talking to my girlfriend about the game Fallout New Vegas. I realized that in the past month I had spent over 90 hours of gameplay on it. She called me crazy said I was a loser, jokingly only though. I told her that she just had no idea. The game was huge tons of stuff to do and was incredibly fun. She mentioned that she wanted to see what I was talking about so I told her that she should try and beat the game. Now she isn't really a gamer to say the least. She'll play Black Ops with her brother and any Sonic game, even the bad ones, and some DDR. But when I told her that she'd have a lot of trouble beating the game she took it on as a challenge. I helped her of in the first few minutes today. I told her what stats to use and sort of explained the game to a very un-game savvy person. After about 20 minutes on her own she still had no idea what the compass was trying to do and as much as i tried to explain vats to her she still didn't attempt to use it. She gave up for the day when she couldn't find the flowers needed to get through the tutorial. Though I'm sort of proud of her for even trying to get involved in something that I spend a lot of time on I hate to say that I find it hilarious that she can't even figure out the simplest of things. I'm being very patient with her and it's hard to explain something over Xbox Live chat. I really do hope that she can get the hang of the game and let it be one more thing to talk about.

Uh oh. Your shouldn't try to teach her how to play Fallout New Vegas, at least not on the 360. New Vegas is chocked full of bugs, and the least buggy platform is the PC, but its still a buggy game. Brilliant but buggy. I'm saying this because she might get frustrated when it bugs out.

A good game to introduce people to gaming is Minecraft...although you NEED to teach them because Minecraft is hard to figure out for anyone!

 

[bushwhacker2k]

Indeed, I hope my future potential girlfriend likes games, in fact I don't really know why I'd have a girlfriend who wasn't interested in games unless she was a martial artist or something (Not saying I'm picky so much as those are two interests, that's where I'd meet girls).

Perhaps you should try to build her up to the Fallout: New Vegas level before throwing her into like a child to the wolves.

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I have a friend who beat Crackdown without ever knowing he could lock-on.

WHAT? HOW??

:O... Wow, that's pretty... wow...

 

[KissofKetchup]

For me as long as she tolerates my gaming ways that's all that matters to me. A serious gamer gf would kinda get on my nerves if there was only one console between us, mainly because I own almost only single player games without co-op.

 

[BRMXJzjsoawk321]

I'm the gamer of the couple, I wish my boyfriend would play video games instead of watching TV.. Oh wait, scratch that, he plays Pokemon. Whoop-dee-doo. I'm gonna have to buy him a gaming PC and a bunch of Steam games if he even thinks he's going to live with me.. -.-

Gamer girlfriend? Gee if I didn't have a boyfriend and my ex-best friend suddenly came back into my life and declared her love for me, that would be.. AWEEESSSOOOMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEE WE COULD PLAY ALL SORTS OF GAMES TOGETHER!!!

 

[AngelicSven]

I have a friend who beat Crackdown without ever knowing he could lock-on.

WHAT? HOW??

I have a friend who beat Crackdown without ever knowing he could lock-on.

WHAT? HOW??

:O... Wow, that's pretty... wow...

Well, after he told us that. We went to the doctor to see if he had a learning disability. The good news is, he doesn't. The bad news is, every time time we play a new game we overly explain what every button does to tease him.

Like I said, he must have been determined, I have no clue how he didn't figure it out.

 

[Chemical Alia]

My boyfriend and I are pretty fortunate in that we share a very similar taste in games. And we're even more fortunate to both end up being game developers working at the same exact company, even though we came from different academic backgrounds. There are a few other big interests in my life that he doesn't share, but it's not such a big deal to me.

 

[MARKMCMARCUS]

I've never had a girlfriend that played games beyond Flash games and silly ones on Facebook.
I would like it very much if I could find a girl who was into games, but not obsessively. It'd just be another thing we could do together.

 

[Apollo45]

My girlfriend just bought her own 360 so she wouldn't have to keep stealing mine. I've gotten her quite a few games for birthdays/Christmas too; she's been a fan of the Baldur's Gate series long before I got in to RPGs at all. I started in the RTS category where she began in RPGs.

She doesn't like FPS's though, at least not the multiplayer aspect. She doesn't like getting beat, and doesn't want to spend enough time on them so she doesn't get beat. I think I can live with that though.

 

[Chibz]

My SO loves it when I play games with him. It's a common interest, which is good for a relationship.

 

[MrGalactus]

I have a friend who beat Crackdown without ever knowing he could lock-on.

WHAT? HOW??

I have a friend who beat Crackdown without ever knowing he could lock-on.

WHAT? HOW??

:O... Wow, that's pretty... wow...

Well, after he told us that. We went to the doctor to see if he had a learning disability. The good news is, he doesn't. The bad news is, every time time we play a new game we overly explain what every button does to tease him.

Like I said, he must have been determined, I have no clue how he didn't figure it out.

Damn...I don't want to think about him trying to play a Richard Garriot RPG

 

[b1u3too]

Lol, I am the Gamer Girlfriend. I'm mostly a math geek, but I'll sink hours into L4D2, SC2, Guilty Gear, Blazblue, and anything my sweetie wants to play.
But lately I can't play much because of schoolwork and keeping up with my studies. So I just play a FFA 4 round of Starcraft with my squeeze and his roommates on their extra computer between readings. He can brag about his wicked Zerg tech all he wants, I still have my 4.0 GPA. ;P

 

[Lunar Shadow]

Not having a console hampers my ability to share gaming with my gf, but she does enjoy watching me play WoW as I explain the Lore of where I am at (History dork porting over to WoW). Confuses the hell outta me, but I appreciate that she is trying to share some of my interests. And she got an idea from a guildy (Ultor, you are a god amongst men) of mine and decided to try and "distract" me from the game. Yeah, I quickly forgot about the game.

 

[Rainboq]

If I ever find a girl with whom I can argue about whether New Vegas was better than Fallout 3, I will toss my hands into the air and thank God, but I wouldn't say it's a necessary trait. If I considered it necessary, my chances of finding someone would probably go from slim to none.

I'm one X3

OT: As a Gaming Girlfriend, it makes the relationship that much better