Gamer Girlfriend?

[Bomberman4000]

I think it's good to share some common interests but I realize that games aren't for everyone. It'd be nice to be able to play games with a girlfriend. I used to date a girl who could beat me senseless in Smash Brothers Melee. We got along great, but it turned out that was the ONLY thing we had in common.

So I guess what I'm saying is, it's nice but not necessary. And if it's the ONLY thing you bond over then it's more than likely not gonna work out.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Recently, my girlfriend has played more games than me. I rarely find the time to sink a good, full , lazy day into gaming. The extent of my gaming recently has been a couple of matches of Warhawk a night or half an hour or so of the newest Trials HD content.

She even bought Arkham Asylum for me for my birthday/Christmas (same day), and guess who got to play all of it?

Hint: I have an 18 credit hour semester, a 30+ hour a week job, 5 guitars sitting in the spare bedroom, 2 corgis to take care of, a homebrew session once a week, and a shitload of drinking to do. It wasn't me...

When we met, it was pretty much a match made in heaven. We co-op'ed all the time or shared whatever consoles on separate TVs (we have 2 TVs right next to each other in the living room and every major console from original NES forward hooked up). We've been very disappointed by the lack of co-op or split screen games to come out recently.

Oh yeah, and she's in WAAAAAAY better shape than me. I've hit the fucking jackpot.

 

[Bara_no_Hime]

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.

Actually, I (the girlfriend) play more videogames than my partner. Part of that is because I love RPGs and have recently gotten into sandbox games (both generally time-sink games), whereas my partner prefers fighting games and shooters (generally faster to play games). We both love music games too (ie Rockband), but that isn't really the issue at hand.

Also, I play a lot of PSP games while out of the house. I actually bought the PSP for my partner, but so far I'm the only one who's actually beaten any games on it.

 

[Dash85]

As many have said before, I'd like a girlfriend that I can game with. I've had one that tried to game with me sometimes, she got really good at Guitar Hero, and a couple of times we mixed it up a bit by doing....things with/while playing games, and she wasn't even that much of a gamer so yeah I'd like an actual gamer girl. That'd be sweet.

 

[Amberella]

I'm a gamer girlfriend.

The boyfriend and I are about to get platinum in Borderlands together actually. )

And as a gamer myself, I don't think I could be with someone who didn't game. I'm sure the same goes with my boyfriend. I think we're perfect for eachother. )

 

[ComicsAreWeird]

Well...my girlfriend plays a few videogames. She has a NES and loves Mario games. She´s also into other 2d platformers like Prince of Persia and click´em ups like Monkey Island and the Larry games. Nowadays she´s into games like Singstar, Buzz! and she´ll play Mortal Kombat with me once in a while. I guess she´s a gamer, but has very specific (and old school) tastes.

We found out we had another "gaming" passion in common: boardgames. Yep, that´s right.We´re that nerdy.

 

[Norix596]

My girlfriend has no interest in games; doesn't really bother me.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Gamer in name only really, the only thing she plays are those damn rpgs. Try to get her to play anything non-turnbased thats not kingdom hearts is nay impossible.

The most aggravating thing is she flat out refuses to do multiplayer. She constantly laments that games are for when there's no one around.

Greatest irony? She wants to work in the industry doing art work.

 

[latenightapplepie]

I know my boyfriend plays videogames. I've added him on Steam. He plays Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead 2.

But we haven't hung out playing games yet, either one of us watching or playing co-operatively/competitively. Perhaps in the future.

 

[Grafin Drachen]

I'm another of the "gaming Girlfriends" in fact:

Gaming PC - we each have one
Wii - Mine
Xbox - Mine
PS 3 - Mine
PS 2 - Mine
PS 1 - His
Gamecube - Mine
Nintendo DS - Mine
Gameboy - Mine
Super Nintendo - Mine
Nintendo - Mine
Atari - Mine

I think he's got a Tamagotchi pet too... We're both decent gamers, between us logging a few hours a week, nothing too much, but it's a good chill time when the crew is over and we do the LAN parties and such..

 

[imperialwar]

Well my wife is a gamer now, its taken years of training.
She started with Prince of Persias, then joined me on Killzone, or vice versa its been a while. Throw in some other random titles i cant really recall.
Now she has 5 level 80's on WoW and an 85, more then me

We arent really overly social people to begin with, who dont smoke or drink, so we see our gaming as our outlet. Plus with WoW it allows us to socialise, so its not like we are total recluses.
We watch movies and read and do nearly everything together. She loves manga / anime as much as i do and enjoys action and Sci Fi as well.

IMO its important to share interests outside of the bedroom

 

[Sydust]

I like to have gamer boyfriends, but it's hard to find one that doesn't fetishize 'gamer girls' or a guy who doesn't just play COD, Halo, and Madden.
I guess I could date a guy who wasn't a gamer as long as he respected my choice to play. I enjoy having people enjoy watching me play, anyway. It's really fun to have people watch like it's a movie, though the more boring bits to watch make me somewhat self-conscious. It's just frustrating playing co-op with non-gamers because they don't understand how to play.

 

[gmergurl]

I don't know how important is is for men but as a woman is very important for the guy im dating to be every bit as passionate about games as I am. Gaming is apart of who I am and i want a guy I can share that with. I think someone has already said this but starting with oblivion is a great idea. Oblivion is what really got me into the fallout games. Also if she has a pc maybe have her try fallout for the pc? I know I find fallout a lot easier on the pc. I originally played it on the xbox but found the pc versions of fallout 3 and vegans a lot more enjoyable.

Couldn't have said it better myself. But after reading this forum, I've come to think I'm a bit of a rarity... Blonde hair, blue eyes, medium height average weight... and totally addicted to my PS2. Seriously, my bf was thinking about getting me a PS3 (because he could get one cheap) and I was like... "I already have a Wii I don't know what to do with!" Yes I'm a bit stereotypical (KH will forever be my first love) and DDR is my daily exercise lol I do tend to be beast at that ;-). But as I said, I can start to see why I'm a little different... that would be why I have so many more guy friends than gal pals. (Seriously, it's like a 5:1 ratio). However, for girl gamers (especially for the mid-hard core gamers like myself) the pickings are a bit wider than you boys have it, so I can see why we can be a bit choosy. With my current boyfriend though, not going to lie, we got really lucky seeing as we enjoy many of the same things, especially gaming. He was the one who introduced me to Steam (you know he's a good bf when he introduces you to Steam) and pc gaming as a whole (including my Dragon Age and Half Life). We also like to play PS3 (he has one) shooters together co-op style. He even taught me how to actually play shooters. Before him I was a bit of a meat shield lol. But we also enjoy the same school subjects, anime, comedy. We do have our differences (I will never understand football and he just can't stand baseball). But honestly, I've been addicted to games since I got SNES on my 5th birthday (Super Mario Bros. anyone?) and well, I tried dating a non-gamer... let's just say that did not end well... mostly because he never "saw me" lol.

But over all if the guy at least understands that I get super excited over videogames, it's going to be a nice ride.

Edit: BTW I created an account just to post. Yes that's why my username is Gmergirl.

 

[VanillaBean]

I wouldn't be mad if my girlfreind didn't play videogames, as long as she respected by life as a gamer.

As for my current girlfriend well I'm quite impressed she isn't that good at video games, but she really tries her best to play them well to impress me, its pretty cool.

 

[SilverUchiha]

She'll play Black Ops with her brother and any Sonic game, even the bad ones, and some DDR.

I like her. But what's this talk of bad ones? I know of now such thing. haha

OT: Don't have a girlfriend (yet). But I honestly don't mind if gaming isn't her thing. All I ask is that she willingly tries out a recommendation or two before she says no to the hobby as a whole. You know, since I'm all for trying out new things and would like to encourage that in others if I can. Plus, it'd be nice to have someone to play Co-op games with from time to time.

I like to have gamer boyfriends, but it's hard to find one that doesn't fetishize 'gamer girls' or a guy who doesn't just play COD, Halo, and Madden.
I guess I could date a guy who wasn't a gamer as long as he respected my choice to play. I enjoy having people enjoy watching me play, anyway. It's really fun to have people watch like it's a movie, though the more boring bits to watch make me somewhat self-conscious. It's just frustrating playing co-op with non-gamers because they don't understand how to play.

Side Note, I like what this person has to say, and I'd like to get to know her more.

 

[Wildcard5]

I am like you my fellow escapist. Just seeing my significant other (who is even less of a gamer than your girlfriend) brings my joy in the fact that they are taking at least an interest in more serious gaming pursuits.

 

[Dorkamongus]

My grilfriend is willing to learn to play games, and likes the same things I do. The biggest problem however, is her house has no internet connection and her choice of games is limited.

So, I've been lending her some of my more cherished games in the hopes of letting her become a better all-round gamer, as well as making her more of a rival to myself on level of skill

 

[Raineheart]

My fiancé manages to destroy me in every single racing game we've ever played. Even arcade racers.
She still thinks I'm an absolute dropkick for playing World of Warcraft.
I'm inclined to agree.

 

[gmaverick019_v1legacy]

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.

i completely understand what you mean. (not with a girlfriend though)

my grandpa and grandma just got a wii for christmas, and we plugged in the batteries into the wii mote and i was helping him set it up and i put in the wii resort game, and he goes "well...how the shit do i get this shit goin?" and literally, it was one of the hardest things ive done in a while, i can't even remember how i ended up explaining it but it took me a half an hour with instructions to get him to do it himself to click the game, get it started, press the start button, and to get to basketball. (he would sit there and read all that stupid mumbo jumbo at the beginning, like someone actually reading the piracy thing at the beginning of movies) and he didn't get to press start to get past it.

after i got him to play basketball i ended up leaving because i wasn't going to sit there for another hour explaining how to get the game out and how to buy classic games on the wii shop.

also, on top of this, mind you, my grandpa is a lead programmer at the union pacific railroad company, so its not like i was talking to a 60 year old hick with an iq of 65

edit:

OT: i dont have a gamer girlfriend, and i dont care too much about it, i have a few friends who are girls who are gamers but i would never ever date them in a million years because they are ridiculously tomboyish and they would get on my nerves in a dating way, so i dont expect too much out of my significant other to understand/play games with me.

 

[JUMBO PALACE]

My ex played games and it was cool, but it's not a deal breaker if you don't.