How Important is a Gaming Interest in Your Significant Other?

[Akuam4n]

@Aqua: He said astrology.

 

Astronomy is a science studying about galaxies and stars and planets and whatnot. Astrology is like horoscopes and that stuff.

Well shit, I feel like an idiot now. I would have thought I would have known that. xDD

 

Granted, I dislike both, go figure.

Edited December 27, 2010 by Iamaquaman

[Bouchart]

@Outkast

Well you are a trooper, then. I'm just a little too cynical to be completely all-encompassing.

 

Oh, Facebook. I hate Facebook. Alas, given its ubiquity in our culture, bashing it is pretty much a universal turn-off.

 

I don't like facebook either but casual use wouldn't bother me.

 

I can't wait until one day some disgruntled employee over at Facebook gets bribed by some hacker and hands out some sensitive passcodes and decryption algorithms. It'd be fun.

[Mister Jack]

Facebook wouldn't bother me nearly as much if it wasn't shoved in my damn face all the time.

 

"Oh, do you have a Facebook? You need to get a Facebook!"

 

Ever see that South Park episode where Stan gets a Facebook account? That's what it's like for me.

 

Plus, I am EXTREMELY paranoid about putting personal info on the web. To me, a Facebook page is like throwing your Driver's License into a crowded field.

[Bouchart]

Facebook wouldn't bother me nearly as much if it wasn't shoved in my damn face all the time.

 

 

This bothers me, especially when every other commercial on TV references that you can do X via Facebook and Twitter. They are useful tools but they are way too overexposed.

 

Plus, I am EXTREMELY paranoid about putting personal info on the web. To me, a Facebook page is like throwing your Driver's License into a crowded field.

 

Oddly enough, the only girlfriend I ever had, I met through Facebook, back when it was in its infancy. I've since deleted my account, though.

[TheForgetfulBrain]

I would have voted 'It doesn't matter one bit,' a few years ago, but from more recent experience, I have to say it would be really nice to have someone to play more than casual games with.

 

Video games have always been a part of my life, and like most things in life, they're something that become far more enjoyable with close friends, or ideally, a significant other.

 

Still, that's in 'an ideal world.' It seems I tend to fill that old cliche and attract complete opposites who are about as interested in video games as I am in fashion, and vice versa.

[brida]

I want to say very because it's the focus of my career, but holy fuck does having to share the TV annoy me. Not because I don't like sharing, I have like 8 brothers/sisters but because I am a very fickle person and if I feel like playing x at y hour I will probably not feel like playing it again at any other point in the day.

[brida]

my what

[D-K]

Communal tv is as bad as communal pc. The solution is quite obvious.

[ixa]

it's only really important to the point where I just wouldn't want to date someone who was militantly against gaming and would give me an earful about how stupid I am and how I'm wasting my time whenever I turn a game on. whether she plays them herself or only likes them enough to play with me is just a nice extra, not really a must.

[c hoertjes]

For me it doesn't matter b/c it's like Hmm, play a game or hang out with girl...yea, video games can screw off.

 

Now, if she hated sports, then the bitch can step off.

[brida]

Communal tv is as bad as communal pc. The solution is quite obvious.

two 50 inch tvs in the living room yes quite

[D-K]

Communal tv is as bad as communal pc. The solution is quite obvious.

two 50 inch tvs in the living room yes quite

 

Actually I'd say put one of them in your bedroom, that's what I do. I game in solitude and wouldn't have it any other way.

[Mister Jack]

Apparently I cheat death every night in the summer.

[brida]

tv in the bedroom has been shown to dramatically decrease sex life relative to no tv in the bedroom, it's not happening

Edited December 27, 2010 by brida

[Mister Jack]

tv in the bedroom has been shown to dramatically decrease sex life relative to no tv in the bedroom, it's not happening

 

It's true. When I have a tv in my room I masturbate WAY less.

[D-K]

tv in the bedroom has been shown to dramatically decrease sex life relative to no tv in the bedroom, it's not happening

 

By that logic, my room should be littered with tv's. Which it's not. I also think you may have mistaken the context of that assertion

Edited December 27, 2010 by D-K

[docsfox]

Since gaming is what I like to do with my free time I think it's important that anyone I'm in a serious relationship with to at least 'like' games is some way. Whether its playing casually or just they like to watch me play. It's important to have things in common.

[c hoertjes]

Watching people play video games is also weird. I get bored after 2 minutes. I'd rather beat myself with a hammer.

[Mister Jack]

Some people (usually female) are interested in games but find playing them to be too complicated so they just like to watch. I've seen it.

[MagicMagicPony]

Oh that is called the I-wanna-spend-time-with-you-but-for-whatever-reason-you-have-decided-to-do-something-I-can't-participate-in-and-I-do-not-want-to-be-bad-at-something-in-front-of-you-so-I-will-just-watch-because-telling-you-i-want-to-do-something-else-is-rocking-the-boat-and-I-do-not-wanna-be-The-Bitch-Who-Hates-Games

[Mister Jack]

Works for me!

[TheMightyEthan]

Brida: My solution is one of these

 

 

and then hooking the console up to my computer monitor. Never have to fight over the TV.

 

And honestly I'd rather play on a 23-inch 1080p monitor that I sit 3 feet away from than on a 50-inch 1080p TV that I sit 12 feet away from.

[TheForgetfulBrain]

 

What I have a hard time choking down and keeping my mouth shut about is all the really fundie fruitcake new-age spirituality stuff. That includes astrology, bloodmatch (Japanese pseudo-science), anything with crystals and tarot, and most kinds of superstitions.

 

 

Boy, you'd love my mom.

 

[staySICK]

My wife likes to play, she's not really down with the dual thumbstick motion of modern fps and other games though. She once bought the Brothers In Arms game for her PS2 when we were dating, but couldn't get into it because of the controls. She's pretty good at Soul Calibur, mains Xainghua and is pretty good with her.

 

She's the Zelda player of the family, I've barely touched Twilight Princess, and that was my first Zelda game. We have LTTP and OoT on VC for her, and like I said in the Christmas thread, she got DKCR, but we haven't had a chance to play it together yet.

 

I picked that it doesn't really matter, because it was the closest fit, but I'd have to add the caveat that she doesn't like / care for it but doesn't nag me about playing. If she thinks they are a waste of time and nags me because I'm not spending enough time with her, well obviously there's something wrong with the relationship if I'd rather play a game than spend time with her, or she's just overly needy. Either way, that's a large red flag.

 

I'm a bit of a hopeless romantic and think that almost everything can be overcome in a good relationship... like the fact that my wife and I seemed like polar opposites in the "things that matter" when we started dating.

 

edit: well holy crap, somehow I missed the fact there's like 4 pages of discussion. oh well.

 

Some people (usually female) are interested in games but find playing them to be too complicated so they just like to watch. I've seen it.

 

my wife does that with some games. Like Uncharted, Overlord, Fallout, she watches for the story, and in the more choice given games, to not be a dick.

 

It's a lot like

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaVsmnpEtE0

 

and at the multiple tv discussion, I should nab a picture of my brother and sister in law's set up, its freaking awesome. He made the stand himself, and its a 46" and a 32" underneath it (or vice versa I forget), with one console hooked up to each tv, and the dvr to one as well, so he can play a game while she watches tv or a movie.

[c hoertjes]

Wouldn't that be distracting? Also, wouldn't one person have to be constantly wearing headphones?