Poll: Gamer Girlfriends

[Mister Benoit]

Why is there not a "I am a gaming girlfriend" option. xD I guess to participate I could just choose "I have never known the touch of a woman"..

In middle school and high school I dated guys who were into games, but not as much as I was. Before I knew them super well, I just saw their video game walls and figured we'd work out. But then I always realized that gaming wasn't their main hobby like it was for me and they didn't like rambling about games like I did. Disappointing. Not that it was ever a relationship deal breaker, just sad.

As I have said on this site a few times, I met my husband while playing Final Fantasy XI, so needless to say, I finally found someone just as obsessed with games as me.

O snap, I <3 FFXI.. If I could play it lightly I would but I can't. I've met some really cool folks on there that I still chat with time to time years later.

As for me all the girls i've been with have been into games to a certain degree. Me and my current girlfriend though don't really enjoy the same games but we still try to find common ground.

One good example of a genre is platformers, they are by far my favorite and I've been playing them for ages. While she likes to slowly walk through them exploring and such I find my enjoyment from trying to speed run through them. As you can probably guess there was a lot of cussing going around while playing NSMBW. We had a good time with Galaxy II though because she likes being my back up.

I told her if she ever wants to seal the deal with me to complete Super Meat Boy =p That'd be the sexiest thing ever.

A good time I recently had though was when a buddy of mine and his girlfriend were over, we played 4 player Raskulls but you could've sworn 2 games were being played because every race was me vs. him and my lady vs his. We'd finish the race then wait 30 seconds for them to catch up.

 

[castlewise]

ITT: Women thinking they can vote.

Kidding. I am one of your aforementioned gamer girls (writer for gamergyrl.com actually) and have always wondered whether or not guys preferred ladies who game. When I whip out my imported Japanese PSP or take over for a friend in a SSFIV match, guys always seem more stunned than excited.

Is it possible that girl gamers are too intimidating?

You may be on to something. I refer you to:



If someone uses success at videogames to prop up their masculinity (I'm looking at you XBox Live) then being beaten at Street Fighter by your girlfriend is emasculating. If I were feeling cynical (and I am) I would say that what guys really want is a girl who will watch _them_ play videogames and make appreciative noises at regular intervals.

 

[Darkauthor81]

out of all three girlfriends I ever had, none of them were girl gamers.


One actually broke up with me because of games.


While I personally think being a couple that loves something together is practically asking for disaster, it would be a nice change of pace than what I have had.

Then you've never been in a relationship where the two of you love something together. I've always known that having a gamer girlfriend would be awesome and that I'd never be able to be with a girl I couldn't talk to about games.

Relationships are all about communication. If you game half the day and you're with someone who doesn't get games then that's half of your day that you aren't comfortable even bringing up. That's a relationship disaster from the very start.

 

[Darkauthor81]

ITT: Women thinking they can vote.

Kidding. I am one of your aforementioned gamer girls (writer for gamergyrl.com actually) and have always wondered whether or not guys preferred ladies who game. When I whip out my imported Japanese PSP or take over for a friend in a SSFIV match, guys always seem more stunned than excited.

Is it possible that girl gamers are too intimidating?

You may be on to something. I refer you to:



If someone uses success at videogames to prop up their masculinity (I'm looking at you XBox Live) then being beaten at Street Fighter by your girlfriend is emasculating. If I were feeling cynical (and I am) I would say that what guys really want is a girl who will watch _them_ play videogames and make appreciative noises at regular intervals.

Then they're idiots that aren't ready for a relationship anyway. Their social ineptitude just saved you from being hit on by a jack ass and maybe a really bad first date. lol Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

 

[great-paladin]

My girlfriend and i have similar tastes in games and therfore have no problem playing together, it makes gaming so much more fun.

 

[nekoali]

hmmmm. Well, chalk me up for a 'I am a gamer girlfriend' too. Unfortunately, I've never had a game girlfriend myself... None of the girls I dates were into gaming and never really picked it up when I tried to introduce them to it. All of my boyfriends were gamers, but I was always more into it then they were. Which is not surprising, since gaming is a huge part of my life.

Maybe someday I'll meet that perfect gaming mate of my own and we'll go off to get married in WoW and have lots of virtual babies in the Sims.

 

[Intronaut]

Well, my gf plays scrabble on her cell phone. She claims to be a sega genesis master as well, but this remains unconfirmed.

 

[Darkauthor81]

Where's the "I am a gamer gf/wife"?

I play games more often than my hubby does, lol. I wouldn't want to be with someone who doesn't really understand my main hobby tbh. I find it's better trait to share rather than not share.

Hey hey hey. This poll is for social awkward guys who greatly outnumber the girls who share our interest. It's worth talking about when a guy gets with a girl gamer.

Girls, on the other hand, have a pick of the litter.

So when a guy stands up and says "I have a girl gamer girlfriend!" We all stand up and cheer his luck and his ability to avoid saying anything the first date that would get him maced.

When a girl gamer stand up and says "I have a guy gamer boyfriend!" We go "...Well, duh." and the crickets start chirping in the dead silence.

 

[Admiral Stukov]

I've had one. Not anymore.

 

[castlewise]

Then they're idiots that aren't ready for a relationship anyway. Their social ineptitude just saved you from being hit on by a jack ass and maybe a really bad first date. lol Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

I don't think I'm in any danger of being asked out by a young jack ass seeing as I'm old, married, and a guy. But I see where the confusion is coming from.

 

[zehydra]

Yeah, sort of. Not anymore though :/

 

[Darkauthor81]

Then they're idiots that aren't ready for a relationship anyway. Their social ineptitude just saved you from being hit on by a jack ass and maybe a really bad first date. lol Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

I don't think I'm in any danger of being asked out by a young jack ass seeing as I'm old, married, and a guy. But I see where the confusion is coming from.

My bad. Thought you were speaking from female perspective.

 

[zehydra]

I would say that what guys really want is a girl who will watch _them_ play videogames and make appreciative noises at regular intervals.

This is very true. I regularly have to play badly so that guys will still feel manly and spend most of the time just watching others play and commenting on their perfect choice of combo.

Yawn.

lolwut? That doesn't make much sense...

 

[crazyfoxdemon]

Most of my girlfriends have been gamers. This is mostly because I like to date people who like similar things as I do.. Which often includes video games.. Though I will admit that getting dominated (getting only 1 kill for each of her 10) at Modern Warfare 2 by your girlfriend can be pretty emasculating

 

[castlewise]

Then they're idiots that aren't ready for a relationship anyway. Their social ineptitude just saved you from being hit on by a jack ass and maybe a really bad first date. lol Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

I don't think I'm in any danger of being asked out by a young jack ass seeing as I'm old, married, and a guy. But I see where the confusion is coming from.

My bad. Thought you were speaking from female perspective.

No worries. Its easy to confuse the bitterness of having to put up with young jerks felt by women with the disdain for young jerks felt by guys who know better.

 

[Flying Dagger]

my girlfriend gets scared by the zombies in plants vs zombies.

i made her play amnesia and now she refuses to touch games.

 

[Darkauthor81]

I would say that what guys really want is a girl who will watch _them_ play videogames and make appreciative noises at regular intervals.

This is very true. I regularly have to play badly so that guys will still feel manly and spend most of the time just watching others play and commenting on their perfect choice of combo.

Yawn.

lolwut? That doesn't make much sense...

Guys don't like women they feel threatened by. That's why for so much of our history women have been deeply socially and sexually repressed. All because of men who were afraid of losing their boners.

Adversely, girls don't like men they feel threatened by either. Which is why so many girls love having a gay guy friend. A guy they can feel completely comfortable with. It's just that women have never been in power enough to impose their insecurities on us like we have on them.

 

[Marik2]

No but I want one

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[Ossian]

My brand new shiny GF (we haven't gone on an official date yet) plays video games, she actually had a pretty stack of PS3 games when I went over, how often she plays these games I dunno. But I'm excited

PS: We played soul caliber 4 where she gladly wiped the floor with me after a quite explanation of control lol.

100% sure she isn't into games quite like me.

 

[Darkauthor81]

No but I want one

Spoiler

Where is that image from? If it's from an anime or a manga or something I would totally love to see it.