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How Not to Get the Ladies
Kotaku + Yahoo
04.16.2007 at 7:33 pm
A few days ago a report found over at Yahoo presented the argument that game accessories can put a strain on a once lovely relationship.
“In other words, besides already dorky controllers, gamers now have life-sized steering wheels, plastic guitars, dance mats and toy guns to play with.”
Today the fellows at Kotaku sounded off. Here are some of our favorite comments.
“Video games don’t ruin relationships, that have a stable foundation.”
“I tend to agree more with the ideas at the end of the article, and while they may not be so impressed by the controller, once they get over it the ladies seem to love guitar hero! I’m constantly surprised just how many girls I’ve managed to get to play it and then seen their enthusiasm to play the game grow, some to the extent of not letting me go home with it (Unfortunately i didnt get to stay with it!). Its especially surprising given something as goofy and childish as the guitar hero concept is.”
“Wow..if anything, my woman gets pissed if I DON’T buy cheesy peripherals for my..AHEM, our games. Sorry honey.”
“I know this is a game site, so games are not allowed to be ever blamed for anything, ever. But all-encompassing comments like “Video games don’t ruin relationships, that have a stable foundation” are sucn nonsense. I’m sure girls who were in a stable relationship until the guy turned into a lifeless loser playing WoW (or whatever) for countless hours on end would be glad to show you the error of your ways.”
“Videogames (and their accessories) are slowly moving into the consciousness of the mainstream, and are slowly being viewed as an acceptable form of entertainment…but they’re not there yet. To many, a game console implies that you have children in the house. I’ve heard that before. And I suspect to women it shows an unwillingness to grow up. A toy guitar can be viewed in the same light as a woman with a room full of teddy bears or a guy with Lego pirate ships.”
“”I also bought my now ex-girlfriend a DDR mat and game for her birthday. She enjoys it much.” Maybe that’s why she’s your “now ex-girlfriend.” I bought mine a necklace and a couple of books she’d wanted for sometime (thank you Amazon wishlist) and took her out to dinner at a nice restaurant.”
“The issue as i’ve always seen it is if the girl feels like she’s competing w/ your playstation. If she comes over and you keep on busting ass at Ikaruga, even trying to explain why it’s important that you keep going, she’s gonna feel it’s games or her.”
“I think it’s not so much money, as it is attention. Video games take away attention from girls. Granted, it’s not always so bad. Some girls are perfectly responsible, but some see anything taking away any attention whatsoever from them is a threat. In other cases, it might be that girls have misconceptions about video games and the people that play them. This is increasingly rare, but it still exists. Video games may exude a geek aura (as much as geek to a certain degree is somewhat hip now) and some girls, don’t want their reputation sullied. However, I don’t think most girls are this way (I am optimistic and perhaps lacking in experience) so I think in most cases, if you’re hearing complaints, it may be that yes, you are spending too much time playing games. However, if someone nags you into selling everything, and giving it up altogether (cough, where have I heard this before) then it’s a sign that…well things don’t look so good down the road. And in regards to shoes, you need to have the shoes match the outfit. If it’s casual and just sneakers, nobody cares. But if you’re wearing something nice, you want to literally put your best foot forward, you know? You can’t have a pair of red pumps with a green dress…it looks awful. You need to have a number of shoes proportional to the number of nice outfits with different colors you have.”
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