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A Boyfriend's Guide to Get Your Girl to Game

Silver Mirror | September 09, 2007 | News | Gaming Tech/Hardware 
Despite there being a fair number of girls here at Neoseeker for the large part the average woman simply isn't interested in games and in the worst case scenario even tell others off others who play games. This is a guide for those guys who have girlfriends who want to introduce the one they love to gaming. Despite this being for girlfriends this could also easily be adapted to use on your family or friends of either sex.
“Natalie, my girl Mandy doesn’t understand my love for games and she won’t even touch a controller when I want to include her during one of my frag fests. What can I do to get her to game with me like I do with you?” A close male friend named Chris asked me as we plowed through the Locus horde in Gears of War one evening.

I get this question quite a lot from my male friends who game and oftentimes I start feeling like that tomboyish girl in that cable show “My Boys” - you know, the one who happily shares a cold beer with her male friends while talking sports non-stop at the poker table. The only difference is that we talk over a lengthy spy versus mercenaries round of Splinter Cell: Double Agent or while massacring each another in Resistance: Fall of Man. I could see that every male friend who asks me this question is determined to share their love for games with their girlfriends rather than putting their gaming on hold because said girlfriend is turned off by games.
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  • 7 thumbs!
    TurMoiL911 | September 09, 2007
    Part of me thinks that there should have been a prequel to this guide:

    A Gamer's Guide to Get a Girlfriend
    • 1 thumbs!
      Final Blade | September 09, 2007
      Yes cause that would help me greatly
    • 0 thumbs!
      Armed Rebel | September 09, 2007
      Hahaha, that was genuinely funny.
  • 1 thumbs!
    Deis | September 09, 2007
    ...having seperate hobbies is healthy...
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    Xtrordinary | September 09, 2007

    Gah. Why do they haft to play games with you in the first place? People enjoy different things <.<.

    Where is the guide for guys to not trying to change their girlfriends?
    • -1 thumbs!
      Final Blade | September 10, 2007
      And vice versa. Also i'd prefer what Turmoil said.
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    EdwardTheBard | September 10, 2007
    Good points TM911 & X.

    I agree that we should not be pushy with our companions, but we can just show them new thing without putting any pressure on them .
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    Riku31069 | September 10, 2007
    This will definately help me after a few years later. That was a great article!
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    gc_chi | September 14, 2007
    I wrote about the same topic in my review of Vampire Night in 2002:
    http://www.gamecritics.com/vampire-night/review

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