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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