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Is your significant other not into games at all?

Title Fight said:
How old are you?

Usually you learn as you get older that if your significant other is turned off by one of your favorite hobbies; you wouldn't date them in the first place.
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Lol no.

29 here. Everybody needs a personal space (even spouses) and videogames is mine.
 
She's a light gamer. Every now and then she sees something which really sucks her in. Earlier this year she beat Infamous: Second Son, and Bioshock Infinite in about a week.

She plays occasionally, and is supportive of my deeper interest in gaming. I don't need my partner to be invested in everything that I am, but anyone who didn't at least support my ability to pursue whatever hobbies I enjoyed, I wouldn't be with.
 
my wife loves games, and has almost the same interests as I do with them.

going to work today she either played the psp digimon game or conception 2 for the vita, not sure which one ;P

personally I would never be with someone who wasn't into games as it's just to big a part of my life to not share with my SO (same with anime really)
 
My gf is not into games almost at all. She was left behind after the Super Mario World. She does acknowledge that they are important to me and likes to join though. I like to play coop and puzzle games when she is around, instead of getting into SP experiences that might ostracize her. I want her to have fun watching-playing.

She hates Donkey Kong with a passion though. Like REALLY hates it
 
Nope, she doesn't really play video games at all. She likes Mario Kart, but I've never owned a Nintendo console. She'll watch me play a narrative game like something from Telltale or BioWare and I'll let her make the choices. That's about the extent of it.
 
My recent Ex loved specific games, especially Dragon age, Elder Scrolls and other CRPGs where you could make your characters but she never really liked a lot of genres. I actually think she partly broke up with me so could just play ESO more, I know she her ESO character has a roleplay boyfriend now :(
 
mattiewheels said:
So how does your time for it work out? Between jobs, possible kids, together time etc, it seems like it would be hard to find the time for it.
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You were not asking me but I would like to respond to this question as well as my wife also has zero interest in gaming, but knew damn well what she was getting into by marrying me...

We let each other do things that we like. Alone. On our own time.
Really is as simple as that.

We have been together almost 12 years now. I don't need to be with her 24/7, and I am sure she would agree and say the same exact thing.
So I go upstairs, or she goes upstairs, and I play games, and she either reads or watches her shitty shows I have no interest in. Haha

It is as simple as that.
You need to give your partner alone time as we all need it. What they choose to do with that time is up to them, but it is I believe not only necessary, but practical.

Honestly I cannot really imagine having a significant other that did like to game as well. I know that is going to sound funny and odd to all of the people who are in a "gamers" relationship, but when I play games I want to play games. I personally prefer SP campaigns and the experience of playing alone and zoning out in a world. It sounds downright awful to me having to share that everytime I chose to play.

So having the arrangement I do does mean I do not get to game as much as I would like, but it also means when I get to game, it is that much better. Makes it mean more.

And truth be told, there have been plenty of times where she gives me time to game, and I do something else. Read. Draw and/or paint, etc. etc.

So this is how it works for me. I can say as I get older, while I will always play video games, always, now that I am 40, it is not the first thing I look to do with my free time anymore.
 
My wife hardly ever looks at my games, let alone asks about them. Every now and then she will sit and play if the kids are playing something like LBP or Rocket League.
 
My wife doesn't game at all, but she is ok with me having gaming as a hobby. That said, my daughter started playing around with games on my iPad as she is a bit too young for real controllers.
 
My wife doesn't like gaming. She tries to watch, but then 30 seconds later she's gone.


She also DESPISES my arcade stick with the passion of a million suns.
 
gf plays more than me but on her tablet lol... soooooo its all like simpsons and family guy or "town" games...

However, gaf is gonna hang me for this but I let her play the naughty dog games, which she loves and I just watch and help a bit... I'm actually not into the 3rd person action games as much anymore..... she went through uncharted 3 and TLOU in a week and I barely got to use my damn systems lol.

we just started Diablo 3, how do I keep her involved in this she picked a demon hunter, any tips I don't know anything about that character..?
 
Title Fight said:
How old are you?

Usually you learn as you get older that if your significant other is turned off by one of your favorite hobbies; you wouldn't date them in the first place.
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Pretty much what I was going to post. If he/she doesn't accept it as a part of your life, then it's time to bail. Never pretend to be someone you're not.

As for me, eh not really. We play Rock Band together (we both only sing), but that's about it.
 
She enjoys games like Assassin Creed and Watch Dogs. It's not like I do not like the game but they are considered a guilty pleasure within the gaming community.
 
My wife plays games occasionally. She likes COD(Nuketown only) and Killer Instinct. She hates Forza because she's terrible at driving games. And she absolutely adores GTAV but wont play it.

My wife mainly watches me play games and doesn't seem to mind one bit. She actually gets into RPGs when I play them.

I couldn't imagine hiding my video games from anyone that I'm with. If she don't like them or is turned off by them then I dont like her.
 
My wife is addicted to all things Dragon Age.

I basically only play my handhelds since she started blazing through all the DA games about 6 months ago, and is now doing all the Inquisition DLC. She also loves doing multiple playthroughs with different classes.

She always liked videogames casually, but never really got seriously into one before. Now she is addicted! I have no one to blame but myself though, since I bought Origins for her and helped her get started on 360.
 
My wife is not a gamer and I'm glad she isn't. She does her thing, and I do mine. She will watch me play at night when we are alone and the little one is sleeping. But gaming together? No way man. I think it would turn me off actually. I want my own thing.
 
My gf grew up playing a little bit of Nintendo and PC games. Her dad (rip), even though he was born in 1950, was a big fan of tomb raider, racing games and star wars games. So she grew up in that too.

When I met her she used to play 2d platformers, point and click and stuff like pr Layton.
I tried to get her into x360 games but she was in the "3d games are too hard" crowd, she did play some Skate though.

Then we got a ps4 and she got attracted to it. She beat Infamous second son, Tomb Raider definitive edition and is halfway through gta 5. I'm really proud of her. She actually wants us to buy an xbox one for that fucking Tomb Raider exclusivity.
Oh and watching me play The last of us was one of the best entertainment experience she ever had, and she enjoyed watching some bits of Wild Hunt too.

I'm very lucky she is into all sorts of entertainment, from books to video games :)
 
My wife love games, specially RPGs and Adventure games.

She grew up playing her Super Nes while I was a Mega Drive hardcore player.

Our main problem of having the same hobby is finding out who will play first games like Persona 5 and Xenoblade Chronicles X. :D
 
My wife plays mobile games a bit but all attempts to get her into gaming have fallen flat. We have two kids so between those things gaming time is tough to come by.

I've become an early bird by accident so most of my gaming time is in the mornings before everybody gets up. It works out pretty well.
 
My wife used to play when we first start dating over sixteen years ago. (Jeebus, it certainly doesn't feel that long...)

We used to play Diablo II, Neverwinter Nights, Ragnarok Online, Final Fantasy XI, and the occasional bout of Tetris Attack, but she had to stop because of carpal tunnel due to work.

These days, video games happen to be my alone time while hers are audio books and YouTube channels.

While I miss sharing this particular hobby with her, there are plenty of others we still share—tennis, movies, anime, cooking, etc.
 
My wife digs and respects Mario and Link, but won't bother playing them really or any other game... Save for Chinese RPGs.
Yeah, she likes those.
 
My girlfriend and I have been seeing each for a just about two years now and she's never really been into console gaming. She'll play the occasional word game on her phone but has next to no experience playing anything else. I've tried to share PS3/4 gaming and go through some games with her but it never really sticks as something she wants or suggests to do. I've introduced her to some weird games though, from Deadly Premonition (she was digging the weird atmosphere but we have yet to complete it) Journey, Wolf Among Us, and then I sort of tricked her into playing PT blind. The thing is that she will ask me about games if I mention the one's I'm excited about and is curious about them in that way. So it's all good, really, as long as she doesn't think less of me for enjoying and setting some time aside for them. It would be nice if she introduced me to other games or something herself but there or plenty of other things we can share with each other. That being said, I can't wait to show her TPP and Persona 5 later on. Also, was telling her about Until Dawn and she seemed into maybe playing through it which I'm more than happy to oblige.
 
Nope, we're both heading back from PAX right now and she's playing Fire Emblem Awakening. Glad we can share this together. Not that we both play everything together or anything. She likes to watch me play stuff, she plays some stuff herself, episodic games like Wolf Among US or Life is Strange are also awesome for us to sit together and go through.

I work so much and my game time is so limited, I'm thankful that I can sit and enjoy stuff with her, or have her curl up next to me and watch me play something and she can get something out of it too.

It was also a gateway for her getting into cosplating. Mass Effect made her wanna dress up and now it's her main hobby.
 
Yeah, all she has played is Mario Kart and a few games of Rocket League.

She gets bad motion sickness when playing games.

Her sister plays a lot of Left 4 Dead 2 and CS:Go though.

Hasn't affected our relationship negatively whatsoever - I play games, she watches TV or reads; works out fine. She got a little creeped out by Mortal Kombat X though, haha.

Rayge said:
My wife doesn't like gaming. She tries to watch, but then 30 seconds later she's gone.


She also DESPISES my arcade stick with the passion of a million sons.
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Haha! Why is that? Is it too loud? Can't you make it quieter?
 
Nope my gf doesn't give a rats ass about games at all. She is totally cool with me playing as much as I want though. I tried to get her involved on PS4 a little since I think it would be such a fun hobby to share, she couldn't navigate the twin sticks to save her life. Pretty funny. Oh well.
 
blackflag said:
My live-in GF hates video games but I'd never play them when she is home so it's no big deal.

It's weird though. She has Metroid memorized but I guess at some point she started thinking they were stupid. She doesn't watch TV either.
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I feel like running away from this thread like the plague

You guys and gals need SO's that accept gaming, if that's what you're into. If you are not doing it because THEY don't like it.....

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You got ONE LIFE man. ONE. LIFE. You can't game when you're dead

sasliquid said:
My recent Ex loved specific games, especially Dragon age, Elder Scrolls and other CRPGs where you could make your characters but she never really liked a lot of genres. I actually think she partly broke up with me so could just play ESO more, I know she her ESO character has a roleplay boyfriend now :(
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Shoulda rolled a Dark Elf, dude

Mattdaddy said:
Nope my gf doesn't give a rats ass about games at all. She is totally cool with me playing as much as I want though. I tried to get her involved on PS4 a little since I think it would be such a fun hobby to share, she couldn't navigate the twin sticks to save her life. Pretty funny. Oh well.
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Das cute. Hopefully VR eliminates things that require you to learn something as awkward as twin sticks. Might be an option down the road
 
No, she is very much interested in games. She doesn't keep up to date on the latest trends or new releases, but she's put considerable time (100+ hrs) into multiple series. I don't really think she has any inclination to interact with forums or the gaming community (or internet/social media for that matter--a revelation that came to her when she hung out on IMDb forums in middle school), and often times I'll be scolded for spending too much time on forums.

I think she has impeccable taste (in everything--books, music, movies--not just video games). Here are some of her favorites (or ones she has put over 100 hrs into). She's also managed to get me to try out a few that I otherwise wouldn't have, e.g. Fire Emblem and Elder Scrolls, albeit only for an hour of the latter.

Fall Out
Fall Out 2
Fall Out 3
Fall Out New Vegas
Skyrim
The Witcher
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Fire Emblem Awakening
Rune Factory 4
Shin Megami Tensei
Castlevania
Bayonetta
Red Dead Redemption

It's become a problem in the past as she leeches off my devices.
 
Krappadizzle said:
Unless you believe in reincarnation, then you can just respawn.
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You know.... I considered that....

Minishdriveby said:
I think she has impeccable taste (in everything--books, music, movies--not just video games). Here are some of her favorites (or ones she has put over 100 hrs into). She's also managed to get me to try out a few that I otherwise wouldn't have, e.g. Fire Emblem and Elder Scrolls, albeit only for an hour of the latter.

Fall Out
Fall Out 2
Fall Out 3
Fall Out New Vegas
Skyrim
The Witcher
Fire Emblem (GBA)
Fire Emblem Awakening
Rune Factory 4
Shin Megami Tensei
Castlevania
Bayonetta
Red Dead Redemption

It's become a problem in the past as she leeches off my devices.
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She's a keeper, grats
 
My wife doesn't care about video games, and that's fine, because the thing is...she also doesn't care that I'm into video games. Or that I'm a huge nerd who buys game and anime crap. It's never been a problem in our relationship.
 
My GF games a bit, but she's pretty casual with it and has trouble with anything reflex-based.

Mostly plays Animal Crossing and Candy Crush, but she also likes Mario and Luigi, Pokemon, Little Big Planet and Mortal Kombat. Thinks Nintendo stuff is cute and generally supports the hobby. I never tried to hide it from her, so she knew what she was getting into. I generally game less when she's with me, though.
 
I usually feel bad. My GF casually likes more stress-free games but she also has a penchant for the odd mainstream game. She's big into the Lego games, also likes action adventure (like Batman) fare. Recently she got a liking to Borderlands 1, but then we moved onto 2 and she didn't like the beginning so it didn't stick.

It's a shame because I really wanna play games with her but Lego games bore me to death after an hour. She tries though and I love her for it.
 
Wife's not interested in playing anything other than mobile puzzle crap, not even that.

But she'll watch a trailer or cutscene or gameplay sequence, as the art so forth interests her.

And if gaming is taking up too much of my time I've always said to her, "If you've got something better for me to do 'nudge nudge wink wink' I'll gladly stop playing"

;-)
 
My gf has played LA Noire on our bedroom PS3 more in the past few weeks than I've probably spent gaming in a year. Apart from that she mostly plays some of those awful iPad Simpson's Tapped Out kind of games, and games that seem to revolve around managing queues of people in a shopping mall or hair salon etc.... I do NOT get those games.

Been trying to convince her to give Life Is Strange a try but she didn't even want to watch a trailer for it. I'm sure she'd like it. She loves the slower pace and exploration/investigation side of LA Noire and less the more action and shooting oriented sections more prominent in games like GTA, so Life Is Strange seems perfect.
 
She's watching n64 speedruns right now. ... you can beat sm64 with no stars it looks like...now it's dkc glitches. So cute :3

She plays some games, too. But she's not always fond of trying new ones and I have to get her about 10 games before she finds one she likes. But when she like one she plays a lot. So far, hits have included: sotn, ff12, ark survival, skyrim, dark cloud 2 and fez. Her favorite games are still majora's mask and chrono trigger which she played before we met.
 
She plays Rocket League (started with SSARPBC years ago together) and Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, mostly. She also plays some mobile games, but these are her current favorites.
 
My SO has been a gamer her whole life. She's still got her Genesis in a box under the bed, The thing is, we play totally different games. I'm into PC strategy, sports management sim, western RPGs, and AAA third person console games. She likes JRPGs on the consoles and Nintendo handhelds and quirky stuff on steam like Hatoful Boyfriend and Goat Simulator. We both game, but almost never together. The only game we've successfully gotten a lot of mutliplayer time with is Rock Band.
 
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