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Getting Her Into Gaming

An ongoing battle I (Eric from GameNTrain) used to have was getting my wife into gaming. Not all men are blessed with girlfriends / wives that enjoy gaming. I have spent years attempting to get my wife involved in videogames. I used to hate waiting to game until she either left the house or when she went to bed. I am here to share with you the knowledge I have gained over the years to better your chances of having your lady friend embrace your gaming addiction. To the tip list:

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Warprincess1165532d ago

Im srry but if your gf likes the wii and kinect. Trust me, she never gonna be a hardcore gamer. She only gonna play games like wii fit. The best way to get a girl into gaming is by playing games with your future daughter. My dad did this with me. He used to invite me to play PS1 games with him and i had fun. I loved it. That how i got into gaming. So the best way to have a girl become a hardcore gamer is by introducing them to games while they young.

Brash_Attack5531d ago

Great scott! We have to get on that right away! To the Delorean, Marty!

AntiHeroComplex5531d ago

war princess thats a pretty interesting approach. My tactic so far has been to ask nicely for my gf to game. If she says yes we play for a few hours then do whatever she wants. If she says no i slam her head into the table and ask again.

My gf became a gamer in a few short Q & A sessions.

Joking aside gaming with your gf is really fun. My gfs fave is LBP and Virtua Tennis 3 (she plays tennis in real life). Just gotta find her interests...

imvix5531d ago

I think it should start of with the casual stuff. I started my wife of with Plants vs zombies she quickly became addicted to it. Later we started playing Worms which was alot of fun. Then she saw me playing TF2, which is a really hilarious game so i bought her a copy and she started playing.

Now we are actually thinking of playing Warcraft 3 together. I already play it alot, shes starting to find it interesting.

AntiHeroComplex5531d ago

ppl still play wc3? I quit a while ago but that game brings back good memories.

imvix5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Dude PC games dont die, there are more people playing warcraft 3 currently then most newly released console games.

Its not like consoles where people quit the game as soon as the next rehash is out or developer drops online support(just so people buy the next game).

War 3 may be 9 years old now however I still play it alot, infact its my favorite RTS game. Even today there are about 100,000(at peak times) people playing it everyday.

jneul5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

ive been a gamer since c64, wonder what i am lol, ps i have a ps3, best of both worlds, plus with move you have the hardcore option with kz3 and soon resistance 3:-p

ClaireJeepChick5530d ago

I'd have to disagree. I enjoy hardcore games because I was an athlete growing up and am highly competitive. I picked it up in my mid 20's.

We are all gamers. Some of us just haven't found our game yet. ;)

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femshep5531d ago

why dose it matter if one or the other doesn't like games....any bf ive had either is to annoying and compares scores every 2 seconds or never wants to play a real game.....but then again if your calling call of duty a real game then 90% of the time you have no idea what a real game is

Pozzle5531d ago (Edited 5531d ago )

Sadly, I don't think there's an "easy" way to get someone interested in, well, ANY hobby they aren't already interested in. I've been gaming since I was about four, so I've always had that interest. But many of my female friends just can't see what the big deal is, and the harder I try to convince them there are games out there they would like, the less they believe me. They just can't see the appeal. It'd be as hard as trying to get my male friends who hate shopping for clothes interested in shopping for clothes. :(

AntiHeroComplex5531d ago

did you try my method? Success rate is high.

Speakersgoinghammer5531d ago

I just tell her hey you wanna play with my joystick? If she says yes then i know shes into gaming!

sickbird5531d ago

The wife plays games on my iphone alot, she also enjoyed pixel junk monsters and mario bros is also one of her favorites. I find that if a game has a good story she will watch and not make to much of a fuss about it. She watched me play Uncharted 2 for like 2 hours and seemed to be entertained.

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