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[Gainsworthy]

Everytime me or my brother buy a new game, we usually wait and don't open the box until the other one is there.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Yeah, me and my brother tend to wait for one another before we start a new game too. It's a pretty good set up. And, unless we're both going through a story heavy game, one of us ends up watching the TV/computer and giving advice, comments and such. Also, having someone who is as into games as you are living in the same household is awesome. Extra awesome for Co-Op anything.

Huzzah!

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

This is a question which is really too varied to have a good resolution.

However, as a summary, I think saying this goes a long way:

- If two people like the same games, it strengthens a relationship, especially if they play the games together.

- If one person likes a game that the other does not, it doesn't affect a relationship.

- If one person is addicted to a game or games, and the other is not, it weakens a relationship, especially if it's an MMORPG.

[Biggerfish]

Hey /b/, I have a very serious problem. I'm fucking crying because of how stupid I am.

Okay, so my girlfriend was supposed to come over to my house today because I was going to go take her to a movie. She lives about 20 minutes away, and the movie we were supposed to see started at 4:15, which was in about 40 minutes. I figured "cool, I'll just play Pokemon while I wait".

So I'm playing Pokemon, and having a pretty damn good time. Anyway, she finally does show up, except she's crying as she walks into my room. Instead of doing the right thing by comforting her, I half-focus on my game and her. She starts telling me her cat died, and just as she was getting into it, I get into a random encounter in my game.

A shiny pidgey. Holy shit. (For those of you who don't know/care, shiny pokemon have less than a 1/1000 chance of appearing). I stare into my screen in amazement, yelling "holy shit, YES", interrupting her mid-story. She sobs more, and she starts to yell "You don't even fucking care! YOU JUST WANT TO PLAY YOUR FUCKING GAME!" I'm still looking at my screen, still focusing on catching my shiny pidgey, when she walks over, and tosses the game against the wall. I run over and pick up my DS hoping that nothing has changed on screen, and quickly noticed that she broke it. My system and my shiny pidgey, gone forever.

I start screaming every obscenity I know, and started flailing my arms around. I didn't know she was behind me, and apparently I backhanded her in the face while I was being a dumbass and swinging my fists around. She yells out "FUCK YOU", and runs out of my house in tears.

What have I done? I've fucked up so badly, and I need to know how to approach her. I don't want a game of Pokemon to be responsible for ruining my best relationship ever. Help me /b/.

[Chris Whitman]

Wow, that's...

I just hope that guy has learned his lesson.

[deadeye]

That has to be a fakepost.  It just... has to be.

[Movius]

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Shiny_pidgey

[kyn]

That's just so sad. He lost a valuable companion for life. He'll probably never see that shiny pidgey again

[Skofo]

RIP Shiny Pidgey... 

Quote: "That has to be a fakepost.  It just... has to be."
Thank you, sherlock.

[Chris Whitman]

If this is an old internet standby, keep in mind that I do not have the eighteen free hours a day it takes to read all of the internets.

[skrew]

did no one else laugh?

[moi]

Awesome, let's discuss 4chan copypastas, shall we?

[Xion]

did no one else laugh?

I did not find it funny.

[Tet]

Anyone that lets a video game get in the way of their relationship is an idiot. Play when she's not around? Of course, that's hard when you live together, but, really. Tits beat games any day 

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

Anyone that lets a video game get in the way of their relationship is an idiot. Play when she's not around? Of course, that's hard when you live together, but, really. Tits beat games any day 

That's kind of an even worse attitude. It's not games vs t*ts, it's games vs another person's feelings.

[Chris Whitman]

I would assume/hope that was tongue in cheek.

[Tet]

That's kind of an even worse attitude. It's not games vs tits, it's games vs another person's feelings.

Yes, I know (zomgjokeontigsource)? I'm saying that a human companion is much better than an electronic one.

[moshboy]

I'd have to say overall games have had a more negative impact than a positive one on my relationship. There are some good things that have come out gaming though, for example the Wii is one of the rare times that I have actually been able to play a videogame with my gf.

[Chris Whitman]

I played World of Warcraft for a bit with a girl I was dating once, but in general I've never gone out with anyone who has been too into video games. I can't say it's really ever been a problem, though.

[shinygerbil]

HOLY FUCK

I was just trying to type "I may be a huge gamer but my girlfriend comes before games any day."

What I actually typed:

I may be a huge gamer but games come before my girlfriend any day.

That had better not be a Freudian slip D:


Anyway. As I was saying, I may be a huge gamer but my girlfriend comes before games any day. Sometimes she does get tired of me playing games, but she's a godsend when it comes to Rock Band, she's the only person we know who can do a good job on the mic. She enjoys mario kart, even Soul Calibur, basically as long as it's a social game (and not too hardcore) she'll happily join in. Only consoles though.

[Titch]

I've had the dubious experience of getting out of a relationship because my girlfriend was more into playing games than I was. Getting second place in level of attention the two or three times a month a new game came out. Not fun. Doubly not fun when I would introduce -her- to a game and then be mostly ignored while she played it for four times as long as I did.

It's a bit strange. I spend hours a day making games but I don't think I can really be with someone who sees being a gamer as a lifestyle choice rather than a pass time.