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How to Get Your Girlfriend Into Gaming

From Xboxist, "Tired of getting nagged by your girlfriend about how much time you spend gaming and not enough on her? Well, why not turn her over to the dark side? The happy couple is the couple that games together.

I was in your same predicament a while back. The way I got her into gaming was through..."

N4g_null5469d ago

Buy a Wii or a DS.

Get
wii fit
wii sports
wii play
and lots of puzzle VC games like columns or some thing.
Some VC mario love

On the DS new super mario bros

You get the idea once you get these games be sure to get some thing skill based like mario kart or bomber man. There is a reason why you could find girls at the local arcade, the games where much more fun.

If she like PCs then get her any thing online that doesn't rely on blood gushing every where.

Oh yeah show her how to get america's next top model on the Wii's wifi and you tube then move her to the HD stuff slowly but surely, bio shock and other games with great art direction are a must.

Never force things on your girl friend though. Also competition with your girl may be a no go for some of you it all depends on the relationship. Oh yeah get her an iphone and some games for it. They always end up playing the throwaway games.

Most girls and women have not really seens what gaming has to offer.

PS3istheshit5468d ago

they live around games and electronics and thier into anime and accept all kinds of things
i likes the bodies too

crillyconlig5469d ago

mine went out and bought a ps3 the other day for her self

Daoshai5469d ago

She must be quite a looker

YeOldeGamer5469d ago

...I thought you said HOOKER. :D

It WOULD be a good means of PAYING for a PS3. :p

ShinMaster5469d ago

My gf is a cutie ^_^ and when I met her, she was into Final Fantasy, Bioshock, God of War, ...God I love her!

njd825469d ago (Edited 5469d ago )

Anybody else think this article is a tad patronizing? The first couple of paragraphs read along the same lines as what you would do to potty train a child.

"Be careful with selecting her first game though. You want to ease her into the world of gaming by starting with one that doesn't have an overly complicated control scheme"

Awww...we wouldn't want their poor heads exploding under the pressure, would we?

Nintendo HAS done a great job of bringing in a wider audience of gamers which which MAY very well include a wider group of female gamers, so well done for stating the bloody obvious.

However, (and this may come as a shock to some of you) women are perfectly capable of choosing whether or not they want to do something and don't require "coaxing" in, Nintendo, along with Microsoft and Sony have moved with the times and created games like this because female gamers exist in large numbers already, maybe male gamers should open their eyes and stop making such a big deal out of it.

mastiffchild5469d ago

That's irrelevant, imo, if you live with your woman of choice.

My missus used to game and the worst thing I ever did was get her back into it after she moved in. Now she hogs whichever console you want to use, the best TV to play on(or the PC if shes so inclined )OR won't move for days cos she's now got an AC obsession(which I despise-I wwon't even get a real mortgage!).

Don't start me on how badly downhill your gaming goes if you are later thick enough to get your kid into gaming-they'll play cack games for ages and when they finally play some of your make you look like the biggest n00b in the world. Keep the gaming to yourself is my advice-don't let them take yours like they have mine.

mrv3215469d ago

I guess it does sound a tad patronizing BUT I believe it's more because they are new to gaming and not for being women. Let's face it we can all remember being destroyed on our first game and now we've forgotten those times we are all too ready to invite a friend over and expect them to be able to play COD:WAW on hard without ever playing a game before.

Sayai jin5469d ago

@mastiffchild- Man that sucks. I hope you get your gaming back on... I do not have that problem with video games, but my wife and mother in law like to watch there shows. So I have 2 HD projectors (one for my gaming room, a HDTV in the living room. I put my PS3 on it one day and put a few movies on it and my wife loved the quality of picture. SO she wanted another one for the bedroom. I brought another PS3 and a Pioneer 50" Full 1080P HDTV in the bedroom. I moved my 32" HDTV (was in my bedroom)in the kids room becuase I had no where else to put it. I took out there little 19". My mother in law liked the picture too, so I brought her a 40" Sony FUll 1080P HDTV and took her 32 HDTV out of the room. I actually put in our bathroom. So now everyone has a nice TV with a few to spare. HDTV are more affordable now. Even though the Elites are still pricey.

hatchimatchi5469d ago

i think the problem isn't getting your girlfriend into gaming, but with the person who is actively trying to get their girlfriend into gaming.

If you bug her to play games don't complain when she wants to drag you to go see bridewars or any chick flick for that matter.

rockleex5468d ago

Just imagine if a company found ways to ease us guys into chick flicks!

The "Nintendo" of chick flicks is evil! I already hate it and it doesn't even exist yet! >_<

Scary... *shivers*

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Vader822d ago

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Microsoft once tried to nab LittleBigPlanet from Sony after a few drinks

It turns out that many moons ago, Microsoft once had its eye on the Sony published LittleBigPlanet series.

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XiNatsuDragnel5d ago

Microsoft had a good idea but fumbled it again.

Cacabunga3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Project Spark idea was decent but they quickly gave up ..
LBP was wonderful

ApocalypseShadow4d ago

Microsoft in a nutshell. Always tried to poach Sony employees, games, 3rd party games and devices like the depth camera that was turned into Kinect but was running on PS2 before Xbox 360. Wouldn't be surprised they wanted LBP. Just like they worked behind the scenes pushing the MLB to bring Sony's baseball game to Xbox instead of making their own.
https://www.playstationlife...

They didn't spend years trying to develop their own baseball game. They wanted Sony's game.

They're scum.

Zachmo1823d ago

Microsoft didn't force MLB on Xbox. MLB gave Sony 2 options either go multiplat or risk losing the license.

Rynxie3d ago

And why do you think MLB said that? I believe Ms approached MLB.

ApocalypseShadow3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Totally ridiculous comment.

The only exclusivity Sony had was to their own creation of The Show. Microsoft could have paid the MLB for the license just like Sony did and made their own baseball game.

Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox. They're worth 3 TRILLION dollars. You think that's not enough money to make their own baseball game? Don't be delusional.

Microsoft spun it like they always do and told the media that they had to trust Sony with their hardware. After they put Sony in that position of not having a choice. Either go multiplatform or stop making one of their successful games. That's a no win scenario.

And what did Microsoft do? They didn't try to sell the game to the Xbox community. They put it on game pass to hurt Sony. Pushing the idea of why buy games that are $70 when you can play them in their cheap service for $10. It was a dirty tactic.

You fell for the Kool aid drink Microsoft served you instead of spitting it out. Hope it tasted good because you were fooled by Phil and the gang.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

Bond revealed that MLB The Show “always came up” in conversations between Microsoft and the Major League Baseball organization. “We always said, ‘We love this game. It would be a huge opportunity to bring it to Xbox.'” she recalled. However, when Microsoft’s efforts materialized, it put the company in an awkward situation where it had to send in pre-release consoles to a rival company.

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Notellin3d ago

"Microsoft instead, groomed MLB for years in trying to poach Sony's game and bring it to Xbox."

Take a nap, conspiracies are rotting your brain.

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Hereandthere3d ago

Xbox executive Sara Bond has told Axios that Microsoft spent a number of years trying to get MLB The Show onto Xbox consoles. And when it finally succeeded in breaking off PlayStation’s long-held exclusivity, the company had to “trust” Sony with pre-release Xbox Series X/S consoles.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

Lying to yourself is unbecoming.

Article link tells you all you need to know in Sarah Bond's own words.

Hereandthere3d ago

They were too cheap/inept/lazy to develop their own mlb game, so they port begged for years and bribed the mlb to make the show multiplatform. Like i said many times, xbox brought nothing to the table their 24 years, ZERO.

ApocalypseShadow2d ago

At least you and others get it. Note drank the Kool aid and asked for seconds thinking it was refreshing.

Most don't even know how it all played out but it's there in black and white for all to see. Microsoft brought it up for years until the MLB forced Sony's hand. It was a win win for Microsoft. Kill one reason to buy a PlayStation or kill the game by dropping it in a cheap service to kill Sony's sales numbers on PlayStation.

OtterX4d ago

"However, Healey said Media Molecule wouldn't have felt right doing that, adding it would have been "morally corrupt"."

Major kudos to Media Molecule for being an upright studio with principles.

Cockney2d ago

They chose well, Sony gave them the backing to pursue their dreams with no restrictions even tho their games especially dreams have very niche appeal. Media molecule and Sony deserve respect for this in an age of risk averse publishing.

RNTody4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Great, more stories like this please. Show the last of the zombies holding the line what we've been saying for years: Microsoft is anti competition, anti industry and has no interest in making games at all.

But hey, at least there's an Xbox Games Showcase to look forward to, right?

Inverno3d ago

Well considering SONY just killed the series, LBP would've been dead by now either way. Though MM probably wouldn't exist by now either, so I'm glad they stayed with SONY, hopefully they don't get shut down any time soon or ever honestly.

Inverno3d ago

They shut down the servers, that's millions of user created levels gone. That and dead are pretty much the same, it's also been years since 3 and they cancelled HUB soooo.

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fsfsxii3d ago

They shutdown the servers because no one was playing, no one in the community cared about the user created levels so why keep them up? Wtf you guys would never succeed in running a business.

Inverno3d ago

Yea dood no one was playing so they shut off the servers. Cause people with enough common sense can't just Google why they were actually shut of, right?

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