Do you game with your wife / girlfriend?

Just curious. Most women I deal with (who are mostly non / casual gamers who play Bejeweled or something but don't mind watching me play games like Metal Gear) don't seem to mind. In fact, I even manage to start some interesting debates discussing morality decisions in games such as The Walking Dead, Mass Effect, Fallout etc. I've met a few females who feel gaming is for kids, but me and them never last long. I respect their views, but they're not open minded enough for me.

Depends on the game. Most of the time my wife just watches if the game has a good story but has combat (Mass Effect, Uncharted), but there are games we play together (Diablo III, Super Mario 3D World), and there are games she plays on her own (Okami, Zelda).

Your wife plays Zelda? That's pretty cool. Haven't met any females yet that play rpg's. Games I normally have no interest in playing like Mortal Kombat or NBA 2K are what I usually have fun with gaming with the ladies.

Nope. My girlfriend has no interest in videogames at all. I got her to play some old dos platformers at one point, but it was short-lived. She doesn't play videogames and she doesn't like to watch me play. Still love her though. ;-)

But really, when I look at my circle of friends (both male and female), I'm the odd one out. Some of them play games, but none of them visit gaming websites or watch streams and none of them consider gaming their main hobby. I never play videogames with any of my friends.

@loafofgame:

That sounds sad. xD

@zjun: Haha, it does a little bit, doesn't it. But I'm a happy person and my friends are great. :-) I've always played games alone. As long as I don't know any better, I'll be fine. ;-)

@loafofgame:

Good, I play games alone too usually, so guess I shouldn't be the one talking. Because my friends are on better platforms *Sulks in a corner.* But yeah. xD

my wife only play games like

Little Big Planet

Mario Kart

Rayman Legends

Super Mario Bros

playing coop with her sucks.. i have to wait for her all the time to climb up something

I used to play Wii with my ex-girlfriend even though I hate the Wii.

No my wife isn't a gamer.

No, She's got her hobbies and I've got mine. We do a lot of stuff as a family, but we need something for ourselves as well in between kids, work, education and family. I prefer to hunt and play games alone, or with my buddies.

I'm exactly the same way, my mrs just doesn't really get video games and thinks there for kids, she still doesn't understand that my video game obsession is my hobby. but she does like playing crash bandicot i'm hoping they sort out the store for the old games again so we can play them together, she also likes the motorbike games like trails, we used to compete against each other, but that was short lived.

with my friends i'm the odd one out to, they are all casual gamers, a couple get fifa every year and thats about it, my other friend doesn't touch much games except when the big blockbuster games come out, o and i have one friend who is poor but is into video games and used to complete all my games when i lived in a house share, and he loves shemnue as much as me, but i'm the only one who comes to game sites and watching out for news and anything new to come out, i'm the go to guy if anyone wants information but not many of them care.

if only the mrs got my gaming hobby, but she allowed me to buy a ps4 surround headset, it's getting the time to play now with a 2year old running around and planning on having another one soon.

My girlfriend is a nurse, so her spare time is quite limited. When she's not caring for the sick and elderly, she's teaching others to care for the sick and elderly.

I have gotten her to try a couple of Pop Cap games though. She became absolutely enamored with Plants vs. Zombies HD. And just this evening I introduced her to Peggle 2 which she took to like a fish to water.

But most of the time she doesn't have time or interest in games. Certainly not to the degree that I do anyway. But she's supportive of my hobby which is about all one can really ask. I have friends who game already, so it's not like I need someone to share the hobby with particularly. And we have plenty of other stuff in common so it's not like some huge barrier in our relationship or anything. She knows that gaming and I are a package deal and is fine with it.

I have spent a huge amount of time gaming with my daughter throughout her life. And she's taken up the hobby as well. She's old enough now that I don't have to limit her exposure to games anymore. Recently she completed Saints Row IV and she's been playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and The Sims 3 on her new gaming PC that her boyfriend bought her. FUN!

Hmm, I'm an unmarried lady gamer but what strikes me is that your topic headline doesn't even consider the alternate set: women gaming with their husbands / boyfriends... ("_";)

Just because it isn't spelled out in the original post shouldn't keep you from sharing your story with the thread. :)

Do you game with your significant other?

Don't have one.

Never had,never will.

The title was different though. It was something like "how does your girlfriend/boyfriend think about games?" in the beginning, but the user changed it. DON'T GIVE UP ON US YET!

Because people don't say many nice things on the internet: your girlfriend seems like an awesome person. :-) I know you're biased and all, but still... ;-)

Well, in my girlfriend's defence: she doesn't think videogames are for kids and she understands and respects my hobby. ;-) As for the rest: that does sound pretty similar. I feel you, man.

Well, as said, I 'm unmarried, so... But at least I can positively confirm that I prefer gaming with guys, or else, prefer guys that play video games. ;]

I often play games with my girlfriendShe enjoys all GTA games plus lego games in two player. She also loves watching me on Silent Hill and Resident Evil and sat through a full play through of The Last Of US.

I suppose it all depends on the game. I'm playing Ni No Kuni at the minute and she called it childish trash.

I'll have to answer the question the other way around (I'm a woman).

Hell, I've tried to get my guy to play games. He just loses interest within 10 minutes of playing. It's all too hard for him and he can't seem to memorize the controls. The only games I can get him to play are:

- Wii Sports

- Mario Party (but only if we team up against the AI, he doesn't want to play against me, because he knows he'll lose)

- Mario Kart

- Kinect Adventures

Anything else, he gives up. It's just not his thing. After trying to get him into games for months I stopped trying. I thought it through and decided that he's just not interested in video games, and that's okay. He likes to collect rare coins, remodel/repair houses and watch Discovery Science all day on sundays. It would be like him trying to get me excited to go and collect rare coins; it's not going to happen. So as long as he will allow me to play my games and I allow him to watch Discovery Science all day on sundays, we're good. Just respect the fact that in some ways we are different, but we love each other just the same.

edit: Oh, I play:

Diablo III, Bioshock games, Assassins Creed, Lego Marvel Superheroes, Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer, Skyrim, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, L.A. Noir, F.E.A.R., Quake 4, Fable games, Dead Space, Max Payne 3 and thats all I can come up with now, but I have more :-p

Dont have a wife or a girlfriend! All the girlfriends I have had either weren't interested or complained whenever I played games. If I do get a girlfriend that happened to be interested in gaming then I probably would play games with her, but I prefer to play games by myself or with a couple of friends in truth.

My girlfriend has played some of the games I let her borrow (mostly a few Zelda games and Pokemon Black 2) but usually she will just watch me or play a certain browser game while I play a game. Although we have done co op on a few games, like Mario Kart Double Dash, and Kirbys Epic Yarn, which is always fun. All in all, it just depends on the game. Most of the time she will just watch but sometimes we play together/ play the same game.

I enjoy playing LittleBig Planet, Mario Smash Football, Lego Star Wars and Borderlands co-operatively with my girlfriend and have actively helped her play Roller Coaster Tycoon II, Age Of Empires III and the Sims and recently she enjoyed playing through Journey and Flower. When she games single player, I do tend to watch her play Gamecube/3DS titles such as Pokemon, Legend of Zeldas and Animal Crossings, etc. and she always helps and watches me play my console games, especially with puzzle based levels. She is also good at recommending me games to get that I have missed (she urged me to into Assassin's Creed as I played too many driving games). I'm currently trying to get her into Portal at the moment...

My wife and her friend are playing Extinction (Ghosts) right now, actually.

We occasionally hook up the playstation and play crash bandicoot but that's it.

I prefer to play alone its allways been that way.

Yea, she handles the right side of the controller, while I do the left. She knows exactly what I need though so we work together well.

My ex was a hardcore gamer....should have married her!!! lol

I did some time ago!

My wife plays a few games. She liked Motorstorm Pacific Rift and now we got the Jak and Daxter HD collection and she's playing Precursor Legacy. She's funny - "Ill get this #%$#* if it's the last thing I ever do!!!" LOL.

Other than that though she's not into RPG's as the controls / inventory are too complicated and she doesn't care for racing sim's as she just slides off the track.

My wife and I play games from time to time, and among a wide range of genres.

So-so. Wife will play things like Guitar Hero, DJ Hero, Everybody Dance, Start the Party, and Sports Champions. So she's more into the social-type of gaming, but she likes Smash Bros., too. And she's pretty good.

I do not have a girlfriend. I never played games with any that I dated, though. I can be quite competitive. I will not trash talk, but I usually play without holding back at all. I am unsure if that scares girls away or anything because every time I played with any in person, they were not happy afterwords.

I lucked out and got a good looking girl that will play hardcore games with me. I married her. I call her my "Battle Buddy" as we play pretty much any game together, like Battlefield, CoD, L4D, etc. We also play civ, minecraft, and more. She is also in love with Skyrim and LA Noire. I need to get her into Dark Souls next.

No, my GF is not a gamer and even tho i have tried she isent interested in it. Which is fine by me since i enjoy playing alone.

She plays Sims and Harvest Moon. Sometimes plays MMO's. She's crap at games to be honest. She completed Fable III and Alice but then those are games where it's impossible to fail.