Thursday, 11 November 2010
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Has Call of Duty Stolen Your Boyfriend?
As I'm sure a lot of you unfortunate girlfriends are aware, Call of Duty: Black Ops was released this past Tuesday. According to VGChartz, an estimated 7 million copies of the game were sold on day one, after following approximately 4.5 million pre-orders which would make it the fastest selling game of all-time. Last year, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had set the record for fastest selling video game of all-time, so it's being trumped by yet another "Call of Duty" game.
In fact, Modern Warfare 2 became the biggest launch in the history of entertainment by raking in a not-so-modest $310 million in the US and UK alone. It's safe to say that the "Call of Duty" franchise has become more of a cultural phenomenon than anything else.
Has your boyfriend contributed to that total? And since girl gamers are more abundant nowadays, guys, has your girl become addicted to mediocre single-player campaigns and unbalanced multiplayer?
I'll be the first to admit that I'm in the minority when it comes to my dislike of the "Call of Duty" games. I'm not exactly a "casual gamer", which is what most of the Call of Duty fanbase could be referred to as. In other words, I'm into video games for more than just a quick, fun, fast-paced, mindless diversion. The game isn't terrible, and I understand why people are addicted to it like heroin-laced cocaine, but it has become such a huge monster in the entertainment industry, that it feels like just about everyone is playing it.
Have you been influenced by friends to get into the hard "CoD" drugs? Does your significant other spend too much time playing online with his buddies when he can be learning the art of making you squirt instead? It's no secret that guys will drop just about everything to kill some assholes online with their bros, and talk mindless trash like incoherent zombie-sailors with grave speech impediments (God, I can be so clever sometimes).
Just about every guy on my Facebook page was talking about Call of Duty in one form or another, and the other 3% were quoting shitty lyrics or talking about the color of their urine on that particular day. Surely, it must get tiring having to compete with a video game for your partner's time. I mean, it's better than competing with his ex-girlfriend who has become interested again, but it's still a nuisance.
Here's a silly question: Have you ever hidden or broken any of your signifanct other's video games or game systems before? According to YouTube, it's fairly popular to do just that:
So tell me, has "Call of Duty" or any other video game for that matter, stolen precious time away from you and your boyfriend or girlfriend? Has your partner ever been addicted to the point where it ruined your relationship?Sincerely,
Nuñez Love Doctor
Certified with a PhD in Hot Crazy Girlfriends Who Destroy Video Game Systems and Heroin.
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Me and my SO spend time together. Playing Halo :D
One of my exes spent a lot of time with his Xbox, specifically CoD, GoW, and Halo. I retaliated by spending a lot of time with WoW. /shrug. We made it work by making fun of each other for our respective obsessions and occasionally switching off on gaming platforms.
Hahaha that guy in the video was actually unusually calm. Maybe it was shock, but I was expecting a huge, foul mouthed outrage!
Anyway, luckily for me, my boyfriend doesn't play video games. =)
I think the ladies that complain that that their boyfriend doesn't spend enough with them need to grow up. We don't whine when you run off with your girlfriends for a shopping or salon day, sheesh.
I play alot of games but i would give it all up in a hart beet to spind time with the one i love
my husband is playing COD right now and annoying the hell out of me.
My boyfriend HATES Call of Duty and Halo and Left 4 Dead and all that stuff. He's more into NBA Jam and Super Mario. But i LOVE COD and Halo & L4D and all those games. I stood in line to get a copy of COD Black Ops on Monday night and it felt awesome having it in my hands and playing it. It's probably one of the best games. But, when it's quality time for me and my boyfriend, I put all the gaming stuff away and I give all of my attention to the boyfriend.
I just let my guy play stuff when he wants, and then later we hang out. He doesn't take advantage of me letting him play. He says he feels bad playing when I'm around.
WoW stole my boyfriend many moons ago. Actually, I might have stolen him from WoW come to think of it. He still has visitation rights.
No boyfriend for me right now.. So, that means I don't have to be bombarded with "cod time" :)
I blogged about this! (Black Ops) and hahahahah to that video.
Stupid guys.
I just bought this game--I see why it's ruining relationships...I'm in love with it. ;)
YESSSS. lol all i seen was the title and was like yupp. im so mad black ops just came out i cant get him away from it. I wanna break it but I know hell spend another 60 dollars on it lol.
oh and the chick breaking the xbox. my best friend did that to her boyfriend, in front of him, and he didnt hit her but he like pushed her and was all wtf?!?! and she fell and her lung went flat. funny thing is hhe didnt even really put his hands on her and she used to beat his ass daily. so it was kidna like karma but I still love that she did it.
My man is NOT interested in gaming and could care less about any sports team, THANK GOD! I am a lucky girl :)
I'd rather my husband play Call of Duty than to be out doing something he shouldn't.
At least he is home with me.
:)
If I want him to get off, I just simply jump on WOW to make him lag.
He usually takes the hint and comes to spend time with me.
I can't get mad at him for his COD alone time, when he exerts just as much energy trying to pry me away from Resident Evil.
no, but WoW and Fallout did.
I fucking, fucking, fucking HATE IT.
Well my boyfriend and I are both hardcore pc/xbox gamers. It's part of the reason why we're together. So we either play together happily, get angry because one of us screwed the other over in the game, or are fighting bc one of us would rather play than spend time together. It varies, but we're happy lol
CALL OF DUTYYY
we play together, but yea, Starcraft annoys the crap out of me
I'm part of the 3% that doesn't play CoD, so my gf has no complaints about games.
Sports are a different matter.
Directly quoted from my man:
"You'll still hear from me, there's still gonna be like 40 second intermissions between matches ;p"
I was just thinking about this. Luckily, my boyfriend beat Black Ops last night, so he only completely ignored me for 2 days.
He just bought it the other day. He hasn't ignored me. I actually am looking forward to playing it together.
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What's wrong with a guy having a good time and enjoying himself? Unless it's driving a wedge between you in your relationship and severely damaging it (in which case, COD is not going to be the only factor there) then shut the fuck up and let him have fun.
Just sayin'.