Monday, 24 January 2011
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I Bond with My SO By Playing Video Games
I know a lot of couples do a lot of different things to bond with each other, we just happen to do it a bit different. My bf is a big time gamer, as well as being an electronics man (as he works for Frys Electronics. You would know this store if you live in California or just in the Midwest because it's popular there. Just not so much in the east) as well as being one of the biggest nerd I've ever seen.
One of our common interests are video games. I got introduced them when my parents got me a Sega Genesis with Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 and ever since then, I've been hooked; but mostly I've ventured into other genres instead of rpgs (which are my strong point and which I have several going which include Eternal Sonata, Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 6 and Mass Effect etc;) into different genres I've never been able to conquer. Though really, I enjoy mostly the interaction between my bf and I when we play a game, because when we play a game together, we talk about the story, the characters and decide on what attributes or just where to go.
And I've found that mostly, I like just talking and helping out someone that is playing a video game, it feels refreshing to me in a lot of ways. But even more so with my bf because I feel closer to him. Like for right now, we're in the middle of Mass Effect 2, and there is a ton of stuff we're doing and we take turns playing on the pc but we both make the dialogue options etc; And it's funny because he likes to show off his game knowledge to me while I can show off some history or space kind of knowledge demanding on the game we're playing. Of course, he has his corny jokes and puns and we make fun of the games we play by phrases we make up, but it feels good to be part of some inner joke or just knowing the joke.
I feel like it helps us grow as a couple, as he gotten me to play and experience new games and new feelings before.
And also, we enjoy playing party type games like LittleBigPlanet, so that we both get a chance to play otherwise, one of us sometimes sits on the side and helps the other play by giving our advice or just suggesting something. It's really something I do cherish and I enjoy doing this all the time with him. It's just one of our many bonding rituals, but it's our most largest and most meaningful to me.
So what do you do with your SO to bond? Anything in particular?
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My husband and I also bond through playing video games together. He's a huge gamer too, which got me into video games, although I'm no where near the gamer that he is. But it's fun to play together, or sometimes I'll just sit there and watch him play a game that he likes to play that I don't, and just sit there with him and usually I'll do some of my writing. We also enjoy cuddling up and watching movies together.
My ex gf and I actually pitched in together to buy a 360 since neither one of us could afford it by ourselves. and we also used to play a TON of tf2 together...we prob put at elast 50 hours into it with each other.
Gaming is always fun!
Aw that's nice.
We are both avid gamers, but we don't really bond. We call that "mindless fun" because we don't really talk, FPSs get too intense like that.
If we play on an open server with other people, then we talk more about tactical stuff, flanking,etc.
sstory of my life. except i dont have anyone right now to game with - but when i doooooooooooooooooooo
Video games are a great way to bond - I play a TON of Call of Duty with the guy I'm dating. And sometimes I'll play his friends too. We always have a lot of fun.
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haha love playing video games with the men in my life =)
My ex-fiance and I would play WoW and quest/raid together, and that was fun. And my current boy-thing-person and I are working on beating Zelda: Ocarina of Time right now. Girls who won't even try playing games with their boys are missing out for sure.@justXforXyou_beautiful@xanga - I love Ocarina of Time! That's the best game ever.
I used to play N64 a lot, but just started playing with my boyfriend on Xbox 360. He plays Halo and random other games, but it's a great way for us to bond, because he's so into, and he loves that I can get into it also
We also bond by doing everyday stuff together like grocery shopping or washing one of our cars. We also like to watch stupid Youtube videos together.
We do too, seeing as we're both gamers :D
we cook together~
I got my boyfriend hooked on WoW... =P
My husband and I bond over video games as well. He is a huge gamer and got me into it a lot more. Right now I'm playing Mass Effect 2, Just Cause 2, and LBP 2. :) We also love playing Black Ops online together. We also watch movies together and go grocery shopping together. I love grocery shopping with him.
I love playing video games with my man!!
We've played Halo 3 together (that was hilarious because of the arguements of who is failing who, oh my god that was so funny), Halo Reach, Left 4 Dead, LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet2 (just got it!) he watches me play Mass Effect 1 & 2 (over and over and over and over and over), and just various other games.... we used to play world of warcraft together, final fantasy 14 (which SUCKS), and we are looking forward to playing TERA together.
@KickDrumHeart - Agreed, HUGE part of my childhood. In fact, I was thinking of posting a pic of my tattoos on my blog... I totally have the triforce tattooed on my foot. lol
girl gamers are a cliche. They just play to look "cool" to get men's attention. And yeah I believe that girls play vgames for entertainment, but they're not 100% devoted to it like men do. Imagine a sexy blood elve in wow, irl, she's ugly. irl pretty women would be flirting and won't be wasting time in a virtual world.
Aww, yay, you got published! :)
To bond, we talk a lot, mostly - a lot about music, movies and outdoor stuff, and we tend to spend a lot of time outdoors - like walking and doing exercise together too :) Surprisingly enough, he's not a big gamer, though.
me and my man love playing video games together :) Gears of War and Left 4 Dead FTW
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Aww that's super cute!
Me and my boyfriend bond by playing wii together sometimes, we have little competitions against each other and make bets as to who is gonna win, in the end we both just end up laughing and having fun and we never go through with the bets. He just got all 8 seasons of 24 for Christmas, so we have started watching that together every time we see each other. Its great to just cuddle on the couch and watch it together.
@din02243158@xanga - uuhhhhhuh... apart from if, like me, you've been gaming since the late 80's when you were 5, before you cared about "looking cool" or whatever... I don't have to PRETEND to love gaming, or look cool... I JUST DO, and I just am.
Chris likes typical boy games (like Halo...boo) & I'm a retrogamer that likes strategy, puzzles, etc. We find some common ground though! We both agree on Anime!!
Me and my bf game, we usually game separately though, unless we're on an mmo.
Can I just add, when gaming first became popular I don't ever remember it being gender stereotyped, people gamed if they could afford the systems/had the time/were interested. I think people who didn't live the 80's have just made that shit up.So shut the fuck up, yo!We shop together, play online poker together, we cook together, and we've been playing a PS3 game called "Face Breaker" together... it's quite ridiculous boxing game where we punch each other until we break the opponent's face. Violent, quite... stress relieved? indeed.
But boys are born with better dexterity because my hand starts numbing out and unless I cheat and take his controller handling hand away from him, he always wins. HAHAAHAH I like tetris and I kick his ass on that! lol
yeah, we're a couple of geeks.
My husband introduced me to games, and then I branched out to MMO's which I REALLY like.
We play together all the time. It's fun. He always beats me, though. It sucks. LOL