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My wife is not a gamer.

Other than the usual, you know: Tetris, Dr. Mario, The Sims - all only very sparingly. Her idea of gaming is paper and pencil and a Sudoku book. It's all fine and dandy.

My computer/video gaming "addiction" however draws a ton of flak from her. "You spend more time with that computer than you do with me!" or "Going to play with your other wife?" (referring to the computer of course). You know it... you've heard the same thing on occasion from your own SO at least once I'm sure.

I've been trying to find an avenue to get her to enjoy my hobby (read: waste time playing video games). I bought a Wii last year, and she occasionally plays. It gets more use from the kids though. Hexic for the XBox 360 was a hit for a few days, then back to her mundane non-gaming life. Computer games are a total bust - she has no interest in pretty much anything other than maybe bejeweled.

Finally, I got a reaction that I was looking for...

I asked her if she had a few minutes to watch something, and she relented. It was the demo of Microsoft's Project Natal. After a few "How the hell?", and "No, really... HOW THE HELL!?!", it was followed up with "Wicked!" (Wicked? What are we, in the 80's?) I asked her, "You want one, don't you?" Her reply, "You bet your butt! That rocks!"

Ahh, finally... I might be able to get her into something a little more exciting than square blocks falling from the top of the screen! And to think, it took me close to 3 years to get her to relent to having an XBox in the house.
 
Ask her this:

"Where would you rather me be? Here at home playing games or out at the pub or a strip club"


That usually shuts them up

 
Originally posted by: polarmystery
buy a Wii, women love it (not trying to be sexist but all of my previous SO's did)
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Read the fucking post. :|

Originally posted by: her209
Obligatory PICS request.
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Nope. Sorry.

Originally posted by: Lamont Burns
Teach her how to play hide the salami.
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We have 4 kids... I think she's got that one down.
 
My wife doesn't get my love of gaming but she appreciates the fact that I have fun and I am at home, not out "getting into trouble".

She saw our grandson's Wii and she wanted one. Now we can "game" together. She likes bowling and tennis. She wants to get a trivia game for it.

 
The only game my wife likes to play for any given amount of time is Viva Pinata. She'll go months without playing...but then she'll play for hours at a time when she finally comes around to playing.
 
you could try to get her drawn into a game that has a strong story like mass effect. Plus you can have a lesso scene!
 
Originally posted by: Sea Moose
you could try to get her drawn into a game that has a strong story like mass effect. Plus you can have a lesso scene!
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Did you ever tell us who you were before you were banned?
 
What if your wife gets hooked on them and suddenly the house is a mess and there are never clean clothes or any food cooked?
It is better for you to just quit.
 
Originally posted by: SunnyD
My computer/video gaming "addiction" however draws a ton of flak from her. "You spend more time with that computer than you do with me!" or "Going to play with your other wife?" (referring to the computer of course).
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I am not quite sure how or why you married my wife 😕
Although she actually named my computer 'Natasha'

Let me know how this goes as I will definately be interested in how you got her to play games
 
If she's not into it by now, I doubt she ever will be. At least not to the point where you'd like her to be. They either like gaming or they don't, really. My wife has liked gaming ever since I've known her. In college, we'd have mad Mario Kart competitions on the SNES, and it evolved from there. We've spent countless hours playing LOTRO and WoW, our Wii and our 360's. Yes, we each have our own 360. Before that it was the GameCube and the first Xbox.

She's a maniac.
 
Originally posted by: Poulsonator
If she's not into it by now, I doubt she ever will be. At least not to the point where you'd like her to be. They either like gaming or they don't, really. My wife has liked gaming ever since I've known her. In college, we'd have mad Mario Kart competitions on the SNES, and it evolved from there. We've spent countless hours playing LOTRO and WoW, our Wii and our 360's. Yes, we each have our own 360. Before that it was the GameCube and the first Xbox.

She's a maniac.
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Is she competitive with you? Many women aren't that good at gaming, and I imagine it gets frustrating being beaten all of the time.
 
I really feel for ya. My wife loves to game. AOE, just about any RPG, FPS, she loves them all(with the exception of sports games). I wish I had advice for you on how to interest her, but sadly I do not. Good luck.
 
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