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OldSchool
04-13-2004, 10:36 AM
I've got to say after cruising around this site and taking a look at the pictures of the game rooms I'm impressed and amazed; impressed at the very cool collections of systems, games, and arcade units, amazed that your wives don't give you living hell.

My son and I only have two systems and if either of us sit down to play for more than a few minutes we get nothing but grief. Lol, how do you do it?

Anyway, cool stuff folks and cool site.

Best wishes and happy gaming!

StrychNiNE
04-13-2004, 10:46 AM
Well, I tend to only date girls who appreciate videogames...but if that's not an option, ignoring them always works. I think of it like this, whatever is more interesting at the time, I will pay attention to. Lay down the law.

Achika
04-13-2004, 10:48 AM
Well, I'm a girl so I suppose that always works. LOL

Ed Oscuro
04-13-2004, 10:49 AM
Indeed...playing multiplayer can be a bonding experience! Tell 'er that! It's true, though.

As for the expenses portion, well...not sure I really DO get away with it, heh heh. I need to get off my ass and start getting ready for a good career, that's for sure :P

omnedon
04-13-2004, 11:04 AM
Get her to try Bust a Move.

It's like 'chick crack" LOL

Just be prepared to fight her for the system that it gets played on. Oh, and if she did the cooking before, you may need to learn to cook as well. LOL

pookninja
04-13-2004, 11:07 AM
well,i get away with it because my wife is a gamer as well.she let me turn the dining room into my gameroom!!not to many of my friends wives let them do that. :D

YoshiM
04-13-2004, 11:18 AM
Well I was collecting before I got married and she didn't want to "change me" as some wives/girlfriends do (like my ex). Plus she plays games too so that helps.

The only problem we run into is trying to find a game we can play cooperatively, or at least a game she likes that she can beat me in :D .

OldSchool
04-13-2004, 11:26 AM
Awww geez Achika, sorry for implying that all vg players are men, I know better. :embarrassed:

Bust a Move....duly noted.

Yeah, gaming is great bonding although it can be tough when your 7 y/o beats you. The kid is a Godzilla DAMM savant, and regularly smacks me down hard.

Happy gaming!

pookninja
04-13-2004, 11:27 AM
well,me and my wife really enjoy playing final fantasy:crystal chronicles together.if you have a cube and game boy advances and link cables,and you both like adventure games,you might want to give that one a shot.or a good game of puzzle fighter for ps1 is always good too.

slip81
04-13-2004, 11:32 AM
My girlfriend is pretty cool about it. But at first she wasn't too happy about me starting to collect games (I started collecting after we started going out), since I also collect comic books, now she's fine with it as long as I don't put us into dept, and now I've even got here to play games as well (have your wife try Animal Crossing ;) ). She even said that when we get out own house she'll let me convert the basement into a big game room, so that's cool.

Cmosfm
04-13-2004, 11:45 AM
Well, I'm a girl

And a cute one at that ;)

Anyways, I'm 20 and I still live at home. I'm currently working on expanding my kiosk I own into a larger store which will take a few years at least. I'm in a "I prefer not to date and wish not to spend my time with others right now" phase. My collection is pretty large and it keeps growing, and being that I have no one barking down my throat that it's all a waste of time and a bunch of garbage I can buy as much as I want! Plus I don't think I'd ever date a woman that didn't appreciate what I love.

So that's how I do it!

Achika
04-13-2004, 12:00 PM
:embarrassed: awww

Nah, I didn't think you were implying that at all. It's just fun when people look at you as being the "rule maker" And the total opposite will happen in my future household.

sisko
04-13-2004, 12:08 PM
Get her into it. Seriously.

When I moved in with my girlfriend, she had maybe 20 games tops. She liked them, but nowhere near on the same level as me. I had a little over 200 at the time. We talk about it a lot, go hunting together several times a week, search ebay together, etc etc. Together, we have had the collection grow to almost 600 games in less than a year, and we rarely pay launch or DP guide prices.

Also, Animal Crossing is good chick crack too. :)

SegaTecToy
04-13-2004, 12:12 PM
If the girl doesn't like videogames just ignore her when she starts to talk. After some time its just turn into background noise.

It works for me. (but maybe I should start looking for more VG friendly girls :-P )

Kid Ice
04-13-2004, 12:25 PM
I've got to say after cruising around this site and taking a look at the pictures of the game rooms I'm impressed and amazed; impressed at the very cool collections of systems, games, and arcade units, amazed that your wives don't give you living hell.

My son and I only have two systems and if either of us sit down to play for more than a few minutes we get nothing but grief. Lol, how do you do it?


My wife's just happy that I'm not into sports.

Richter
04-13-2004, 12:35 PM
Get her to try Bust a Move.

It's like 'chick crack" LOL my sister is 24/7 with that game
o.o

tholly
04-13-2004, 02:37 PM
as for women, get one that doesn't care, or one that likes games to begin with. or, let them play animal crossing or a racing game.

when you are with them, ignore your games unless they want to play (which is usually unlikely) .... when you are alone play all that you want.

just budget your time and money between games and everything else and you should be good.

optic_85
04-13-2004, 02:50 PM
Get her to try Bust a Move.

It's like 'chick crack" LOL

Just be prepared to fight her for the system that it gets played on. Oh, and if she did the cooking before, you may need to learn to cook as well. LOL

*LOL* It's true!!! Seriously, a few years ago i got my sister addicted to it. Now she kicks my ass every time we play. And recently i got my GF(who hates video games, even NES) to play bust-a-move 3 on saturn....Next thing you know she's borrowing my game gear, so she can play when she's not at my house *LOL*

OldSchool
04-13-2004, 03:23 PM
Well, I can't exactly pick and choose a girl since I already did that and married her 13 years ago. Meanwhile I'm keeping a list of these games to look for because it would be much nicer to convert her.

Happy gaming!

NE146
04-13-2004, 03:32 PM
My wife knows and understands absolutely nothing about videogames... BUT, she knows it's what I like. And at least it's this and not something far worse like going out and checking out other girls, or doing drugs, or drinking nightly or something like that. LOL

Daria
04-13-2004, 03:35 PM
You know... I prefer Tetris over Bust a move. :P But yeah non-gamer girls do tend to favor puzzle games, maybe because they're usually very easy to pick up and start start playing.
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Raccoon Lad
04-13-2004, 03:37 PM
I suggest you get a TAZER!


That's how I solve all MY problems.

Aussie2B
04-13-2004, 03:51 PM
Not an issue for me. I'm a heterosexual chick, so I don't have to worry about a nagging wife. :P I don't have to worry about my husband not liking it either because my future husband loves games too. His parents and my parents think we're a bit too crazy about games (and own too many, in their opinion), but I think we're well beyond the age that they can control how we spend our time and money. :P

ubersaurus
04-13-2004, 03:55 PM
I only consider dating women who can put up with my game collecting. If they don't even have a passing interest, I can't imagine sticking around with em.

OldSchool
04-13-2004, 04:02 PM
Aussie I have just the opposite problem. My 77 year old Dad likes video games. He gave my son his old Sega Genesis system and I can't keep him away from the Xbox when he comes over. He likes FPS. Go figure.

Richter
04-13-2004, 04:04 PM
You know... I prefer Tetris over Bust a move. :P But yeah non-gamer girls do tend to favor puzzle games, maybe because they're usually very easy to pick up and start start playing.then they'll get uber good at it and kick your ass every time. Then they'll brag to all her and your friends that you got beat by a girl

=P

le geek
04-13-2004, 04:08 PM
You know I don't think you can completely get away with it unless you're single. I had a LOT more videogame time before I met my longtime gf. But I think it's about compromises and making sure you don't neglect the other timewise. She did like the Sims and Animal Crossing for a while, but she gets frustrated that she can't win with most games.

Cheers,
Ben

Moose
04-13-2004, 08:54 PM
I would also say that the Simms is a good chick-game. Although, if she asks to make a character of you, don't let her. Bust-a-move is a must, as has been well stated. I am of the firm belief that everyone has at least one game that is right for them; try to match a game to her personality.

petewhitley
04-13-2004, 11:58 PM
In my experience, if you get REALLY good at pleasing your girl... down there... she`ll put up with just about anything. Works for me.

Phosphor Dot Fossils
04-14-2004, 12:10 AM
I'm glad you're being modest here, or I'd really start to feel inadequate. LOL

Whenever Mrs. PDF and I were looking at buying a new house, it was in the back of our minds that, in a three-bedroom situation, one bedroom would almost certainly become The Game Room, and if there were only two bedrooms, it'd wind up taking over the living room. For some reason, she was suddenly quite gung-ho about finding a place with at least three bedrooms. LOL We looked at one place which had some great architecture, really wacky layout to it with a great place for a BIG game room. But that house, while we both liked it, needed a little more DIY TLC than we really wanted to deal with as first-time home buyers, and it was also the only real live house in the middle of a number of trailers. Considering that this was very, very rural Arkansas, chances are pretty good we would've gotten to see a meth bust from the safety of our own home in that environment. :roll: Anyway, we wound up coming back to the first house we looked at every time, that's what we bought, and I was given the bigger of the two spare bedrooms to turn into the game room. Keeps her happy, keeps me happy, and it keeps all my game-related stuff behind a door that can - and this is really important - be closed so guests "don't have to see all that stuff."

Are you kidding? I've got a Kickman machine in there. Despite all the work we're putting into the rest of the house, let's not kid ourselves, the game room's going to be Grand Central Station. ;)

whoisKeel
04-14-2004, 12:37 AM
Get her to try Bust a Move.

It's like 'chick crack"


so true, time and time again this is the only game i can get alot of non-gamers into.

my gf doesn't really like games other than bustamove or tetris, maybe zelda...but i couldn't see her sitting through the entire game. i even tried space channel 5...and it was too fast.

basically, she doesn't really care that i play games that much. i just try not to sit there and make her watch me play games. i play on my own time (with a few moderate exceptions) but then again, i like my girlfriend and 'zoning her out' while i play seems like an asshole thing to do...

Melf
04-14-2004, 12:45 AM
My wife has enver had a problem with my game room. Both homes we rented, as well as the one we bought, have had three rooms, so there never was a shortage of space. Now that we have a baby, I've decided to close off the area behind the garage and turn it into a 18' x 20' room of gaming bliss. That way my daughter will get the room I use now and her little brother/sister (whenever that happens) can have the smaller room. Everybody's happy!

Mrs. Melf has never tried to change me either. She tolerates the trips to Games Stop and EB, checks out the baby stuff while I play in the R Zone at TRU, and receives my packages from ebay. She loves everything Mario on the GBA (bought it for her) and has been addicted to Animal Crossing since its release. I'm trying to get her into Harvest Moon now.

rbudrick
04-14-2004, 02:50 AM
I suggest you get a TAZER!


That's how I solve all MY problems.

I heartily agree. Word.



As for the chick problem, tell her to stick it up her, um, ah never mind. :D

If she gets pissy about something as innocent as a videogame, there's bigger issues at hand, imo. Especially if you are spending quality time with the kids. What's the problem?

Actually, definitely tell her to stick it, heh heh. lol :-)

-Rob

anagrama
04-14-2004, 10:20 AM
Get her to try Bust a Move.

It's like 'chick crack" LOL


Bubble Bobble & Super Monkey Ball can both be safely added to that list aswell :)

In fact, I could tell ya a story involving a Bubble Bobble coin-op that happened whilst on holiday in Greece when I was 15, but I'll save that for another time... ;)

chadtower
04-14-2004, 11:05 AM
Are you kidding? I've got a Kickman machine in there. Despite all the work we're putting into the rest of the house, let's not kid ourselves, the game room's going to be Grand Central Station. ;)

GRRRRRRRRRRRR. :o

See, this is why I fucking HATE MASSACHUSETTS. I make an excellent living (aside from the layoff recently) and still we barely made it into a tiny house on a main street. Meanwhile the amount we paid for our house would buy us a monster house outside of this moronic state. Dammit.

captain nintendo
04-14-2004, 11:19 AM
Always buy a home with an extra room for your hobby ;)
Of course my ex didnt really like my collecting (good ridence) Allthough I can say for sure that Bust-a-move,tetris and Bubble bobble are good for the non-gaming girl. Now I can do whatever I want with my house ! :P

chadtower
04-14-2004, 11:38 AM
Always buy a home with an extra room for your hobby ;)

Of course, when that extra room is the difference of $50,000 in price, you're welcome to pay for one for us.

OldSchool
04-14-2004, 12:19 PM
I'm kind of in Chad's situation. I can't really go out and buy a new place that has a playroom. We bought our house 3 years ago and it has 3 bedrooms. One for the wife and I, one for the son, another which became my wife's office. My wife is a total packrat so doing something with the garage is out. I'm half tempted to put a t.v. in my son's room, but I don't want him just locking himself in his room and doing nothing but playing vg's or watching the tube. Putting a t.v. with vg systems in our bedroom would be suicide and her office-the smallest of the three bedrooms-doesn't have room and wouldn't be a consideration even if it was bigger.

Winner her over to gaming is probably going to be a better bet. Even though I think it's going to be tough.

Aussie2B
04-14-2004, 12:32 PM
If you think Massachusetts is bad, try New York City... Just renting a half decent apartment in a neighborhood where you don't risk getting shot every time you leave your home will set you back $1000-$2000 a month. I'm not even going to get into the cost of houses...

I'm probably never going to buy a home here. I love Washington state, and it's a MUCH better place to live if you're looking to get into a video game related career. That is, unless you want to work at crappy Rockstar games... :/ While housing is considerably cheaper there, it's still a long off dream for me... I'm amazed that so many people here own their own houses at such a young age (I'm making the assumption that the average age around here is 20s and 30s). Being an unemployed college student who collects games and game-related merchandise, I'm lucky if I got enough money to feed myself every time I'm hungry. :/ If there's no food in the house, which is frequent with 6 people here, I'm basically forced to live off a diet of Top Ramen.

captain nintendo
04-14-2004, 01:33 PM
Of course, when that extra room is the difference of $50,000 in price, you're welcome to pay for one for us.

Sucks to live in area where housing is so expensive. You can buy a nice house out here for a reasonable cost.

jgenotte
04-14-2004, 01:42 PM
Quite simply put, I have the: Best. Wife. Ever. She like to watch me play video games. She encourages it. I am sure that most of you can understand how this might be a problem. Its not good when your spouse supports your addiction. I am going to end up dead, on the street, clutching as many games as I can hold onto. @_@

chadtower
04-14-2004, 01:44 PM
If you think Massachusetts is bad, try New York City... Just renting a half decent apartment in a neighborhood where you don't risk getting shot every time you leave your home will set you back $1000-$2000 a month. I'm not even going to get into the cost of houses...


That sounds pretty low, actually. Certainly lower than Boston. The suburban apts often approach $2000/month for a family, I don't even want to think about what a good apt in a decent place would be in Boston itself.

ehall
04-14-2004, 02:02 PM
My wife is a Resident Evil Fanatic. She will stay up till the wee hours of the morning just beating and replaying the entire catalog. It's insane. The only real problem she has with my game habit is the Arcade cabs (hey, it's only 4....), but then I'm all like, "Woman, get in the kitchen and make me some pie".
















In my head.

chadtower
04-14-2004, 02:10 PM
My wife is a Resident Evil Fanatic. She will stay up till the wee hours of the morning just beating and replaying the entire catalog. It's insane. The only real problem she has with my game habit is the Arcade cabs (hey, it's only 4....), but then I'm all like, "Woman, get in the kitchen and make me some pie".

Good, good... I usually tell your wife to go into the bedroom to do that!

;)

Bill Loguidice
04-14-2004, 02:12 PM
Well, frankly, I usually wait for my wife to fall asleep (she's a morning person, I'm a night owl), and usually keep the gaming to a few nights a week anyway (hey, I'm tired too). When we moved from our condo to our house, I was able to negotiate one of the bedrooms away to be dedicated strictly to my collection, so that's a coo. Out of courtesy, I try to keep the majority of classic stuff to that room. The den sports the Dreamcast and big modern computer setup/office, while the living room has the Xbox, GC and PS2, all tastefully displayed. Regardless, my wife is VERY understanding...

lym
04-14-2004, 02:32 PM
amazed that your wives don't give you living hell.


hey don't forget there was some of us on here who have husbands ;) there's not all guys around here.

Well my guy wasn't too keen on the idea of me having all these consoles. But he's got used to it now, it keeps me quiet LOL

OldSchool
04-14-2004, 02:41 PM
Hi Lym, yes I know I made amends to Achika over this yesterday. Bad wording and stupid generalization on my part :embarrassed: Sorry.

Shutting up and pie..........mmmmmmmmm heaven. Cartman was on to something.

RetroYoungen
04-14-2004, 03:53 PM
I always felt that if a girl didn't like games, at all, then we probably wouldn't have enough other stuff to really make it work. I mean, even my mom plays Tetris and Dr. Mario. I always found Tetris to be the best game to connect with someone with.

...except when it's your turn, and you upstage her without really meaning to, like 200 to 36 or so. I told her I was sorry, it's just instinct...

SegaAges
04-14-2004, 06:38 PM
Well, I guess it is time for SegaAges to let some of you know how it is very possible to have a girlfriend (or have successes with one night stands), and still be a collector. You guys can look at my collection in my sig. Sure, it isn't 1k+ games strong, but for the lifestyle I live, its massive. The trick is this: most of you spend all your free money on games. Spend half of that on games, and keep the other half for non-game purposes. If you have a monster collection and have some nickel in your pocket, girls will just think you got enough money to afford it (oh yeah, try not to drive a pos car either).

For me, my car is a 91 Eddie Bauer Edition Ford Explorer with leather, cd changer, blah blah blah I'm not going into all of that. It's not the point. The point is that every single girl that has ever stepped into my car has said something around the lines of "this is nice".

I am not trying to preach, but with a post like that, I figured that somebody wanted some advice about being a collector and getting laid at the same time. You also have to be very neat, organized, clean cut, blah blah blah. If you look like you just got done with an 48-hour straight Ikaruga binge, that will be a big turnoff for girls (at least the ones I am around). There are ladies on this board that can vouch, if you step into a bar, and look good, but not like I just came from the office good, just good, they will notice. If you drive them anywhere in a nice car, they will notice. If you take them back to your pad and its clean, comfortable, and has a buttload of material possesions (games or no), that will all help you out.

Also, you gotta have game dude. Good game is something that you can only get through experience. Nobody can tell you what to say.

Getting away with being a hardcore collector is easy. Like I said, just budget about half the money you usually do on games for going out, than it will be all good.

And yes, I have had a girlfriend while I was collecting. I started going out with her after I started collecting. She knew that I wasn't going to sit around all day playing games, but would go out and do stuff. Don't get me wrong, I am the type of guy that seems like I had a strange and/or wierd day if I don't get at least 2 hours of gaming in a day, but you have to manage your going out time as well (and when I say go out, I don't mean to the arcades).

You could always try to get a girl that is into games, but most of those girls are hard to find because they do the same thing many of us do (sit around all day playing games), so they are never out. If you are looking for a girl, just make sure that they think (keep in mind I said think) that you do more than sit around and do nothing but game and collect.

Now when it comes to having a wife and collecting, I don't know. I have never been married. I am sure that there are married guys in the forum that can answer that for you dude.

Raedon
04-14-2004, 07:09 PM
most woman come around as they respect their man's hobby and the fact that the has just to much cash that he can devote to collecting carts makes most woman horny as hell because they don't care for the dick (they got their own toys) they just want the glass slipper they have been missing..

at least that is how it works for me... I'm sure there are collectors who are just broke as hell.

I have yet to find a woman who will respect me more then my money lol.

Raedon
04-14-2004, 07:10 PM
.. guess I shouldn't do em up the ass then make them take it in the face .. Maybe..

brykasch
04-15-2004, 01:40 AM
Well my wife wasn't really a gamer before we met, besides a game of sim city, or tetris, but once we got together, I try to get her games she might like, she loves rpg's, tetris, sims, and the baldurs gate, d and d, champions of norrath type where we can bothe play together, we always look for multiplayer first thing, not in a deathmatch type, but coop. I think with her though helping me hunt for games, though soemtimes that is more fun for me then playing. Ah the thrill of the hunt. We are saving our down payment for a house as well, and by 06 plan on getting one with 3 bedrooms and a basement, but I am hesitant about using a good basement for a game area. anyways, anyone have some good books and preparing for buying a house?

ehall
04-15-2004, 10:11 AM
.. guess I shouldn't do em up the ass then make them take it in the face .. Maybe..

@_@

Damn.

Just, Damn.

:eek 2:

VACRMH
04-15-2004, 10:25 AM
My girlfriend already played games here and there, but I showed her Animal Crossing :evil:

There hasn't been a day, for over a year and a half that she hasn't played it.

v1rich
04-15-2004, 11:20 AM
My fiance had a hard time with it at first but now she understands. I buy a lot of stuff and resell it for more than I paid for it, that is something she can respect. I hope to have my collection paid for by the profit I make on what I sell (one day). I have a long way to go! I stayed after work playing games with the guys I work with, and she got upset and said she wants me to come home and she will play games with me :). Sounds good to me! I am onto that Bust A Move game as well. I have never got it in all my dealings so far and I have done a lot of buying.

One reason women like these puzzle games is because they can get really GOOD at them. They also seem to be pretty good at racing games. I think it is cool.

I got my cousin's wife hooked on Harvest Moon for the SNES. Now I have to buy another one to let them borrow (and to go with the extra box & ins I have already). :) I let them borrow games from me because they buy games from me and a system and other stuff.

Another good puzzle game for women and men alike is Arkanoid for SNES (don't know about for other systems). I beat the whole game in 5 hours one night. It is cool and it is a classic.

Tritoch
04-15-2004, 11:45 AM
Also, Animal Crossing is good chick crack too. :)

Definitely. My wife ended up playing that much more than I, even going so far as to complete the entire fish collection (which I didn't even do) without cheating. :eek 2:

I'm not as big of a collector as most people here, so it hasn't really been a problem yet. I keep all of the old stuff in the study (hooked up of course), with a few of the new consoles out in the living room. Keeps us both happy.

chadtower
04-15-2004, 12:33 PM
I see that I should pick up a copy of Animal Crossing for the wife... is there a GC version?

tynstar
04-15-2004, 01:14 PM
It is call smuggling. You need to smuggle the games into your house.

o2william
04-15-2004, 05:32 PM
My solution was to marry a very caring, understanding wife. She knows that playing games makes me happy so she's happy to let me play. All the same, I don't make a habit of ignoring her all the time to play games. Also, it helps that she's a collector (of books), so she understands the mentality.


See, this is why I fucking HATE MASSACHUSETTS. I make an excellent living (aside from the layoff recently) and still we barely made it into a tiny house on a main street. Meanwhile the amount we paid for our house would buy us a monster house outside of this moronic state. Dammit.

Stay away from California, then. The median house price where I live (in Orange County) hit $526,800 in February. And that's not for very big houses, either. Of course, I believe OC has the most inflated housing market in the state right now, if not the nation. :(

chadtower
04-16-2004, 09:55 AM
Stay away from California, then. The median house price where I live (in Orange County) hit $526,800 in February. And that's not for very big houses, either. Of course, I believe OC has the most inflated housing market in the state right now, if not the nation. :(

You're right. It's also the reason I ended up in my career path instead of going into game development. I studied computer science specifically for that, but then one look at the market said I wasn't moving to CA and that's where it all happens.

orrimarrko
04-16-2004, 10:31 AM
Some of these comments are absolutely priceless.

Especially SegaAges "Guide to getting chicks"...

I collected and played games when I met my wife, so she knew it was part of the package, "going in" to the relationship.

Over the last 8 years with her (5 1/2 married), she has grown to like games more than she ever did before.

She doesn't understand the collecting part, but respects that it's something that makes me happy.

Now, if she only knew how much I spent on them... :eek 2:

Her thoughts may change.

christianscott27
04-16-2004, 10:41 AM
it aint easy

my wife is the most casual of gamers, if you could even call her that. when we married i hadnt really started my collection. the space issue worked like this, our prior apt. had an extra bedroom that she used as a guest room. the guest room was a waste of space since we had overnight guest maybe 10 days a year. so the deal was in our new place i would get the extra room as a computer room/ fish tank room (prior hobby). then my collection grew and grew, til it pretty much fills a bedroom floor to ceiling

this wasnt a big deal until we found out we were having a baby, then the walls started closing in. trouble is theres just not enough space, even if all my games vanished we still need more room for all the baby gear. chads right about boston area housing, its so costly. we plan to buy but havent found the right lender yet. luckily my wife works in loans so someday! we just cant seem to leave the place we have, at $900 for a two bedroom in a decent hood on the subway we're about $400 below the going rate.

chadtower
04-16-2004, 10:56 AM
it aint easy

my wife is the most casual of gamers, if you could even call her that.

What Chris is leaving out is that his wife allows the NECG meets hosted there. Imagine allowing 30 total scraggly geeks into your apt, bringing all of this dusty, dirty hardware with them and spreading it out all over the place. She's very, very gracious in allowing that. Plus she has that outrageous accent .

downfall
04-16-2004, 11:06 AM
I see that I should pick up a copy of Animal Crossing for the wife... is there a GC version?

Yeah, it's Gamecube exclusive. Comes with a memory card 59 too which is a nice plus considering that takes up the whole thing. It's a great game though.

Chunky
04-16-2004, 12:48 PM
i found it the other way.. A woman who loved games as much as i do(not so much the collecting part, but she'll play most every system if a game tickles her the right way)(( see Rez ))

anyways she makes more than I do, and i think i make a pretty penny. However she does not like that i go to garage sales and stuff, she won't have it. She rather be playing games or something and is never gone anywhere without her gameboy.

You see that tall hot blonde crazy chick at the comicbook store....well go get her... I did.

Keir
04-16-2004, 01:34 PM
Well here's my deal.

Beth doesn't care much for games, never has. However, my collection is very neat and organized and I put stuff away when I'm not using it. Meanwhile, her stuff (whether it's work stuff, clothes, knitting or whatever) is strewn all over the house. She's a slob! So she can't complain about my games. :P

For a while one bedroom in our house was my game room, but with the baby coming that's going to have to change. I have plans for one of the rooms downstairs, and I think it's going to be great when I finish it but I'm still holding out for when my brother moves out and I can turn the other half of our 2-family house into a gaming HOUSE. Then I'll have all of you beat! HA!

Big Shady
04-17-2004, 03:28 AM
21 and single baby 8-)

I don't have to and have yet to experience a steady girlfriend, so I haven't had any woman yapping at about my excess spending in video games. Especially when it comes to the NEO GEO homecarts :evil:

raivyn
04-17-2004, 04:17 AM
well i am a female so i dont have to get away with it... :)
in fact my boyfriend finds it humorous and odd that i'm such an avid gamer...

gleavepaul
04-17-2004, 05:38 AM
My last gf didnt mind my games she liked watching it. She loved to play bubble bobble and Altered Beast (just for the crap speech!) althro did take the piss out of me coz ive wrote down all my stuff in a black book O_O . Any way she had to go coz i found out she was playing bubble bobble with some one else :angry: .

The lass b4 that hated them and just said "Why do you collect that crap?" "Same reason u collect those crappy me to you bears. Bitch!" But she was fit so i let it rest. we split coz i got bored but may get back soon! :D :D