Video game "geek" on MTV's "Room Raiders"

[Icarus Moonsight]

Sounds like finances were more of a problem than age...
The guy I got my Odyssey2 from for example... he bought it pretty close to launch, 1977 I think he said. He was 42 at the time... some would say that is too old to be into video games but he kept the thing and played it while taking care of it for nearly 30 years before passing it my way. Here's to 30 more!

[importaku]

The question we have to ask is.. what kind of desparate person has to go onto tv to get a date.

Dont know what the fuss is about really. Been single is great you can do what you want & buy what you like without been questioned & nagged ever 10 seconds that you bought another game

[Vroomfunkel]

I have to say, if I was actually in a serious relationship with someone that I loved, and the games were a problem, then they would be gone in a second.

They're just not that important to me. Just like smoking (I smoke like I play games. Occasionally, and for light enjoyment). If they are that important to you, then I guess you shouldn't someone dictate how you live your life .. but for me, they are a low priority.

If it was my books, however ... that would be a different matter!

Vroomfunkel

[GrayFox]

I have to say, if I was actually in a serious relationship with someone that I loved, and the games were a problem, then they would be gone in a second.

They're just not that important to me. Just like smoking (I smoke like I play games. Occasionally, and for light enjoyment). If they are that important to you, then I guess you shouldn't someone dictate how you live your life .. but for me, they are a low priority.

If it was my books, however ... that would be a different matter!

Vroomfunkel

Yeah, but if she actually loved you, then the games shouldn't be a problem.

I mean, if two people love each other, truly, their hobbies shouldn't have to be sacrificed.

[starchildskiss78]

Yeah, but if she actually loved you, then the games shouldn't be a problem.

I mean, if two people love each other, truly, their hobbies shouldn't have to be sacrificed.

I agree. When I moved here and started dating my girlfriend she hadn't played a video game for a long while as it was not a big thing to her (as well as she couldn't afford to.) I arrived with a Sony Playstation and like 7 games. One NES later (donated by her brother who had had it boxed up in a closet) and the process began. Now we have 9 systems, 3 handhelds, 4 TV Games, and 200+ games!! Oh, and she's obsessed with Animal Crossing.

[Sailorneorune]

Another shallow dating program...

I am a female gamer (shock and amazement! well, not really... someone should be able to figure that out from my username.) and have been for 17 years.

The surprise and utter bullshit over girls playing games bothers me, needless to say. If I had a dollar for every time someone has said "OMG a girl who plays games!!!1" in recent weeks, I could afford Radiant Silvergun.

I have an Atari 2600 (one of the woodgrain models), an NES frontloader, a Super NES model 1, a Genesis model 2, a PSone, a big fat PS2, a digital AV out capable Gamecube, a version 1 Dreamcast, and a cobalt GBA SP. I play all of my systems on occasion, and am on a Dreamcast and Game Boy kick at the moment. Favorite games: Mortal Kombat (II and Deception especially), Katamari Damacy, Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne, and The Legend of Zelda (personal favorite is Ocarina, and I am still bummed over the Twilight Princess delay).

All in all, this odd fantasy and fascination over girls who play games should not be that big of an issue, but it seems that will be the case for a long time.

Guys, fill me in on the girl gamer fascination if you please. I'm off to play Capcom vs. SNK.

-Sailorneorune-

P.S. Yes, I do have a boyfriend, and I can destroy him at Super Smash Bros. Melee. :P

[rpepper9]

So does your boyfriend like games, or does he take on the typical girl roll in thinking that you are wasting your time?

[Cmosfm]

I have to say, if I was actually in a serious relationship with someone that I loved, and the games were a problem, then they would be gone in a second.

They're just not that important to me. Just like smoking (I smoke like I play games. Occasionally, and for light enjoyment). If they are that important to you, then I guess you shouldn't someone dictate how you live your life .. but for me, they are a low priority.

If it was my books, however ... that would be a different matter!

Vroomfunkel

Yeah, but if she actually loved you, then the games shouldn't be a problem.

I mean, if two people love each other, truly, their hobbies shouldn't have to be sacrificed.

EXACTLY! But to a lot of girls that doesn't even matter, it's just your "cool factor" that matters.

I personally would not stop doing what I love doing just because someone else doesn't like that, what next? Can't choose your own clothes anymore?

[Push Upstairs]

I'll say that when in a relationship if you care for one another then what someone does as a hobby is a non-issue.

However, this entire topic is based upon some crappy and shallow show that appears on a crappy and shallow channel that still has the nerve to call itself "MUSIC" TV.

I think "Beavis and Butthead" is the only thing that network did right during the 1990's...aside from maybe "Unplugged".

[Famidrive-16]

I bet that guy posts here.

...anyways, there was one Room Raiders where the girl didn't choose one guy because he had some action figures and said "Toys are lame!" When the guys went through her room they found a bunch of stuffed animals in her closet, haha...

[MegaDrive20XX]

You know, I hate to be negative. Yet NES isn't the only greatest original system. Sure it was impressive. Yet show me a Neo Geo AES, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari 5200, Gemini Coleco, and INTV 3....then we'll talk...and say "WTFBBQ!? ASL!!"

I just get sick of the kids acting like NES is the only oldest system out there...I love my NES, yet we all know other systems that are true trophies

It may surprise you to know that the average guy on the street does NOT (gasp!) actively collect old videogames! Furthermore, it may further surprise you to learn that most people of my generation had an NES, were too old for that other stuff, and too poor to own a Neo Geo when they were kids!

Shocking but true!

I'm speaking about the "average" person who thinks NES is the only thing out there.

Yet, i think you forgot about the other systems I have mentioned, Mr. Too Poor to Own a Neo.

I think it may further surprise to you that nobody could afford one back then! SHOCKING BUT TRUE!

Yet, it may surprise you more, that you missed the point. SHOCKING BUT TRUE!

Oh did I mention Shocking but true? Because it is!

[Sailorneorune]

So does your boyfriend like games, or does he take on the typical girl roll in thinking that you are wasting your time?

No, actually, we play cooperatively and against each other all the time. We like a lot of the same games, but have differing opinions of games like GTA (liked Vice City, didn't care for San Andreas, btw). We both play fighters and RPGs most of the time.

I just happen to be much better with games like SSBM and Katamari Damacy.

[The_Kodiak65]

my girlfriend in envious of my games!!in fact, she has wanted a nes for a while(used to have one, it broke) so, even though her b-day i almost 2 months away, i already found one, and im picking up a few games for it.

[rbudrick]

You guys are all dorks!1! HAH HAH! Losers!!11!

(looks back at thousands of games)





Fuck.



-Rob

[Sailorneorune]

The show was staged, the girls were stupid and yet another insult to female gamers, and you all now know that I am a Katamari fan.

/na na nanana na na na
nana na na na na na...

[Diatribal Deity]

Couples that game together stay together. Unfortunately, all too often once a guy has a steady relationship he begins to neglect his woman and pay more attention to his games. DO NOT TAKE YOUR RELATIONSHIP FOR GRANTED. Wine her and dine her, get her so drunk she passes out and then play your games just do not let them become a priority over her. Unless of course you are trying to get rid of her...then this approach works quite well.

Of course if your ball and chain likes to play as much or more than you, you my friend are golden and I envy you!

[cyberfluxor]

If a chick doesn't pick a guy because of his video games, that is very sad on her part. Personally I feel if she is going to be so superficious that she denies a date to a guy because of a hobby that doesn't show much of her intelligence. She should stay in the clubs getting fucked by some stranger every night because that is all she is worth and deserves with an attitude like that.

I totally agree with this. There's so many people that collect video games or play them in their free time, but that doesn't mean they are boring, lame, or non-adventurous people that do nothing else with their lives.

Example:
My last girlfriend that I dated for over 3 years thought video games were more important to me than her, and yet I'm the one buying cheep 2-7$ classic games and taking her to 50$ dinners a week AND she played my games. Women like that are the real gnorant useless people that bitch because they don't understand hobbies.

[The Manimal]

I think its kind of dumb trying to find someone exactly like yourself.

If it's involving ethnic or religious similarities, then it's far from dumb. In those cases, it's probably by far the best option. But as far as hobbies and shit like that...agreed. You don't want to be there trying to outdo/impress each other in the hobby.

[The Manimal]

BTW...I could see a person having a problem with a partner's gaming IF it was in excess. Meaning they live together/married and one is spending all the money on games when they should be using that money for food or bills. Priorities. Also, if a hobby is say, doing illicit drugs.

[The Manimal]

You guys are all dorks!1! HAH HAH! Losers!!11!

(looks back at thousands of games)





Fuck.



-Rob

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