Wives...

[Stark]

Ooh got more info on wifey. She also loves discussing game stories with me and is often better than me at figuring out puzzle games (like Portal) even though she's not a gamer.

[equalsign]

Dude, chill out. We all read the first post. Threads get sidetracked. There was an invitation for it on page one. That conversation was winding down anyways. If you wanted to bring the thread back on track you could have said it without the rude "new topic" bit. Also, if you want to bring the thread back on track you should refrain from commenting on the off-topic discussion like you did and making a post that will obviously get more off-topic responses.

The conversation started about 12 hours ago - glad to know it was winding down before the majority of the community had a chance to view it?

Didn't think I was rude - or not sure that I need "chill out" either. In fact, I thought it was quite a muted response. I'll take your suggestions under advisement though...

By "that conversation" I meant the off-topic one. You probably didn't mean it rudely. That's the way I read it though. It's hard to gauge things like that over the internet. That's why I added a little smiley to my post after I realized it sounded a little "intense." Looks like you hit "quote" before that though.

[MrEco]

Wow, I never thought I'd see a topic on here I could relate to more. Ok, heres me story.

I'm 31, and I grew up a gamer. Most of childhood was spend either playing video games, acting like a ninja, or earning money to buy more video games. When I could, I'd go to garage sales, flea markets, and thrift stores to buy up the dirt cheap gaming goodness. After a few years, my obsession began with collecting as much as I could, which working at Software ETC didnt help to curb. By the time I was a senior in highschool, I owned every console I could from the 2600 to the then new Nintendo 64. There where a few glaring holes, but that didnt stop people from entering my room and admiring (and in one case break) gems in my collection.

I married young, I wound up with that cute little dark goth chick nobody noticed and she saw my room when I was getting ready to show her my moves (wicka wicka...) She was like, "Oh, you like video games, huh?" Little did she realize that it was all part of the package deal. Years later, I had a shiny new Xbox next to my PS2 and Gamecube. She still didn't care much about gaming. At first she was dismissive and didnt participate much. Then about the time she got pregnant, she noticed I had these brand new RPG games for my systems and decided to try them out.

Over then next couple of years, she slowly integrated herself into gaming. She got herself an XBL membership and was pwning n00bs in Halo Reach and kicking the crap outta Oblivion. Appropriately enough, our daughter really likes to watch us play and enjoys playing games that appeal to her like Loco Roco on my PSP. I know have a room to house my collection (see sig) and while I go up to reminisce on my Turbo Duo, I hear the wife in the living room asking when Skyrim is coming out.

So despite initially hating them, she had no problem getting into the culture (not so much for my benefit) and offering to go to gaming conventions. Now I have my own gamer family, a couple of tvs, and endless possibilities.

I'm too young to get married but I must say, that sounds like a really sweet setup you've got their.

[the7k]

My thoughts on wives: no thanks~

Got too much of my own stuff to do, no time for a wife or girlfriend

As Short Round would say:
"No time for love, Dr. Jones."

[scarper]

I love a woman for her soul, and character.


I'm also not married.

[Erik_Twice]

I want to know what Inazuma thinks.

You are a evil, evil man, you know it?

[aaron]

So you are also sexist, Inazuma?

So you are also blue, sky?

So you are also wet, water?

this thread is awesome.

my girlfriend rules and i don't think we are ever going to be in a rush to get married but i do think it could happen at some point. we are both pretty old-fashioned in that sense but i actually agree with Izzy (!!!!!) to a point that you don't NEED marriage to make things better for yourself or to be happy. i would say that if you're getting married to make things better for yourself then you're probably doing it wrong in the first place.

my girlfriend CONSTANTLY brings up the one game at which she is consistently better than me, Ken Griffey Jr. presents Major League Baseball for SNES. she kicks my ass every time. every single time. like, 26-2. it's embarrassing.

she's also really good at puzzle games like puzzle bobble, tetris, peggle, lumines, etc. i was kinda pissed one morning when i realized she had bought puzzle chronicles using my MS points on my xbox without me knowing, but i was also pretty happy that she was taking such an active interest in games when we first started living together. having an xbox 360 has been a big assist when it comes to nurturing her interest in video games. she also likes watching games with interesting stories when i play them (she watched me play through fallout 3 and fallout new vegas, and was interested in blue dragon when i just started it up again).

i think what really turns her off about games is the heavy "japanesiness" of a lot of the games i play. she doesn't really like anime or japanese culture at all, and even though i'm only on the tip of the iceberg when it comes to that kind of stuff, it's very prevalent in the types of games i like to play for the most part. she thought deathsmiles was super fucking weird ("so...why are these 12 year old sex kittens shooting these things? and why are you playing this again?").

[J T]

My wife hates video games in this almost irrational way. She says some incredulous things sometimes though that just make me laugh. Here is some paraphrasing of actual banter between us…

Me: Why do you hate video games?

Wife: I don't hate all video games.

Me: Really? Because that’s not the impression I got given how much you hate them.

Wife: No, I just hate games where you have to make a little guy walk around.

Me: Haha, but that eliminates like 99% of all video games. You're basically just left with Tetris.

Wife: Oh god! Tetris. I REALLY hate Tetris.

Me: What!? Everybody loves Tetris!

Wife: I don't.

Me: OK, what games do you like?

Wife: When I was a kid I had an Atari. I liked games like Asteroids, Pac Man, Yar's Revenge, and Night Driver. Those were my favorites.

Me: Cool! I didn't know there were any games you liked, and I had no idea you ever had an Atari. That's really cool... but wait, aren't most of those basically games where you make a little guy walk around?

Wife: Not really. I mean, you do, but it's all on one screen so you don't have to figure out where you're going. I guess I just like old games. They don't make games that are good like that anymore. Now they all have these stupid stories you have to sit through just so you can then walk some guy around and get lost.

Me: Yeah, I know you hate cutscenes. I can think of one videogame you do like though.

Wife: What?

Me: Bananagrams.

Wife: Bananagrams is not a video game.

Me: I don’t mean the board game version. I mean the one you play on Facebook all the time.

Wife: That’s not a video game.

Me: What?! Of course it is. It’s a programmed piece of game software that you play on your computer screen. How is that not a videogame?

Wife: It just isn’t.

Me: By definition, Banagrams is a video game.

Wife (now angry): Bananagrams is NOT a video game!

Me: You just don’t want it to be a video game because you don't want to admit that you like a video game, but it is. I don’t know why you are getting so mad about this. You always get angry whenever you see or hear anything about video games. What’s the deal? Did video games kill your family or something?

Wife: No, I just think they are a waste of time. Anything that wastes time bothers me.

Me: But it’s not a waste of time if you enjoy it.

Wife: It’s not productive.

Me: Yeah, but neither is watching a movie. You love doing that.

Wife: That’s different.

Me: How is that different? They are both forms of entertainment.

Wife: Well, with a movie I feel like I can check off that I saw it. I have a list of movies I want to see and I feel like I’m making progress as I check off a new movie from the list.

Me: Well, you could do the same with games.

Wife: Naaaw. I don’t want to.

Me: So we’ve come full circle. You don’t want to play games because they are not productive, and they are not productive because you don’t want to play them. I think you just hate videogames for no good reason.

Wife: Well, I had fun when we borrowed your friend’s Wii.

Me: Yeah, but you only like the Wii because you beat me at Wii Sports.

Wife: Haha. I kicked your ass! Poor Mr. Video Game couldn’t hold his own.

Me: Yeah, yeah. Laugh it up fuzzball. Let’s play a round Street Fighter II and we’ll see whose ass gets kicked.

Wife: Well, I would, but I don’t want to. How about you go finish your dissertation instead.

Me: Oh right, that.

[fvgazi]

I'm stoked to get married, even though my fiance will only play tetris with me!

[MrPopo]

she thought deathsmiles was super fucking weird ("so...why are these 12 year old sex kittens shooting these things? and why are you playing this again?").

She kind of answered her own question, didn't she?