Post by leunas on Jan 11, 2007 14:15:31 GMT -5
If you're a guy and have a girlfriend who you're trying to get into gaming, I'd highly recommend picking up a copy of the January/February Women's Health magazine. Inside you'll find an article entitled "Grab the Joystick: Toy with your man in the virtual world", which you can leave sitting around somewhere (not the bathroom, that's our place) where she'll find it. The message couldn't be any clearer.
"Playing video games allows you to bond and learn how to problem-solve as a team," says Susan K. Perry, Ph.D., a Los Angeles-based social psychologist.
Women love psychologists, so this could just work. It might help if you are belligerent to her a week or so in advance, making the article seem like a solution to relationship problems. It helps if your girlfriend, like mine, doesn't read Kotaku.
The article goes on to list games perfect for bonding, including Guitar Hero II, Lego Star Wars II, Splinter Cell, and Midnight Club 3. The describe MC3 as "foreplay on wheels", which explains why I get bored quickly and just keep trying to crash into things.
grab the joystick [Women's Health Magazine]
www.kotaku.com/gaming/women/womens-health-suggests-couples-gaming-227730.php