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[TetraGenesis]

She plays Candy Crush Saga and Words with Friends on her iPhone, and she said she liked Super Mario World back in the day, so it looks like she´s kind of a gamer.

I hope this was meant to be funny, OP, because I laughed really hard.

Showing her how far gaming has come is not what you want to do on a first date, man. And I also think you're totally misreading the puppy situation.

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

Whatever you do please report back

 

[weekev]

Exactly. Mario Party can really make or break a relationship. I'm 100% serious with this statement. If you can get through that game's coin-stealing tomfoolery and the ridiculous endgame where Toad gives the person who has done the worst like fifty extra stars, you can get through damn near anything together.

To be honest its pretty much the reason were together. I pretty much let her win and she called me out on it, it got competitive and the rest is history. Games are a pretty good premise for a relationship.

 

[EVOL 100%]

Seriously though OP don't do it. Please please don't do it

Are you seriously going to make your first impression like that

 

[Americanmushroom]

Hey baby, how about after we meet at the bar we head back to my place so I can show you how far Mario games have come along?

By the way, can you pay for drinks? Apparently this place doesn't except Nintendo Club rewards. Which reminds me, I have enough points for a Zelda 3DS demo, so I can also show you how Link has changed over the years!

What's that? You just remembered you had a dental appointment? Oh wow, I didn't realize your office stayed open so late. So maybe a raincheck?.....hello?....are you still there? Hello? Helloooooooo?

lol this is what's gonna happen

 

[Krappadizzle]

Dude. I hide the fact that I play games like it's fucking a Klan membership.

Save yourself the trouble.

Dude. Dude. dude. Bravo.

 

[roxyd43]

OP there's a huge difference between wanting a significant other to know you enjoy games and want them to enjoy them too and forcing games onto them.

I'm huge into gaming, but when I first went out with my now-girlfriend of a year (that I also met on OKC) we did coffee, then decided on a dinner date, and over the course of these proper dates we discusses each other and our likes and dislikes. Gaming came up and I just merely said that gaming is a big part of my life, I plan on doing it going forward, but I also enjoy getting out and doing things as well.

This helped so that the first time she came to my place she wasn't shocked that I had multiple consoles and games in my movie case, and some random gaming items around (within reason). We are both comfortable with it and she likes to watch me play to see some of the game stories (LoU, etc).

So, basically, do some standard dates, get to know each other, and just note you like games when you're chatting and maybe somewhere down the road if she likes you enough she'll join in, or at least acknowledge that you plan to keep playing and make peace with it.

On the first date don't jump games onto her, just let stuff like that come naturally.

If you would have immediately busted out the video games when I first came over, I'm pretty sure my vagina would have been like, "nope" and packed up and left.

 

[Deadly Cyclone]

If you would have immediately busted out the video games when I first came over, I'm pretty sure my vagina would have been like, "nope" and packed up and left.

Yet it's still here, and has moved in at that!

 

[Allen Poe]

Masterful troll, OP. Masterful.

 

[Crash Station]

There are plenty of girls you can get away with playing games on the first date with. This does not sound like one of them.

Also, if she thinks one of your hobbies is creepy, might want to rethink this altogether.

 

[TeddyShardik]

If you would have immediately busted out the video games when I first came over, I'm pretty sure my vagina would have been like, "nope" and packed up and left.

That's just gold. xD

And yeah...none is the correct answer.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Wait, so you have a date set up with plans to go back to your apartment and...you want to show her video games?

HAH. This. What a hit.

 

[Americanmushroom]

Seriously Op listen to me:

If the puppy is small enough and doesn't bite too much, shove that puppy inside your pants. When you come home and she asks for the puppy, just unzip your pants. This method is flawless, it worked for me I swear.

 

[robotzombie]

i cant believe people have taken this topic this seriously for this long

 

[Jack Remington]

Buy one of those fake barbells with huge weights on them that look like they weigh 400 pounds but are really like 5 pounds. Leave it near the couch. When she comes in, say "Oh sorry. Let me move this out of the way." Then pick it up with one hand and put it somewhere else.

Fucking hell this is an incredible idea :lol

 

[weekev]

Please can we make a serious request and if this is not a troll thread can you let us know how the date goes OP. I know thats a bit Blind Date/ gossip magaziney but im now genuinely interested to know if she is angling at sex on date 1.

 

[Horseticuffs]

That is some what sad that you hide that you play games.

If she expresses an interest in games I'm more than happy to share that aspect of myself. If she doesn't my experience leads me to suspect that there's enough of a stigma left that it's more worthwhile to push my other interests.

Gaming is part of my life, not a defining statement. Sad as it might be, my experience tells me that many women my age would look suspiciously if I treated it like the most important thing in my life, and I could hardly blame them.
Edit: I love horror movies but I don't sit women down to watch the tree rape scene in Evil Dead until like the fifth date.

 

[SSReborn]

The game of life.

 

[EVOL 100%]

I don't care if this is a troll topic or not, I want closure now

Report on what happens OP, fake it if you have to

 

[Anth0ny]

While I have her there, it´s probably the perfect opportunity to show her how far gaming has come since Super Mario World.

hahaha

I'm sure she's dying to know.

 

[Chocolate & Vanilla]

Stealing this for future use too.

 

[TheCloser]

Wait, so you have a date set up with plans to go back to your apartment and...you want to show her video games?

Wait, OP has a date set up with plans to go back to his apartment and...you want him to show her John Cena matches?!

10/10

 

[poorlonelycomputer]

Please can we make a serious request and if this is not a troll thread can you let us know how the date goes OP. I know thats a bit Blind Date/ gossip magaziney but im now genuinely interested to know if she is angling at sex on date 1.

Oh man. Make this happen.

 

[Oneself]

Funny thread.

If she asks you to play videogames (let's pretend it can theorically happen), play some co-op Rayman Legends/Origins or NSMB something.
But you know this won't happen right?

Right???

 

[EmptySpace]

me showing off my knowledge and passion of video games to a first date feels like my first date showing her knowledge and passion of fashion to me.

reverse golden rule. don't do unto others what you don't want others do unto you.

 

[akidnamededdy]

Have Silent Hill 2 queued up to the scene where Pyramid Head is plowing those four-legged mannequins, ask her what she thinks this scene is trying to tell her.

 

[Cole Slaw]

Call of Duty multiplayer.

 

[B!TCH]

Please do OP. Show her your gaming collection, your action figure collection and your comic book collection. While you're at it you might as well throw in the anime and asian porn collections as well. If she won't accept you for the sexless, socially inept geek that you are then she's not worth it. Be true to your nerdiness my son!

 

[Ultimadrago]

The reactions in this thread. Dying over here.

Don't do it, OP. Though, there's a chance she'll be into you enough where it won't be an issue...

Don't do it, OP.

hahaha

I'm sure she's dying to know.

Then he can suggest her to apply for a NeoGAF account for more exciting information on the evolution of gaming!

 

[lastrealgameralive]

If you are playing the XBONE Microsoft can watch you make your very first move on a female!!

 

[kevin1025]

Make sure to put protection on your Wiimote.

 

[213372bu]

Candy Crush Saga!? That's all she's been exposed to?!

The only way to show her how far gaming has come is by throwing her knee deep into some of that Demon's Souls/Dark Souls*.

*Not Dark Souls 2 mind you, she minus well be playing the tutorial mode of Candy Crush.

 

[Crash Station]

I know a couple who spent their first date playing RE5 all night and ended up getting married.

Were they both gamers beforehand? If not, that's probably pretty atypical.

 

[fedexpeon]

Don't worry about it OP.
I have my games collection in the open in my living room.
If she likes you, she wouldn't care.
If she is interested in your collection, it is a great way to open up to her about your hobby.
Then yall can play a game she picked afterward...win win.
Just remember to not recommend or force any game onto her though since people tend to feel good by making a decision by themselves.

 

[KanameYuuki]

Please do OP. Show her your gaming collection, your action figure collection and your comic book collection. While you're at it you might as well throw in the anime and asian porn collections as well. If she won't accept you for the sexless, socially inept geek that you are then she's not worth it. Be true to your nerdiness my son!

He should also ask her to bring her dakimakura and talk about their waifu/husbando until dawn.

 

[nintendork666]

Killer 7

 

[sankt-Antonio]

Noby Noby Boy works like a charm. Instant artsy/hipster bonus => snusnu

 

[Revolutionary]

Jesus Christ. I'm sure it's been said already but NONE. Show her the puppy then show her the D.

 

[LyleLanley]

Make sure to tell her to bring her own controller.

 

[Sai-kun]

Show her the raffle scene in Bioshock Infinite and then ask, "How do you feel about this?" while looking at her as seriously as you can.

screamin

 

[trixx]

Every time I see this gif man

LOLLL

 

[Moon_frogger]

She doesn't want to see your videogame collection. She isn't a gamer because she likes candy crush and played super mario world as a child. If you ever want to see her again don't show her your video games. Jesus I wouldn't even do this to my girlfriend of 3 months. You kind of sound like a lost cause though so go ahead and show her mario 3d world I guess.

 

[Stuggernaut]

Well at least a lesson will be learned on both sides.

 

[Aspirations26]

This thread....lol.

 

[Crash Station]

Dude. I hide the fact that I play games like it's fucking a Klan membership. Playing mobile games does not necessarily a gamer make.

The woman I'm seeing now plays Candy Crush and the only reason I've ever mentioned "Destiny" is she asks me over text what I'm always doing with my brother online when I'm not talking to her.

Don't fucking talk about this shit. Yeah, yeah. Twenty first century, huge industry, stigma dying, blah blah blah.

Save yourself the trouble.

lol, that's the extreme other end of the spectrum. Can't imagine that's a satisfying relationship, but to each his own.

 

[Shaanyboi]

Don't. If your guys' third date is rained in and you just wanna stay in and order pizza, or she's with you and acouple friends, put on something light and fun. Beyond that, she doesn't want to see that shit on your first date

 

[Oibignose]

Show her your penis, not your games.

Best advice so far.

 

[ScionOfTheRisingSun]

Seriously Op listen to me:

If the puppy is small enough and doesn't bite too much, shove that puppy inside your pants. When you come home and she asks for the puppy, just unzip your pants. This method is flawless, it worked for me I swear.

Guaranteed to work (tm)

 

[Hoo-doo]

Dude. I hide the fact that I play games like it's fucking a Klan membership. Playing mobile games does not necessarily a gamer make.

The woman I'm seeing now plays Candy Crush and the only reason I've ever mentioned "Destiny" is she asks me over text what I'm always doing with my brother online when I'm not talking to her.

Don't fucking talk about this shit. Yeah, yeah. Twenty first century, huge industry, stigma dying, blah blah blah.

Save yourself the trouble.

My man.

This thread is like a big 'this_is_why_you're_single.jpeg'.

Gaming is just another hobby, it shouldn't be a lifestyle that defines who you are, that warrants forced mention on the first date.
There has got to be something more going on in your life than a box underneath your TV that plays Mario games. Show her those things instead.

Take her dancing, take her rock climbing, take her for a hike in the woods or for a cup of coffee at a local place. Talk with each other.

 

[Nealand Liquor]

LOL The fuck is this?
Unless the girl says she is a gamer and suggests playing a game, you don't fucking play video games on a first date. Jesus Christ, how can you you be so dense?