Hot Carl Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 I think consoles are more and more becoming adult entertainment, and less oriented toward kids. You can get a lot more entertainment value out of playing a modern video game for two hours than you can watching a movie. I own an XBox. So do my parents. They play theirs way more than I do mine. I haven't had mine on for months. They play theirs together all the time. At some point I think video games will be a bigger industry than the movie industry. They are starting to attract everyday people in addition to the unemployed weenie types. But you can prove to be as big a dork obsessing about NASCAR, gardening, football, or fishing as you can video games. Everything in moderation.
Green Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 My gf had ps3 and a big HDTV when I met her... and I thought it was hot.
Hot Carl Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 My gf had ps3 and a big HDTV when I met her... and I thought it was hot. Can you post a picture of her in a bikini?
Green Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 Can you post a picture of her in a bikini? I could, but that wouldn't be right. You'll just have to take my word she is really hott.
CarrieT Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 My gf had ps3 and a big HDTV when I met her... and I thought it was hot. My last BF was really turned on by the fact that I own a fully-equipped tool kit with wrenches and screw-drivers as well as two sets of oxy-acetylene rigs. That's my point; certain things turn some people on and turn others off. Why does anyone care if it is video games or books or sports equipment or ballet slippers?
Green Posted April 29, 2010 Posted April 29, 2010 My last BF was really turned on by the fact that I own a fully-equipped tool kit with wrenches and screw-drivers as well as two sets of oxy-acetylene rigs. That's my point; certain things turn some people on and turn others off. Why does anyone care if it is video games or books or sports equipment or ballet slippers? My gf also owns a tool kit, and yes that is another turn on
StalledGirl Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 It's an age issue. I wouldn't expect a man around my age and younger to be games free as it's as normal as being online , having an MP3 player or having a car. If I was dating an older man then i'd raise my eye a bit but I am interested in more important traits.
Green Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 It's an age issue. I wouldn't expect a man around my age and younger to be games free as it's as normal as being online , having an MP3 player or having a car. If I was dating an older man then i'd raise my eye a bit but I am interested in more important traits. Is that you in your avatar?
BobSacamento Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 Let me clarify this; I don't look down on people who play video games just like I don't look down on people who attend football games, ride motorcycles, or smoke cigarettes. But if a guy is interested in those sorts of activities, than he is probably not a guy that would interest me. If you don't like a girl who is into perfume, Tom Cruise, mani-pedis, or scrapbooking, than you probably wouldn't date her. The OP asked if owning a video game makes a guy less attractive to women and, yes, for SOME women it does. Just like lots of other "guy" things are unattractive to SOME women. I think it was the cerebral comment you made. It implies a guy with a wall of Dan Brown and Bill O'Reily books is more intelligent than a guy who plays Metal Gear.
CarrieT Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 I think it was the cerebral comment you made. It implies a guy with a wall of Dan Brown and Bill O'Reily books is more intelligent than a guy who plays Metal Gear. I actually know guys who read Dan Brown and Bill O'Reilly who like Metal Gear, but I would probably not date a guy who reads Dan Brown or Bill O'Reilly either! :D:D Personally, I tend towards the likes of Umberto Eco but I enjoy Metallica. It is a matter of one's down time and I don't think one's music choices necessarily weigh into that computation; you don't NOT do things when you listen to music, however playing video games DOES keep one from reading and I admit that I tend towards the latter and prefer gentlemen who do as well.
Els Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 I think it was the cerebral comment you made. It implies a guy with a wall of Dan Brown and Bill O'Reily books is more intelligent than a guy who plays Metal Gear. This is, unfortunately, true for a large percentage of the population. I'm not being biased either, I love video games, and I also love reading/writing. I have met many people from both communities, and there were far more intelligent (as defined by traditional measures of intelligence, not streetsmartness or emotional intelligence etc) people in the reading/writing community. The average gamer is, sad to say, pretty dumb. Not quite sure why; there are of course intelligent and cerebral people who play video games as well, it's just that they aren't a majority.
LucreziaBorgia Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 No, but I would have to say... one guy I was with for a few years had a 360 and a lot of FPS games that I just couldn't get into. I am more of a RPG person and the only game we had in common was ES4: Oblivion. He did not like any of my other games and I didn't like any of his other games. Just didn't work out.
terra Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 I'd find video games a turn off.. not that it's a deal breaker. The fact that my bf doesn't own any video games was a big plus for me. I agree with Carrie, it's all about preferences.
Peaceful Guy Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 Video games are childish? That's not true, at all. yeah! the guy that beat pacman was like 40+! :laugh: kidding, kidding..
Peaceful Guy Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 The fact that my bf doesn't own any video games was a big plus for me. he hides the gameboy when you come over!
terra Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 he hides the gameboy when you come over! Ha ha, I'm checking the couch cushions next time!
dreamingoftigers Posted May 2, 2010 Posted May 2, 2010 I personally enjoyed all of the Grand Theft Auto games on XBOX and PS
mansquito Posted May 3, 2010 Posted May 3, 2010 I'm trying to be as diplomatic as possible, here: No woman has ever told me that I'm less attractive because I don't play video games.
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