[alt text: a screenshot of a tweet by @no_goblins. The tweet says: “Ladies if you go to a man’s house and the only games he has are COD and 2k DON’T SLEEP WITH HIM! You deserve someone who plays open world RPGs”.]

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    18 hours ago

    COD is a roleplaying game! I roleplay as a stormtrooper that can’t hit shit! I’m pretty good at it

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    22 hours ago

    I killed several really well going conversations in the past by mentioning that one of my hobbies is to play racing games with my plastic toywheel.

    Like dont get wrong i’m fully aware that its not a sexy hobby. But if thats enough to tank an otherwise well going conversation for you then i’m not interested either way.

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      12 hours ago

      Talk to them about vr and theyll want to come over and try it usually

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        it’s a fat hassle tho and its prob more common now, also youll look stupid lol

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      19 hours ago

      racing sims are a sexy hobby, that shit ain’t cheap up front and also it’s legitimately a good experience

      oh I’m sorry I have a hobby that doesn’t require ongoing expenses, takes up little space, and feeds me adrenaline. you’re right that if that is enough to tank a convo then byeee

      of all the things to be a dealbreaker, playing video games is… lol. not the kind of person you want to be around. odds are they watch brainrot tiktok and reality TV, right?

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        racing sims

        oh I’m sorry I have a hobby that doesn’t require ongoing expenses

        Sim racing is one of the most expensive video game related hobbies out there.

        Ask me how I know.🤣 Jokes aside though, if you’re not competing in iRacing and you’re happy with a decent but entry-level/intermediate wheel its not so bad. It’s not hard to blow 10k real fast if you want to though!

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      22 hours ago

      I have to wonder if they’d be more interested if you’d said you fly a space ship with a HOTAS (as in Elite Dangerous).

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        11 hours ago

        Played a fair bit of Elite but now kinda feels like there isn’t really that much purpose to play and most things get boring quickly, especially if you are trying to be vaguely efficient and stack missions or what ever the meta is now.

        Doing a variety of different things with my multiple ship and SRV or on foot was most fun and least rewarding. If there was more co-op focused stuff I think that could help too, even if it was just a mission variant that increased enemy spawn rates in the mission area. Then rewards that make the mission worth doing.

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        16 hours ago

        I got really into elite dangerous at one point. I never got a HOTAS though, but I’d considered it.

        How is the game these days?

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          13 hours ago

          I am back playing since a few weeks after bring absent for 5 years. Got myself Odyssey finally and do exobiology and you can build your own Colonies now!

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          I wouldn’t know! I’m currently exploring the black, and that hasn’t changed much! I think it’s had some improvements, though, since Horizons. They maybe added a new ship…? Still one of the best space flight sims.

          On the other side of the coin, No Man’s Sky added walkable ship interiors to their new Corvette class ships, so they’ve basically added everything Star Citizen promised, just with more cartoonish graphics. Either are still great choices for scratching that space exploration itch.

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            16 hours ago

            I’ve tried no mans sky a few times and couldn’t get into it.

            I never grinded enough to get an anaconda, but I did make a few first discoveries while jumping around.

            I think my ship is so far out that every time I play, I get bored trying to jump to anywhere relevant.

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    23 hours ago

    If he has Disco Elysium ask him who his favorite character is to gauge whether he is marriage material.

    (Hint: The right answer is Kim.)

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    23 hours ago

    Man… I know SO MANY GUYS who would get butthurt by this post. Hahahahahahaha

    Bunch of basic bros.

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    While I get the stereotype you’re talking about, I feel like this is a bit mean. Idk. Maybe I’m a bit biased because my stepbrother is basically a halo only type of gamer, but he’s also a decent human being.

    Similarly I’m not gonna shit on my old roommate, who basically only played the sims.

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    20 hours ago

    (also don’t date guys that seem to play certain games performatively like they saw this post and went out to match it) (a friend dated a guy that brought a modded gameboy to social functions and played it sometimes but he never really talked about gaming and i’m pretty sure the gameboy was more about the aesthetic for him than actually playing games)

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      20 hours ago

      I like to play mmos, arpgs, and chess. Should my girlfriend run? (joke)

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        19 hours ago

        MMOs? You’re a lost cause, sorry.

        (Unless she also likes MMOs, then you’re meant for each other)

        (Also, /s ofc, but remember to take breaks to spend time together)

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          (Unless she also likes MMOs, then you’re meant for each other)

          My friend’s brother and brother’s wife play WoW together. They have their living room set up so they can play side by side. It’s nice they have a fun hobby they do together. (They also engage with real life, but they live far away so I rarely personally see them)

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            19 hours ago

            Couples who play MMOs together have that kinkiest sex lives. There, I said it.

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            17 hours ago

            We did this for a while, but now it’s hard to find the time and harder to justify the price.

            Instead, we find coop games to play on the couch with Steam Decks (unless she’s busy playing Silksong).

            Nice to be able to play a few rounds of Unrailed before bed

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              I’ve always refused to pay a subscription, so I relate to that. I’m a big fan of Guild Wars (1 and 2) for not having one, and not having a power treadmill. It’s nice to hop in after a while away and still be competitive.

              I did get an old partner to play Path of Exile for a while. We still laugh about how that was kind of an anomaly - they don’t normally like that sort of game at all, but somehow we spent like 2 months hammering on it together.

              Always looking for good couch co-op. My current person isn’t much of a video games person, but Cat Quest II has been good fun so far. The Binding of Isaac was a little too much for them.

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                If you haven’t tried It takes two or split fiction, I highly recommend them. My boyfriend and I played through both and enjoyed them immensely.

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      17 hours ago

      Literally any suggestion of a type of guy who isn’t a basic bro will be followed by a suggestion that they’re performative within days if not hours

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    21 hours ago

    Only game installed on laptop: OpenMW.

    (Ok ok I have an NES and an OG xbox with select titles and a GBC with a flash cart and every game for the GB/C too.)