The hardest thing in any shmup -- a mouthy wife

Platypus[gEc] · Post by **Platypus[gEc]** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 12:38 pm

Hehe

Seems like you guys will get a kick out of this.

RobbCorpse · Post by **RobbCorpse** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:07 pm

long time lurker, newbie poster!!

That link had me in tears. I was laughing so hard, people that work next to me must've thought I was crazy!

Dennis · Post by **Dennis** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:25 pm

Am I the only antisocial nerd without a gf around here?

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:59 pm

Flip that "freeze" DIP! More games need it...

FrederikJurk wrote:And on a sidenote, when a women tries to trick you out of gaming, maybe she needs some more attention in general. As long as my girlfriend feels cared for, she has no problem when I play for half an hour. Just don`t make them feel that the game is worth more than them. Don`t make them envy a videogame!

Hah, great example of that HERE (sorry about all the spam later on, kinda hillarious in a sad way)

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:08 pm

I've been married since September '05 and my wife has been very respectful of my shmupping. She'll come in the room sometimes to climb on me while I'm playing, but then I just pause the game. Most of the time she knows to leave me alone.

Overall, we respect each others' privacy. She's a puzzle-bobble addict herself, so she understands the lure of a video game. She'll play puzzle-bobble or solitaire or minesweeper on the PC while I'm in the next room on the PS2.

I guess I couldn't ask for a better relationship.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:47 pm

Wow, talk about an ancient thread. Well!

I'm still with the same gal, and yeah, she still occasionally messes me up while shmupping (walked in front of me while playing Ibara last night, which lead to instant death, naturally). But hey, she's my lady and I love her, so...oh, well, there's always the next game.

Since last year, I've turned her on to Panel de Pon, and we have a blast playing against each other.

kccttzj · Post by **kccttzj** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 7:55 pm

I'm really surprised that so many females don't play shooters. I admit that I never got into them before I met my boyfriend (the only one I had played was this demo that came with my PC, and it sucked, but I really liked that kind of game and it was the only one I had ever played), but it's because I was never exposed to them. Thinking about it now, I don't think I get in the way of his playing. When we're together we usually play shooters together or some other 2-player game, and when we're not together or one of us is sleeping or something we'll play them alone. I do feel bad when he hasn't gotten a chance to play one alone yet. It's fun to play them on 2-player, but it's different playing something by yourself. I guess the worst thing that I do is let the cat in his room, and his cat can be really annoying when you're playing something. I don't do it intentionally, and it annoys me too, so we'll take him out. I don't get mad when he gets a new game. I'd say I get more jealous if it's a game that I don't have a system for, but he never plays his new games until I get off work or something so I can see it too.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 8:46 pm

For you guys that think once you get married you get laid on a regular basis, you have a lot to learn about marriage. Unless you didn't screw at all beforehand, you will probably have a lot less sex afterwards.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:22 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:For you guys that think once you get married you get laid on a regular basis, you have a lot to learn about marriage. Unless you didn't screw at all before marriage, you will probably have a lot less sex afterwards.

You could have at least posted this under a "Spoiler Alert" heading.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:30 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:For you guys that think once you get married you get laid on a regular basis, you have a lot to learn about marriage. Unless you didn't screw at all before marriage, you will probably have a lot less sex afterwards.

The #1 reason (other than any religious belief) for abstinence. I'm having the best sex of my life with my wife lately. She's my only partner ever, & it feels great.

OT, here's a tip. Get them interested in puzzle gaming. After rekindling my wife's interest in the Kyodai Mahjongg game & giving her the "thumbs up" to buy the Luxor PC game (MSN Gaming Zone), I've had much more TV-time lately. Handy for us since her PC is right near the TV

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:32 pm

Dennis wrote:Am I the only antisocial nerd without a gf around here?

gf? what's that?

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:37 am

The #1 reason (other than any religious belief) for abstinence. I'm having the best sex of my life with my wife lately. She's my only partner ever, & it feels great.

Never said it wasn't good... you just dont' have it as much. Happens when you start living together, actually. Cutting down on the alcohol doesn't help the love life always either.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 5:35 am

So many of your guys are married or have a gf living together.

Here on this island marriage is a deep pit of dubt, anyone gething marry before 40 are distinate to poor when he/she grow old.

The housing cost on this damed island is so high that no one but the richist is able to have his own place (to get married or live with a gf) at his 30s. A 400 Sq. fts flat costs 20mil US here!!!

And wages of normal people are around 1.5mil US a year....

If you get married at your 30s, you are really very lucky to be able to pay back your housing loan to the bank at your 50s even with both you and your wife are both working.

Kids need a lots of money to rise, if both you and your wife work til 60s you then just make enough to rise two kids.

But then where is your pension???

So you have to sell your home when you retired, and hopefully getting back 15mil US. But this sum won't last long, you would then depends on your kids, but they in truns have their housing loan and their own kids...

So it is very common to see old people ending in the streets on this island.

Marriage is luxary on my island.

This island definately is not a place for human to live, I am saving most of the money I earn and will go elsewhere when I save enough.

Marc · Post by **Marc** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:17 pm

Shit that sounds harsh. Mond you, no better off myself at present

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:33 pm

1.5mil US

You mean thousand right? As in $1,500? Tough situation SAM, good luck.

Current g/f enjoys Saturn Bomberman the most ("the game with the bombs") .

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:05 pm

Yeah, Sam. I think you messed your numbers up. I don't think any land owned by China has 20 million dollar 400 square foot flats. What the hell do I know though.

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:40 pm

Puzzlers are the best genre to turn a lady into a gamer, I've found. I don't think it matters if it has cute graphics (like Yoshi's Cookie, Mr Driller or Super Bust-A-Move PS2) but it certainly helps. ^_-

(I've seen a few wandering around uni with a DS playing stuff like Animal Crossing, which is quite amusing. Some have spent more time gardening and fishing in-game than going to real-life parties. ^_-)

Never found a grrl shmuppa in my region though. Most of the gamegirls I've seen in the arcades (the few that are left) like to play the racers.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:51 pm

Ed Oscuro wrote:Flip that "freeze" DIP! More games need it...

FrederikJurk wrote:And on a sidenote, when a women tries to trick you out of gaming, maybe she needs some more attention in general. As long as my girlfriend feels cared for, she has no problem when I play for half an hour. Just don`t make them feel that the game is worth more than them. Don`t make them envy a videogame!
Hah, great example of that HERE (sorry about all the spam later on, kinda hillarious in a sad way)

Here's one that doesn't have a freeze dip, but it's just as good.

If you're playing a SPI game like Raiden Fighters 2, just hit the test mode button. When you want back to your game, just exit test mode without changing any settings and you're right back where you left off- no restart.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:17 pm

I think we are talking about very different things here... If girls wanna start shmupping then I am all for it. Its a incredibly deep genre that has a lot to do with concentration, memorization and reaction, all in different mixtures, about testing yourself (but who am I telling that)... I just had to tell my girlfriend that I HATE wargames that are selling so much these days, and she pointed to Dodonpachi "But this is a war-game too", and I hate playing a teacher, but shmups are really not about war in the first place.

Anyway, when I hear that the most sucessful game for women is THE SIMS, then I am glad that my girlfriend doesn`t waste her time with ridiculous silly shit like this. I mean, hey, its like a game, but it doesn`t test you in any way, instead you`re doing boring shit you already do in real life! But in front of your PC.

To me, shmupping is very far away from other modern genres. Actually puzzle games share many things with shmups - when you think about Ikaruga (which got labeled "puzzle shooter" more than once) you see that puzzle games are ANOTHER old-shool gaming niche still alive.

Oh, I forgot to mention the OTHER popular game amongst women: Solitaire. Man, THAT game sucks. Its not that I game for the gamings sake. If it wasn`t for shmups, maybe I would have stopped it altogether years ago.

ParryPerson · Post by **ParryPerson** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 11:31 pm

I will have been married 2 years this march 20th, and I can feel your pain.

Whats bad is my wife will keep talking even when she see's I'm heavy into it, and she will talk louder and louder and then stomp away angry as hell, which means I have to stop, and tell her I'm not a jerk for interupting her while she was playi...... I mean for ignoring her while I was shmuping.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 12:40 am

I had a girlfriend that was a moderately attractive hardcore gamer, she even played espgaluda 2, she even worked at the same game company I did..

sadly she was also cheating on me with the guy in the NEXT CUBICLE..

my new GF is a goddess, cooks the most amazing food, doesnt really care about games but thinks me playing on my egret is "cute" but thats as far as it goes.. and when talking about moving in together, she didnt mind the egret coming too...

I'd pick my new GF anyday

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:26 am

What a depressing thread. And now time for everyone to hate me:

I've been living with my missus for 4 years now. Known her for 5. We just had a kid together who was born 2 weeks ago, and she has a 5 year old from a previous relationship (who I met at the age of 3 months).

We all get on so well, it's great! The missus understands that I need something to have as a hobby, and has said she'd rather me at home playing games then going out to the pub with mates where there'll be (and I quote) "skanky women lurking around trying to steal you".

With 2 kids and a mortgage, money is tight. But she still understands that I just need to buy a game once every few months to keep me sane. Likewise she has the little things she buys for herself, but she always puts the family finances first (and more often than not will hold off buying something for herself so I can buy something for myself). All my mates bitch so hard about their girlfriends/wives spending all their money. I thank my lucky stars I found such a wonderful woman whose so sensible with money, but likewise not overly tight to the point of insanity.

She's not much of a gamer herself. She likes games like Puzzle bobble, Super Puzzle Fighter, Puyo Puyo, etc. But definitely doesn't play them hardcore. She doesn't mind picking out cute and obscure games on the MAME cab to waste 15 minutes here or there, but only does it when I'm hanging around downstairs playing the PS2 anyway.

The 5 year old is just simply the best kid in the world. She loves gaming, and is pretty damn co-ordinated for a kid her age. I know she is miles better than I was at the same age, but that's a hard comparison for me to make as it was a long time ago, and games were very different then. All the same, she's always willing to play a game, but will ALWAYS ask if she can join in first before whacking the start button. I pay her the same respect - if she's playing "The Simpsons" on the MAME cab, I always ask if I can join in just in case she wants a solo game. Either way, there's enough gaming devices in the house (2 working arcade machines, 4 consoles on 2 TVs, computer, gameboy advance) to keep everyone happy.

I don't have a whole lot of time to play games. Between my very hectic work schedule (IT Contractor - long and shitty hours) and the new baby, time is short. But when I do play, everyone lets me be. As I said, they all understand I could be somewhere else doing something else, and if my hobby means I stay at home then they are all more than understanding. Likewise it's not a sin to spend money on hobbies in our house, but everyone understands that the important bills come first.

Sure, if I was single I could dedicate more time to gaming. But I wouldn't change my family for anything in the world. I love them all to death.

I'll stop now before I get all teary....

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:19 am

Heh... i find it difficult to play games like Ninja Gaiden with my girlfriend around because she gets mad at me about liking a game with hot chicks in it. Amazingly enough she fell asleep before EVERY single scene of MGS3 that Eva is in. It was great.

Trying to read or watch GitS is a real pain in the ass though...

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:34 am

I'm thinking of marrying my gf soon, but I reading this thread, it doesn't sound like such a good idea...

kccttzj · Post by **kccttzj** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:02 am

Icarus wrote:Never found a grrl shmuppa in my region though. Most of the gamegirls I've seen in the arcades (the few that are left) like to play the racers.

Sadly, at work I never really see any girls that play games unless they're with their boyfriends or they're playing stupid ticket games. The only games they seem interested in are things like DDR and some racing games. It is funny when a guy brings his girlfriend in with him and she just complains about how much he's spending and she wants to go shopping. Sometimes I'll be talking to a regular customer when their girlfriend calls. When they see it's their girlfriend they run outside because they don't want them to hear all the noise, because they'd get in trouble if she knew he was at the arcade.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 6:34 am

We all get on so well, it's great! The missus understands that I need something to have as a hobby,

My wife does too. She hates games, but doesn't mind me playing them. She even went to the AM Show w/ my in September in queued for me so I could check out other stuff. what deciation.

But that doesn't stop her from popping and saying, "can you talk" which as everyone knows, w/ 300 bullets on screen, that little sentence can completely fuck you.

Nuke · Post by **Nuke** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 2:04 pm

Pffft. Gurdian Forces are overrated!
Just 1cc without them.

....I'm not bitter

M0nk3y · Post by **M0nk3y** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 3:58 pm

Well my Missus walked out the other day, and took both kiddies and as much cash as she could find. Damn.

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 7:53 pm

When I get a GF, several things will happen:

1. She will know that I am a Hardcore Gamer first and foremost (at least insomuch that Gaming and Game Design are my choice in careers).

2. When I play shmups or any videogame for that matter, if it is multi-player, she is invited to every gaming session I am in.

3. Since other people seldom distract me from gaming, this is rarely an issue, but should she ever want to play a specific game, I would let her.

4. Lastly, and MOST importantly, she must play videogames in some capacity (not just Mario though).

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 3:21 am

M0nk3y wrote:Well my Missus walked out the other day, and took both kiddies and as much cash as she could find. Damn.

Sorry to hear about that - I hope things work out for you.

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