In girlfriends’ defense, they have boobs. So I think that negates anything mentioned above.

Before you say anything, I just want to let you know that I am working on a follow up for this called: Why Video Games Are Better Than Boyfriends. I’m not trying to leave anyone out here, but I can only create one at a time and I felt this was the better one to start with.

I’m not actually sure if I had to start over whether or not I would do well in the online dating scene. One of my better social skills is being able to read the body language of people I am talking to. Doesn’t really do me a lick of good online. “Judging by your avatar you seem polygonic.”

Personally, I don’t know these sentiments. My wife is not a gamer. Granted there are games she enjoys playing, but there are not any games that she actively seeks out to play. So my best parallel to the comic is her taking a bath or going on the internet while I game. Not because of solidarity, but mainly because she’d rather do that than watch me play.

Now my daughters on the other hand are becoming gamers. They do enjoy watching me play video games and they do play games on the computer, as well. For example, I was playing Trine 2 on the Playstation 3 a couple weekends ago and hit a point I was having trouble getting past. My oldest, a five year old, told me what I needed to do to get past it. True moment of pride for me as a father. While in the same vein, my youngest has asked me to play Final Fantasy IX because she would rather watch me level grind than watch Yo Gabba Gabba! Do you understand how big that is? That’s like saying a drug addict would rather have water than crack…Or something like that. Needless to say, my girls are growing up correctly.

There has only been a few games that I can honestly say that my wife has been passionate about playing and besides The Simpsons Road Rage (not to be confused with the better title The Simpsons Hit & Run) all of them had some sort of extra peripheral or gimmick. She loved Donkey Konga 1 & 2 and could get perfects even on the highest settings. Also, the Wii Sports games, Wii Fit, and Nintendogs she played a bit, as well. Besides that it’s the party games that she would play with others like the Guitar Hero or Mario Party titles.

Now I do have female friends who are gamers and some of them, in fact, are even more passionate about the games than myself. But these are platonic relationships. Never will I know the feeling of being abruptly woken up by female in bed telling me to get my ass up and play co-op with her on Gears of War. And if I ever do…Well, I would have some serious explaining to do with my wife.