Does your spouse/ other half accept your gaming ways?

[esteban]

lol .. where's your missus from?

We met here in my home of NYC but shes born in South Carolina raised in Atlanta.
 Her fav games .Smurfs Caleco vision, Contra Nes , Tetris gameboy, Fu man chu TG16, Max Payne PS1 and any Major  Mario title.

Fu Man Chu?

Awesome

[esteban]

my wifey cleared snatcher CD-ROMantics once, and told me that this was an amazing trip.

btw, her fav game is Popeye on the FC, which I rebought here for christmas together with an AV FC (lol).

Well, I really dig Popeye as well

Good choice.

Snatcher, well, I wasn't expecting our spouses to finish something like Snatcher! That's pretty darn kool.

[rag-time4]

Great thread Sparky!

Overall my wife has been supportive of my videogaming, even doing camera work for my clears! She's planning on getting me Drac X for my college grad gift when we find a good copy and when we have enough money.

We play a lot of games together. She loves Mario games as well as light gun games. We're currently working on New Super Mario Bros Wii, though we haven't played it in the last few days as I've been wrapping up a whopper of a PCE clear....

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For some reason I would love to hear some horror stories from those who voted "no"

[esteban]

For some reason I would love to hear some horror stories from those who voted "no"

Well, here's a story from someone who voted "sometimes"...

I have really nice CRT televisions (Sony, 19", 27", 25") and I want to keep one in the house for the older consoles. The problem, of course, is that we have upgraded to new plasma/lcd televisions, and there really isn't any room for a big old ugly CRT. So, I was keeping the 27" in a closet in the guest room, which was great, until our guests needed to use the closet... so my wife moved all the tv's to the garage.

It is cold in the garage.

So I've been using an LCD tv to play games for the past few months.

SOLUTION: I'm going to get a rolling cart for the 27" CRT, clean out my own closet, and store the tv in my closet. To make things even sweeter, I am going to install speakers + subwoofer on the cart. Of course, I'll lose some room in my closet, but, honestly, I was being really inefficient with the space anyway.

Now, how long will it take me to clean out my closet and put my plan in action? Hmmmmmmmm....

[geise]

Ahhhhhhhh...the things we do when we're married to get our gamming addiction on.   Good luck on the project.  I'm lucky enough to have a room to do whatever I want.  It's the "man" room I guess.  I have my drumset and violin in there as well as my lovely standard TV with the Duo hooked up.  I also have it as my work office for my freelance 3d work.

[rag-time4]

Well, here's a story from someone who voted "sometimes"...

I have really nice CRT televisions (Sony, 19", 27", 25") and I want to keep one in the house for the older consoles. The problem, of course, is that we have upgraded to new plasma/lcd televisions, and there really isn't any room for a big old ugly CRT. So, I was keeping the 27" in a closet in the guest room, which was great, until our guests needed to use the closet... so my wife moved all the tv's to the garage.

It is cold in the garage.

So I've been using an LCD tv to play games for the past few months.

SOLUTION: I'm going to get a rolling cart for the 27" CRT, clean out my own closet, and store the tv in my closet. To make things even sweeter, I am going to install speakers + subwoofer on the cart. Of course, I'll lose some room in my closet, but, honestly, I was being really inefficient with the space anyway.

Now, how long will it take me to clean out my closet and put my plan in action? Hmmmmmmmm....

What about converting the garage into a classic gaming den as a plan B? You could throw down a nice shag carpet, possibly a sofa.... maybe even a refrigerator....??

[esteban]

What about converting the garage into a classic gaming den as a plan B? You could throw down a nice shag carpet, possibly a sofa.... maybe even a refrigerator....??

That would be nice. Unfortunately...

DEATHLY HOT + HUMID in summer, ICY DEATH in winter.

The summer is the worst, believe it or not. I can deal with the cold.

But, the real reason I can't convert the garage is because I use it as a woodshop and it is dusty, dirty (there's no way to keep it safe for electronics, I store everything in sealed bags to keep the sawdust out).

[Dazz]

Sometimes she does. Like when i try to sell she gets mad at me cause she knows it took me alot of time and money. Then there are times when she thinks i spend too much time or get mad because i spent xx amount on stuff.

[Nemo]

My g/f falls into the doesn't care, but she probably doesn't realize sometimes I'd rather be playing say Ninja Gaiden NES then having sex again.  She likes some games too, which is cool, but completely opposite stuff that I do (Sims, why?), so the only thing we have ever played together was Guitar Hero.   She doesn't know how obese my collection is though, so if I ever let that big fat kid out of the closet, that could scare her.

[TheClash603]

"but she probably doesn't realize sometimes I'd rather be playing say Ninja Gaiden NES then having sex again."

This statement is true, except for experimental position Saturdays.

[Necromancer]

There's something wrong with you two.  Real gamers do both simultaneously. 

[Nemo]

Word.    Of course in my list of hobbies, sex is higher than games, but if I could choose either sex for the 4th time in a row or God of War, I'm probably going to pick God of War (but that's not going to fly).

[TheClash603]

4 times? Sure....

[Nemo]

Believe it or not, it's all her, not many people want it more often than myself, but she might be one.  As I think about it, I've actually been pretty lucky in that sense, a lot of girls I have dated have been borderline nymphos.

[Sparky]

Word.    Of course in my list of hobbies, sex is higher than games, but if I could choose either sex for the 4th time in a row or God of War, I'm probably going to pick God of War (but that's not going to fly).

hahahaha... by the 4th time i am shooting air!!!