Tag Archives: videogames

Girl Talk: I’m A Gamer

Tamara LynchNovember 30, 2011 //
Gaming For Love
Here are 7 ways video games may be good for your relationship. Read More »
Dungeons Date
A writer is sure she will find love at Dungeons & Dragons. Read More »
Soapbox
Thoughts on the OK Cupid/Magic the Gathering controversy. Read More »

Last Sunday morning, I zip-lined through a South American jungle, shot and killed several enemies, grabbed a fully loaded rocket launcher, and blew up a jeep filled with incoming hostiles. Once clear, I crept to an enemy occupied mansion that held the lost treasure I planned to steal. I climbed undetected up the side of the structure, pulled out my silencer, dispatched more enemies, grabbed the treasure, and bounced!

Thirty minutes later, I had a champagne brunch with my girlfriends.

Hi. My name is Tamara. I’m 36 years old … and I’m a gamer. Keep reading »

Would You Be Jealous Of A Virtual “Other Woman”?

Wendy AtterberryOctober 27, 2009 //

How would you feel if your boyfriend or husband had a virtual girlfriend? I don’t mean what if he had a relationship with someone, as in a real person; I’m talking about a digitally animated girlfriend “brought to life” through Nintendo DS. There’s a new, popular dating sims (or dating simulation) video game on the market called Love Plus and, according to Boing Boing, an article posted on a Japanese tech site in September reported that several women had complained that their family lives were disrupted by their husbands’ addiction to the game. Boing Boing spoke with one San Francisco couple, Koh and Yurie, who say that Koh’s one-week addiction to his virtual girlfriend on Love Plus was “gross,” but basically harmless. Keep reading »