[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".]
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.
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).
„I like playing with my stick“
yeah yeah we all do, pancake, but you need more things to talk about on a date!
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?
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.
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.
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!
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?
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!
laughs in plane simulator setup
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IF I HAD ONE!!!
Talk to them about vr and theyll want to come over and try it usually
Calling it a plastic toywheel probably doesn't help lol
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.)
Would you accept cuno
When I played this game, my wife was overhearing the dialog and asked me what movie I was watching.
She then later commented how annoying Cuno was.
Cuno don’t fucking care, if you find Cuno annoying.
I read this in his voice. I honestly kind of have a soft spot for him. He has a tough life.
Hardcore!
What if I answer The Noid?
Man... I know SO MANY GUYS who would get butthurt by this post. Hahahahahahaha
Bunch of basic bros.
go touch some grass bruh
I don't get why you're telling me this.
COD is a roleplaying game! I roleplay as a stormtrooper that can’t hit shit! I’m pretty good at it
For me, the intro to Fallout 4 always gets that frisson going.
Fallout 4: Flaccid
Fallout 3: Chubs
Fallout New Vegas: Half-Mast
Fallout 1 or 2: Boioioioioioing
Fallout Tactics: Not your proudest
Fallout:Brotherhood of Steel...
a double-entendre all on its own!
Fallout 76: Lorena Bobbit
If they tell you they watched the Fallout TV series, what you really need to know is how often they paused it.
Ewww open world. That's as basic as it gets.
At this point I’d rather play CoD than ubislop assassins creed 43 here we go assassinating again
That’s why I still leave up the OG RuneScape login page on my monitor.
What is 2k, other than a game publisher?
I figured it meant like all the sports games with 2K in the title like NBA 2K6 or NHL 2K6 and their modern iterarions (e.g. NBA 2K25)
Ah, so FIFA but for Americans?
okay that makes a lot more sense than running from somebody who plays Borderlands
Would it blow your mind if I told you all the 2K sports games were released by 2K? 😁
Not all of them. NHL 2K-2K5 were released by Sega before the franchise was bought by 2K.
My most played games are Civilization 1 - 7 and XCom games and they are published by 2K. I didn't know that I am somehow inferior to someone playing RPGs.
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.
I hate the Sims cause my sims always end up living a better life than me.
Your stepbrother's judgement depends on which Halo he plays, he still has a chance
(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)
I like to play mmos, arpgs, and chess. Should my girlfriend run? (joke)
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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