MightyMayorMike

I'm a little surprised this hasn't happened already, to be honest. You'd think writers would get tired of cranking out a macho straight guy time after time. Rockstar hasn't produced a lot of memorable female side characters, either -- at least none are coming to mind.

Curious! I still play my PC games at a desk with a mouse and keyboard, though, so it sounds like this isn't for me.

@canteu said:

We do plenty of this on the US east coast, but ruin it by saying "yous guys," and we're back to the drawing board with the OP.

I do this myself - using guys casually and as a blanket term - but I'm trying to stop.

@jouseldelka: Well, a funny movie isn't the worst, right? I'm not huge on comedy but I don't know what you're into.

If you're interested in playing a game with her I'd still share your interest in them. My partner right now has no interest in games but I found out she grew up playing Commander Keen. That went on sale on Steam, now she has an excuse to play it again, and now she's asking about other games.

One thing she asked me was if I find new games hard to figure out, and we talked about different controllers and game types. So, I'd keep this is mind:

In the end, everyone's different and maybe this cool new woman in your life won't want to spend a single minute playing a video game. You'll have to decide if that's something you need in a relationship. I wish my partner played games, but I don't need her to.

It's hard to find someone who shares an intense passion of yours, no matter what it is, but I've met plenty of women who love games. I played a lot of Mario Kart with a friend and his sister growing up, for instance. In high school, a good friend started playing games with me - lots of Dynasty Warriors - and she and I ended up dating for a few years. You never know if you don't share your interests. My two cents!

The general's looking good! I'd play him in Civ, for sure.

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I didn't know who Marcus Beer was before this and, now that I've seen what he's about, I'm happy to just as quickly forget him.

Rest easy, Ryan. I'll miss you especially in all your hosting duties around here. You brought such great character to the site, and to my enjoyment of video games personally. Truly, truly bummed.

I went one console last generation and don't regret it, though I also play mostly on my PC. This time around I think I'm just going to buy a new graphics card.

I'd say stick with the PS4 since your preordered it and see if you can live without the games that don't launch there. Even if you do end up buying another console later, you'll find better prices/bundles/models than at launch.

This is mostly where I'm at, too. I'm letting the time tick down on Google Reader. I mostly just check here, and then sometimes Polygon when I want the bigger picture.

I've had a few moments where the lack of hand-to-hand definitely seemed jarring, like when an enemy squad runs straight through mine or stands shoulder-to-shoulder with my squad behind some cover. Other than that, I don't necessarily miss it, though maybe that's because WW2 combatants lack chainswords.