” I like a lot of things more or less than other people do. With my ex-wife, she had never played any video games, but she got really into Mario Kart DD, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, Patapon, the Pixeles, Little Big Planet, and so on. We played tons of Soul Calibur together, too. And she is not at all a gamer.
But I presented the things as fun, and I wasn’t a huge dick about it and I wasn’t hypercompetitive with her, so she not only enjoyed playing games with me but sometimes played them on her own.
I think being up front with how serious gaming is in 
your life is a better strategy than seeking out a girlfriend who happens to play the same games for the same lengths of times as you. Continue reading “Nothing wrong with sharing an interest, but the OP did say “like I do”