How To Get Your Girl Gaming

Before we begin on the glorious quest of getting a controller or pc in the hands of your beloved non gaming girlfriend, please excuse me a few disclaimers. This article is geared towards the ladies because getting a guy to game is as easy as putting a controller in his hand and pointing at the pretty lights. Our competitive nature compels us to want to shoot our friends and humiliate them upon the field of battle. And while not all men or woman fit into a single mold, this article is written for those guys who want to share an important portion of their lives with their special ladies who either do not understand the value and entertainment in gaming, or have just never had the experience or opportunity to try.

Getting your girl to game has so many benefits to the gamer and the couple as a whole its ludicrous to not even try. Sharing your passions is part of any successful relationship and that leads to my first tip.

1. Share Your Life. It all starts here. You, as a couple, must first be willing to spend time together trying out the activities that the other enjoys. This may mean you might have to go shopping or endure some American Idol guys, but in return, she tries out gaming. Also, use passionate language during the discussion. Say things like "I want to share my life with you." and "I want to spend more time with you, together." These kinds of arguments will tug at heart strings and break down the barriers of whatever kind of nerd invested basement she may have had her first negative gaming experience. Avoid saying something stupid. "Well, I went to your grandmas!" or "I just want to do something with you that I enjoy..." NO! Keep it positive, honest, and reasonable.

2. Start Off Slow. I don't have enough fingers and toes to count how many guys that have screwed up by starting their girl off with a first person shooter. Is that how you started gaming? Probably not. It will take time for a new gamer to develop the skills as such needed to enjoy the activity of gaming. This doesn't necessarily mean break out the old school Nintendo, but it's not far off. I have found the most success comes from puzzle games.Women seem to have a natural ability for organizing, multi-tasking, and problem solving that makes a perfect fit for games like Tetris, Puzzle Quest, and the Proffesor Layton series. This will get them use to using a controller and feeling comfortable playing. Plus, games like Tetris feature multiplayer so you can jump in and introduce her to the joy of competition. Just check out her smile when she kicks the crap out of you or your best friend. Once she seems to have mastered the puzzle game then move her into one of the Zelda or Mario titles. These are well known games that will test her platforming yet keep the puzzles she has mastered. Also, these games have very well thought out 3d tutorials that can teach her how to navigate through 3d spaces without the fear of getting fragged over and over. From there, you can probably start moving to more complicated games depending on her skill level.


3. Avoid Impatience or Yelling! This is probably something new to her so not only will she be nervous, she will probably be extra sensitive. Do not yell at her if she is having problems jumping up "there" or looking up. Let her learn at her own pace and BE PATIENT! Yelling at her will certainly get her off the couch and  never so much as look at your console or pc ever again. Keep the experience as positive as possible with reinforcing statements like "Great job, honey!" or "I knew you could do it!". And enjoy the view. Girls gaming can be hot and let her know that. She'll appreciate it.

4. Bring Some Friends. We all know by now that the Wii's success didn't come from the system power, waggle controls, or a slew of epic games. It was it's ability to bring people who normally don't game together. Use this. Peer pressure to try something new works like a charm with gaming and is a good way for her to show off her skills to your friends. Also, try some co-op before you escalate to full fledged multiplayer. This depends greatly upon the woman, but I find most tend to be cooperative than competitive. And guys, Avoid acting like a jackass. It may be fun to wiggle your ass in front of a fallen foe when it's you're best friend, but its a terrible turn off to your mate. Especially if she is still learning and you're in front of friends.

So, there you guys. Just be sure to remember that gaming is a skill that takes time to learn. With a little patience, you can be spending more time gaming and best of all, more time with your lady love. Plus, the Christmas and birthday gifts get better...

If any gamers out there have any more helpful tips or if the ladies feel like chiming in, feel free to post below. Don't forget to follow us at the top right of the page, like us on face book, and support us by clicking the ads so we can spend less time working and more time bringing you entertainment! Good luck and glorious gaming!

I in no way claim ownership to any of the photographs used in this article and simply pulled them from goolge. If any are subject to copyright laws, my bad, dude. Also, this article was in no way intended to be sexist, but meant to bring to people together and possibly have more sex. If you have a problem with it, I'm sure you'll get over it.

The Best Legend Of Zelda Tributes Collected

The Legend Of Zelda.  If you call yourself a gamer at all, you have some experience with this game.  Spanning more than 25 years and 16 official games, and selling 67.93 MILLION copies across all of them, many a gamer have called it one of the best series of all time.  And for good reason.  If you played any of them, you will find yourself treated to a symphony of excellent story telling, fantastic action and compelling settings that draw you in like few games do.  Over such a long period of time, there have been many tributes towards the material, and I have collected many of them.  Many are of great quality, and if you like Legend of Zelda's style, which I hope you do if you are reading this article, then you will love these great tributes!

I do not own any of these works and give credit to those that I can find! I only mean to collect these in one location to share to my readers and if you would like me to remove them please contact me and I will do so promptly!

This one, coming from user Smosh, is a rap, which normally would be enough to turn me away, but the quality is fairly good surprisingly!  Careful where you watch it, as it does contain some naughties, so you've been warned...

Egoraptor is the well-known creator of the Awesome series, which is rated exactly as titled.  Link to the Awesome plays off of my very first and most favorite of the Zelda adventures, A Link to the Past, and the quality, like all of his more recent videos, is phenomenal. 

Dubstep has recently become a very popular music genre.  Even I love how energized I feel from listening to it, and having it mixed with some Zelda tunes is weirdly hypnotic.  There is a solid series of these done by  DJ Ephixa, but this is one of the highlights!

And to be a little more loyal to the source material, for the 25th anniversary a full orchestra has been organized to play some of the series' own music, in a very moving concert playing even through this year:

Link, Zelda and Gannon have been done in cosplay plenty, but I think this is my favorite.

You just follow the music, Scott.

Anyone who knows me knows that Scott Pilgrim is one of my favorite things.  Period.  End of discussion.  So when Scott Pilgrim does a reference to Zelda, I pretty much lose my mind. Like here:

Found at Shirtoid.com, Gideon Gordon Grave's iconic shirt from the comics and movie.  Also, its awesome.

Or this one, done in a very similar style to Bryan Lee O'Mally's Scott Pilgrim series...

If you are looking for a really good creepy story, there is a great one involving a haunted N64 Majora's Mask cartridge, once owned by someone named BEN.  

Be warned, it is a VERY long read from start to finish, but it is a fantastic ghost story, and it literally gives me chills every time I read it!

Click here to read the story of BEN...

Hello, I'm creepy as hell. Nice to meet you.

BEWARE... HERE COMES NAVI

The little fairy introduced in Ocarina of Time has been the butt of many a joke, and for good reason.  I'm keeping her in a seperate section, as just one more HAY LISTEN from her could send people to the hospital or a killing spree, and I don't want any blood on my hands.

For those who remembered the Nyan Cat meme, this is a Navi remix that was done really well and uploaded by Musicman497, but don't listen to the whole thing as a full ten minutes is enough to cause brain hemorrhaging.

Link finally snaps too, in this great piece by Genzoman:

VG Cats!

Last one was from the great webcomic VG cats, done by Scott Ramsoomair, who likes to roast Zelda whenever possible.

See?  Great work though!

They hit Four Swords Adventures pretty hard as well:

Which leads me quite nicely into another Four Swords Adventure comic, this one done by Penny Arcade. Its by far my favorite comic done by the duo of Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!!!!!!!

In this beautifully realized piece of art the series is shown in one giant tapestry, just like it would show up in the series itself. Done by an artist calling him/herself AG+, it encompasses all 25 years in one amazing picture.  I saved the best for last here people.  This is the creme de la creme.

Wanna see it in more detail?

And if that wasn't incredible enough...  here's the time-lapse video of the artist making it.  AG+ is a Japanese artist, however, so just watch it for the art and accompanying music, it really is astounding.

So there you go!  All the ones that have stuck with me as great tributes.  If you have any more, link them to me in the comments, and happy watching! Make sure to subscribe to our blog and LIKE our Facebook page!