[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”.]
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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.
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!
Sure, but even so: that hardware isn’t going to be obsolete or wear out for a long time.
Compared with going to a concert that can be $10K for 2 people to attend a single show.
laughs in plane simulator setup
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IF I HAD ONE!!!
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!
that’s where the hand on the throttle comes in!
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!
Played a fair bit of Elite but now kinda feels like there isn’t really that much purpose to play and most things get boring quickly, especially if you are trying to be vaguely efficient and stack missions or what ever the meta is now.
Doing a variety of different things with my multiple ship and SRV or on foot was most fun and least rewarding. If there was more co-op focused stuff I think that could help too, even if it was just a mission variant that increased enemy spawn rates in the mission area. Then rewards that make the mission worth doing.
Talk to them about vr and theyll want to come over and try it usually
it’s a fat hassle tho and its prob more common now, also youll look stupid lol
Calling it a plastic toywheel probably doesn’t help lol
COD is a roleplaying game! I roleplay as a stormtrooper that can’t hit shit! I’m pretty good at it
Multiplayer competitive games are a huge red flag for everyone.
Cue some LoL tryhard bragging about being diamond for 5 consecutive seasons or something
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
I only sleep with The Wonderful 101 fans 😎
Guess you don’t sleep with many people lol
(pain. very good game.)
You joke, but I’ve never actually met any TW101 fan IRL 😂 I’m just yes and-ing the meme.
(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)
This isn’t always the case obviously, but this can be a neurodivergent coping mechanism. As someone with high social anxiety, having something I can focus on outside the social aspect for a small period can do wonders
Literally any suggestion of a type of guy who isn’t a basic bro will be followed by a suggestion that they’re performative within days if not hours
What is 2k, other than a game publisher?
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.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 1 & 2: 👌🏻
Only game installed on laptop: OpenMW.
(Ok ok I have an NES and an OG xbox with select titles and a GBC with a flash cart and every game for the GB/C too.)
But is Tamriel Rebuilt installed?
Is what?
Oh boy do I have a surprise for you…
Oh shit this looks cool, I’ll have to check it out! Thanks!
