Being Geek Chic is a blog about one woman navigating the male-dominated industries of production and tech. It's written by Elizabeth Giorgi, Founder, CEO and Director of Mighteor - one of the world's first internet video production companies. Learn more about Mighteor here.
Favorite movies. TV shows. Video games. As strange as it may seem to non-geeks, for a geek, a potential partner’s taste in media of all kinds makes a big difference in whether or not they’re worthy of dating in the long-term. Some of my fondest memories with my former boyfriends involve playing Mario in the middle of the night together or conquering the latest indie game over the course of a weekend. Those times will always be beautiful memories even if those relationships didn’t last.
LFG Dating is a site that understands this. So when they approached me to try out their site focusing on setting up fellow gamers, I was excited to check it out. After all, there are lots more games to play and even more connections to make.
The first and most profoundly different thing about signing up for this site, which you won’t find elsewhere is the type of questions. Things like: how often do you game, which consoles you prefer to play and what kind of games do you play most often? This alone made it so much more fun to go through the process of signing up for an online dating site. I’ve signed up for them all and the LFG Dating process is so much more on par with my actual life that I immediately felt like I could trust it. The founders, Casey and Patrick, are real geeks and it shows in every thing that they do to make the site fit geek needs.
After signing up, I was amazed at just how many people were in my area. It wasn’t long before I was talking with a few guys who also play a lot of indie games on PS4. I definitely appreciate having something to talk about that isn’t the weather, my job or where I like to eat in my city. I know how tedious all those conversations are because I’ve engaged in them regularly for the last few months to less than desirable results.
If you’re a geek, you may already know this, but dating a gamer makes those first few days a hell of a lot easier. It gives you something to do together. Eases the transition from hanging out in bars and coffee shops to hanging out in one another’s spaces. These kinds of dates are truly so much less awkward than the standard dating affairs, because well, video games give us purpose! It allows us to have built in competitive prodding, which makes flirting easy. If you play co-op, you can try to win together, which is always a bonding experience.
There are so many games that make for great date nights. Super Smash Bros. Vintage picks like Super Mario Brothers and Duck Hunt. Even more modern games are insanely fun. Take a spin at multi-player Little Big Planet together and I dare you not to have an awesome time. Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is also brilliantly worthwhile if for no other reason than the lovely art.
Online dating is a damn drag. Let’s just admit that now. So if you’re looking for a totally different experience, I really must recommend this geek-friendly version of online dating. After all, we can all use more reasons to make time for a little time with our favorite games, right?
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