April 22, 2004

Winner in a dating game chooses a Playstation over the girl. Who wouldn't?
posted by tracicle 20 years ago
  • If it's a PSX2, in a heartbeat. Definitely. Even if the girl were a guy. Or if I were a guy. Or...whatever...
  • It depends. I mean, the gal looks fine, but if on the date it turns out she's dumb as a post and thinks adventurous sex means "with the lights on", you've got the memory of a lousy date. If you take the Playstation, you've got a PS2. Conversely, perhaps she can suck a tennis ball through a rubber hose, recite Shakespeare and Dr Suess from memory, discuss Mary Woolstoncroft's place in the history of feminism, and a cute friend and a hankering for hot three way loving. You never know. Of course, being married, it's all a bit academic. My wife would kill me if I set up a PS2 in the lounge.
  • i would want to choose the playstation but because i wouldn't want, even moreso, to humiliate someone in public like that, i'd choose the girl. you know, if she were a guy. that guy is just a limp uncouth prick and doesn't deserve any real play.
  • I smell a rigged promotion. Or maybe the guy just isn't in to fat chicks.
  • Rigged promotion would make sense, mexican, especially since the article is on the Playstation site. rodgerd: my husband is sitting beside me playing on the Playstation right now, and when I read him your comment, he was silent for a good ten seconds before hitting Pause, turning to me and saying, "Did you say something?"
  • Fanboyism at its best! t r a c y: But he is going to get much more play for less out of a PS2 and none of it will involve Portuguese (unless he selects that as a language option). ;-) tracicle: Your husband is certainly better at acknowledging non-game stimuli than I. It takes me a full 30-45 seconds to pull out of the game to respond to my spouse. I would hate to think if there ever was a fire, "But I'm almost to a save point!"
  • Or maybe the guy just isn't in to fat chicks that might make sense if the girl in question was actually fat. DrMoxie - i don't respond to verbal cues at all when engrossed in game play. my s/o has found that a sofa cushion upside my head does the trick tho' :-D
  • Conversely, perhaps she can suck a tennis ball through a rubber hose, recite Shakespeare and Dr Suess from memory, discuss Mary Woolstoncroft's place in the history of feminism, and a cute friend and a hankering for hot three way loving. You never know. I like the way you think, rodgerd.
  • This article and the thread makes me wonder about the motivations of a gamer. How many monkeys here are gamers? Have you ever scheduled your life around gaming, putting off social engaements to finish that nagging boss battle or to level up your characters? There was a very brief discussion on Slashdot about the Daedalus Project which looks to answer the question of "Why do we play?". My motivation is actually quite transparent: escapism. Like a good book, a good game can draw you in and keep the "outside" at bay. :-D
  • that guy is just a limp uncouth prick and doesn't deserve any real play. posted by t r a c y Oh please. Women reject guys all the time and tell us to just get over it. There does come a point when you price yourself out of the market. Maybe this guy has had previous experience with women's ongoing sense of entitlement and decided that the Playstation offered a better return for his time.
  • I like the title of the article: PS2 Better Than Sex — as if this guy's getting laid was a foregone conclusion. It should have been: PS2 Better Than Dinner At The Olive Garden With A Woman He Doesn't Know Who Has No Intention Of Sleeping With Him
  • I would choose the gal. If only because I can buy me a PS2 with some savings in a month and, as rodgerd said, with women you never know. Now, if instead of a Playstation the prize had been something worth $100,000... Also, DrMoxie, I play games just for the escapism factor, but I never schedule around it. I'll always have enough free time to kick that damn impossible boss's ass.
  • I have a sticker on my PS2 that says "Girls are no substitute for a Playstation". Yes, of course, the girlfriend thinks it's a riot. She has stated that she knew it was serious when I would actually save the game for her. She knew I was in love when I sold my Dreamcast to take her on a date.
  • Aahhh! You old romantic, armaghetto. It's just like that bloke in the Decameron who barbecued his hawk so his girlfriend could have dinner...
  • Well, if the guy's so broke he cant afford a PS2, what does he need a girlfriend for? More frustration and aggravation? Back in the day, I was a rabid gamer... but we're talking the start of the PS1 age. No more time to play, and the current genres leave me cold, or find them too realistically violent (all those footsoldier campaign simulators... eekk). Of course, still have the CDs of Driver 1 & 2, which I play on a (ahem) PS1 simulator. Nothing to vent off steam than to bolt thru the streets of Chicago, NYC or Havana, cops, traffic regulations and pedestrians be damned... Ah, and one shouldn't understimate the convenience of having both a friend and a PS2. Japan strikes again!
  • Well, if the guy's so broke he cant afford a PS2, what does he need a girlfriend for? More frustration and aggravation? People who go to Giants games aren't broke. By necessity.
  • DrMoxie - Gamer here! I have an Xbox and a PS2, and am currently violating people left and right in the Halo demo for PC. The soon-to-be little missus does allow me my game time, but at a price. She'll give me shit if I play with it more than I play with her. < re-reading the previous sentence > Or something like that.
  • jim_t, take a look at Flagpole's link. Forget living room convergence, the bedroom is where it's at!
  • DocMox - Yah, I have Rez. But not the "game enhancer". It's quite a fun game, on it's own merit.
  • I used to play a lot of games on a Commodore 64 back in the day, and later on a MegaDrive, but my interest didn't last beyond that. Recently though, I got a Java-enabled phone and downloaded a Tombraider platform game in an idle moment, which I find strangely addictive. So by skipping a few generations of technology, I now find myself playing a game very similiar to the games I played as a ten-year-old. Sunrise, sunset etc. Anyone know any other good mobile games?
  • Fes I had the exact same rogerd quote ready to post but you were way ahead. So I'm going with this one: It takes me a full 30-45 seconds to pull out w00t! out-of-context euphemizzle! Go DocMox! :) however, I'm gonna agree with t r a c y on his being a jerk Off he goes with the PS2 and she's left there rejected. Bad man. No beer! Bad!
  • I, on the other hand, don't feel quite so bad for the attractive blonde with big boobs and season tickets. I mean, maybe being rejected once in her life will add to her character. Sorry. Maybe I'm just bitter for not having a PS2 OR season tickets.
  • mmmuttly - sorry dude but personal bitterness due to an inability to forge balanced relationships is not a good excuse for a lack of manners and disrespect for people who've done nothing against you. i'm looking at this one guy in this one situation and i stand by my estimation of his limp dick. i'd think just as poorly of her if she'd done the same thing.
  • a lack of manners and disrespect for people who've done nothing against you Huh? Lack of interest in a girl equals lack of manners toward her? Good to know. Being a gay man and all, I would choose (just about) any consumer good over a date with (just about) any girl. Feel free to insult me too.
  • I still say she's fat.
  • choosing the inanimate object over the date in such a hugely public forum is bad manners, no doubt about that. and yah kenshin if the date was a cute guy and you chose the game, i'd think you were just as much a tool. mexican - i don't believe you.
  • Now, now tracy, you can't judge perception. People with anorexia nervosa think they're fat after all. (Of course, my own experience is that while skinny, but not skeletal, gals generally look best with their clothes on, the medium through chubby figure looks and feels best naked, which counts for more to me...)
  • How many monkeys here are gamers? Have you ever scheduled your life around gaming, putting off social engaements to finish that nagging boss battle or to level up your characters? I haven't left my house in three weeks. I'm engrossed in the MMORPGOROPPMG "Sword of the Runestone of the Castle of the Magic Swordsman: The Final Reckoning Online," and I only have 3,376,412 more experience points to earn until I become a level 98 Druid of the Order of Rivers Cuomo. n00bs ph34r me, 4nd 3v3n v3t3r4n5 quake before my inimitable l337ne55. In fact, many have speculated that once I secure the Polo Shirt of Grolgoth, I shall be the most powerful player in the game. Muahahaha.
  • That sounds a lot like Kingdom of Loathing.
  • t r a c y: Since rejection is choosing nothing over the date, surely that's even worse in your book. So I take it you'll go on a date with a stranger you aren't interested in if he asks you out in public, because rejecting him will make you a tool. Interesting. A date with a cute guy is definitely worth something to me; whether it's worth more than a Playstation depends on the degree of cuteness. Since my regard for those who judge me for making my choices is pretty low, I guess we're even.
  • contrived date with stranger < $200 gaming console
  • My s/o and I have had many a fight over the amount of time he plays Asheron's Call online. It's from the time he wakes up to the time he goes to work, from the time he comes home to the time he goes to bed. Zero response from him whenever I say anything, then he gets upset if I start yelling, 'cause he just has to do this one thing--which always takes another 10 minutes. Well, you get the picture. We've often discussed the fact that if he doesn't figure out a way to limit himself, he will come home to find his account has been canceled and I have gone on a shopping binge to end all shopping binges. Plus, since we have two young children, I can always throw in the 'bad father' guilt trip if he doesn't spend sufficient amounts of time with them on a daily basis.
  • One more thing- tracy, while I get what your saying, I think this chick set herself up in the first place by even being involved in this stunt. I don't feel bad for her in the least. But I applaud your diplomacy and kindness. Your obviously very empathetic. I, on the other hand, enjoy watching people cringe and squirm. (kidding)
  • IF *I* were that girl, and the chap chose me over a PS2, I'd be yelling at him "Are you crazy??? I could have just slipped you my phone number backstage, and we'd be playing FFXI at my place!" But I'm nuts anyway *shrug*
  • Alnedra, that's the kind of thinking that makes me with polygamy were legal.
  • dont be thilly rogerd, thomeone may think you're theriouth.
  • I don't get it. What has the PS2 gotta do with polygamy?
  • rogerd's "off the market" but occasionally thinks about adding a dishy PS2 chick to the roster
  • pete_best 3 ("Revenge of the Delete Username Function"), your lithpy comment was both (a) hilarious; and (b) prescient!
  • Oh. *blush*