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As I stated in Gamer Love: Part 1 I wanted to give some of the other ladies a chance to be apart of this question so I have composed all of their "Gamer Couple Confessions" --its what I am calling it =] -- into one complete article for your viewing and reading enjoyment!

Now for all of you gamer couples out their don't think I am leaving you out. I want to hear your gamer couple stories and the Top 3 will get the chance to have their stories up in a future article! If your interested then please send your story and picture of you and your significant other to Tips4gamegirl@gmail.com.

Read on for the GameGirl's Gamer Couple stories!

My husband Mark and I met via our guild in World of Warcraft. He was the sexy british accent with that hint of mystique filtering through my headset via teamspeak and I was the silly girl with the school yard crush. We agreed to meet. Two years later, with the word "Soulbound" inscribed on the inside of our wedding bands, we formed the union of Team Awesome, and I moved from the US to the UK. Mark and I game together most of the time. We form well planned duos in MMOs, we co-op major games like Gears of War and Army of Two, and when one person is playing GTA4 or another single player game, you can be sure the other sitting only inches away, telling the one playing what they're doing wrong. We never have scuffles over who gets to play what, and that works out well for us. We both get excited over the same releases, and aren't afraid to lose a few hours of sleep to enjoy them either. We have the same goals in gaming alot of the time as well: pick up the hooker, receive service, kill hooker for money afterward. Indeed, the most well adjusted couple.
The only thing that annoys me about gaming with my husband is his Rambo approach to FPSs that usually results in getting himself, if not both of us, killed. I mean, "til death do us part" can only be good for so many resurrections, right?

I met my boyfriend about five years ago, through common friends in school.. Dating him never really crossed my mind, up until about two years ago. Prior to dating we were just really good buddies that talked shared a lot of common interests. One: Gaming. We'd talk about video games, but never played a whole lot together. Once in a while at our best friends house we'd play Soul Calibur 2, or sometimes lan CS.. Never really had intense gaming sessions though.There was a short period of time that we sort of stopped talking, and I actually sparked up the first conversation we've had in a long time in game (WoW, of course, lol), which led to eventually hanging out again, and then dating.. When we were officially a couple, he transferred his Druid to my server, Frostmane. Where we raided and PvP'd together. That unfortunately didn't last long... He didn't like my server's slow progression, extremely unbalanced Horde to Alliance ratio, and soon transfered back to illidan. Raiding and PvP'ing on different servers, at different times, did occasionally get in the way of hanging out.
I think we're better off Solo gaming.. AT our own houses.. When he bought Twilight Princess, (his cube was at my house) he played it here.. That got really annoying because all he wanted to do was beat it. Luckily he's pro, and finished it in no time. We've only really ever played one other game together: Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Moments after I put in the disc, bickering and fighting quickly ensued. I'll just say - I have yet to see the end of that game...If only he wasn't big on MMORPGs.
The good: Is that we can talk to eachother about video games, without one of us being completely clueless as to what the other is going on and on about.
The bad: Is when one of us is hooked to a game that the other is not interested in at all. It's bothersome to hear them talk about it all the time. We don't always like the same games, which is a bummer.. But we'll give eachother's game suggestions a try, and discuss why we liked it, or why we didn't.
We definitely prefer to talk about games, rather than play them together. Which is just fine by me. If we've been together for nearly two years, we're balancing gaming and our relationship out somehow. :P

My boyfriend and I are perfectly compatible when it comes to our gaming lives (and, well...everything else for that matter). We are both hardcore gamers, and we enjoy a lot of the same games. We even bought a second TV so that we can play multi-player and co-op games together over Live while in the same room. We trade off during certain games so we both get fair play time. For example, I do most of the dating, driving and friend upkeeps on GTA 4, whereas he does most of the racing and chases. We also both don't mind just watching the other play since we have a lot of the same playing habits (we are both obsessive when it comes to picking up and finding collectibles, and we both like giving each new area thorough searches). And if he wants to play something I'm just not interested in, I'm perfectly content just sitting back and watching As far as negatives go, I can't really think of any. We work together well and complement each other's gaming habits.

Thank you again GhostlyMatty for a very good question and for all of you gamer couples out there remember to send us your story of how you met, how you deal with gaming and spending time with each other and include a picture! Send it all to Tips4GameGirl@gmail.com as "Gamer Couple". Only 3 will be chosen!

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