Multiplayer Gaming: The First Date Idea You Didn’t Know You Needed

Posted By: GamerDating Team - November 22, 2024

Multiplayer Gaming: The First Date Idea You Didn’t Know You Needed First dates are often a balancing act of excitement and nerves. You want to make a good impression, avoid awkward silences, and most importantly, have fun. But let’s face it—dinner and drinks, while classic, can sometimes feel more like a job interview than a romantic spark. Enter multiplayer gaming, and if you are here, you know its good. Picture this: ins

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Level Up Your Love Life: How Gaming Can Strengthen Your Relationship

Posted By: GamerDating Team - July 30, 2024

Level Up Your Love Life: How Gaming Can Strengthen Your Relationship Gaming isn't just about high scores and epic quests; it's also a fantastic way to bond with your partner. In this article, we explore how playing games together can improve communication, teamwork, and intimacy in your relationship. Whether you're battling enemies side-by-side or solving puzzles as a duo, discover how gaming can bring you closer together and make

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Digital Romance: 18 Tips for a Mind-Blowing Connection

Posted By: Aliena - October 31, 2023

Romance in the Digital Age: 18 Tips for Establishing an Emotional Connection through the Screen In days when romance chimes like a smartphone notification and glows like a laptop screen, digital communication is the new normal in maintaining online relationships. Choose to welcome it or curse it; what really matters is that an emotional connection in a romantic setting has never been purely physical in the first place. So, think 'brain' and 'ima

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Top 5 Tips for Crafting the Perfect Profile

Posted By: GamerDating Team - June 13, 2023

Finding your Player 2 in the gaming love-verse can seem like a daunting task, but fear not! Your friends at GamerDating.com are here to help you create an engaging and authentic dating profile that showcases your unique personality, gaming preferences, and interests to attract like-minded partners. Follow our top five tips to craft the perfect gamer dating profile and embark on your quest for love: Choose a memorable profile picture.

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Resident Evil 4: Remake Review

Posted By: Ryan - April 19, 2023

The best video game of a generation remade for modern audiences. Resident Evil 4 is commonly agreed to be one of the best survival horror games of all time. Originally launching in 2005, this classic action horror experience has been remastered many times, and ported to more consoles than I care to list, but it has taken until now for Capcom to fully remake it. I’ve never played the original beyond its opening few hours, so I approached

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Our games for March are classics

Posted By: GamerDating Team - March 06, 2023

March, the month of might warriors, fantastic games, and bunnies? As we move into spring, embrace new chances, reach out to those 1up'd matches and arrange some game dates. To help, this month we are topping up the most popular games we have available for you as well as highlighting some new ones. We offer games every month with our 2 and 4-month subscriptions. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. A subs

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Love is in the Air - February Game Rewards

Posted By: GamerDating Team - February 01, 2023

Love is in the Air, its Gaming Time xoxo Valentines day is coming, but what to get your loved ones? Game dates, valentines day gifts or simply that beautiful gift to yourself. This month, we are offering even more games with your subscription so you can game, whilst we find you a match. We offer games every month with our 2 and 4-month subscriptions. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. A subscription

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December Rewards and its Holiday time! So we've restocked!

Posted By: GamerDating Team - December 19, 2022

GamerDating's December Rewards! It's the holiday season, a time for relaxation, spending time with loved ones, and gift-giving. For many of us, it's also a time to get back into our favorite hobbies, like gaming. This year, we've restocked and added some exciting new titles to our collection. Whether you're looking for the latest releases or classic hits, we have something for every gamer to enjo This month, we are offering even more games

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Frozen Flame – a Survival RPG that needs a little thawing out

Posted By: Elena Walker - December 12, 2022

Frozen Flame is a multiplayer survival fantasy RPG, in a world once governed by Dragons and is now in the aftermath of what appears to be a post-apocalyptic world. It was released in its Early Access form on the 25th of November by fresh-faced developers Dreamside Interactive. I’ll be honest – my first impression was that the game looked generic. The style was immediately reminiscent of the many aesthetic copycats of cartoony an

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November includes Core Keeper, Golf with your Friends and Moving with your subs

Posted By: GamerDating Team - November 01, 2022

GamerDating's November Rewards! It's November! Christmas is coming, games are flowing, and its time to plan your gifts! We aim to keep the subscription cost down, while we can offer indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. We offer games every month with our 2 and 4-month subscriptions. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. Subscription grants you the ability to read

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Fueled up a chaotic couch co-op reviewed

Posted By: Ryan - October 28, 2022

Space-borne chaos or a shiny re-tread of old ground? Couch co-op party games are a small, but still popular, genre. As evidenced by games like Overcooked and Moving Out, there’s a need for one-to-four-player games that rely on communication, a willingness to make mistakes, and an almost sadistic urge to test the strength of friendships. Make no mistake, much like its chaotic forebears, Fueled Up will also put your relationships to the

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Warhammer 40,000: Darktide Closed Beta Preview

Posted By: Dan and Team - October 19, 2022

This weekend October 14th to 16th our team had the privilege to try Fatshark's closed BETA of Warhammer 40,000: Darktide. We gathered together, jumped into Discord in varied group sizes and chugged through the delights of Darktide. You can play with any variation of your custom characters, a refreshing step away from Vermintide.   The Poundshop Paladin, WoodTier, Farske and Zahur gathered together to dip their toes i

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Games while you date! Imp of the Sun, Potioncraft, Spirit of the Island now available

Posted By: GamerDating Team - October 06, 2022

GamerDating's October Rewards! It's October, autumn is here, winter is coming and the new games are flowing! It's the time of year where curled up on the sofa, with hot chocolate and gaming all evening is ideal. We aim to keep the subscription cost down, while we can offer indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-

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Pokemon Killer Temtem? Ryan Reviews

Posted By: Ryan - September 26, 2022

TemTem - Pokemon killer? An indie, monster-taming MMO with PvP built into its foundation, and a full PvE story, was always going to be a sure bet for fans of the Pokémon franchise. Temtem goes out of its way to emphasise how much of its gameplay experience is focused around competitive play, so much so that it’s nigh impossible to escape, but, if PvP isn’t your thing, all is not lost! I’m not a huge fan of PvP in m

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Smooth Summer Update to make your experience better.

Posted By: GamerDating Team - August 22, 2022

Say hello to our summer fresh update!  In this update, we focused on some quality of life updates, better email interactions, improved performance and bugfixes. Our last big update was earlier this year when we updated messaging with the use of emojis, gif support, improved updates and optimisation. Now we have introduced a new notifications sidebar, improved email notifications and new anti spammer/bot measures to make your experie

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South of the Circle Preview

Posted By: Ryan - August 15, 2022

A narrative experience about the power of regret. Emotional, story-driven games like South of the Circle (SotC) are not, for better or worse, everyone’s cup of tea. Originally released in 2021 for Apple Arcade, it was developed by State of Play, published by 11 Bit Studios, and is a compelling story of ambition and love set around the Cold War. I played SotC on the Nintendo Switch to write this review and was pleasantly surprised by w

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Overcooked! Our sous-chef reviews a top coop.

Posted By: Will Smith-Parsons - August 01, 2022

Overcooked: All the fun of watching your kitchen burn down, none of the messy clean-up. Overcooked! is a top-down, high-pressure cook-em-up that pits aspiring chefs against the clock and a series of strange circumstances to prepare ingredients and cook dishes to the satisfaction of hungry customers. After each level, players receive a score and a number of stars based on how many orders were completed, how many were missed, and how many wer

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Tails of Iron, House Flipper, Foxhole and Overcooked! 2 added for August subscriptions

Posted By: Alex - July 29, 2022

GamerDating's August Rewards! It's August! The perfect time for some game dates, followed by nice walks in the evening. Our goal is to keep subscription at a low cost, offer unusual indie games or popular titles so that you can game, whilst we find you a match. Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-month subscriptions which allow you to read and send messages to any user, your messages allow

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Gloomhaven, Kitaria Fables, Farm Together, and Tavern Master now available with subscription

Posted By: Alex - July 01, 2022

GamerDating's July Rewards! As we roll into July, the peak of the summer season, and we have new games for our subscriptions. Our mission is to keep subscription at a cost low, offer popular or unusual games so that you can start gaming whilst we find you a match! Our list of games is available to view, with updates each month. We offer 2 or 4-month subscriptions which allow you to read and send messages to any user, your messages all

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Wingspan, Cuphead, Children of Morta and Outriders available in our June subscription.

Posted By: Alex - June 02, 2022

GamerDating's June Rewards! It's June, new game time! Available for new subscriptions, we have limited stock, so first come, first served. Our goal is to keep subscription cost low, and always offer new games so you can find a match, start chatting and play a game with your date, preferably one of those new ones you've just got! Our full list of games is now available on our static page which we'll update each month. We offer 2 or 4-

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First Contact, or: The Horror of Being First to Reach Out

Posted By: Silja - August 21, 2018

First Contact

Or: The Horror of Being First to Reach Out.

It’s a day like any other, you are idly browsing through GamerDating when a profile catches your attention: a good-looking individual who plays the same games, has a funny yet smart blurb and lives in the same area as you?

Ok, it’s on.

Donkey Kong is not a good role model for starting relationships especially with budding princesses

You find yourself smiling back at their picture, imagining what said individual would look like in real life, and whether they were as lovely as you think they would be.

You 1up them, browse on but find yourself coming back to the profile over and over again. You have to admit – you want to meet them! BUT, now that you have been thinking about them, and you really want to meet them, expectations are high, and that fear sets in… Fear of the ugliest word of them all: Rejection.

How in the world can you make sure that reaching out goes well? How can you break the ice, charm their socks off and make them want to meet you?

What is the magic formula of First Contact?

Yu gi oh isn’t my thing so if this is a good card I don’t recommend playing it during a date unless of course you're an actual dark magician in which case you don't need my advice.

Well, dear Reader, allow me to burst your bubble: there is no such formula. Research shows that people can be superficial little fruit flies, and the best investment you can make for your profile is a picture that makes you as attractive as possible without catfishing unsuspecting visitors.

People will respond to a contact request from a person who has a good profile picture 64% more likely than one without.

Sad as that is, there are still ways to get attention while we’re waiting for inner values and personality to become en vogue - and remember you have a significant advantage, you're both gamers duh! So here's what you've been waiting for:

While fun, Bubble Bobble isn't great training for popping these misconceptions

 

The 3 good-as-magic ingredients to successful first contact attempts:

 

  • 1. Freaking read their profile. Mass “Hey” messages may get you a statistical response rate, but not the person of your dreams. Me? I delete the message, and most likely unfriend or block the person. Aint nobody got time for a “Hey” person.

    Read their profile! They like crafting hemp Sherpa ponchos?! Comment on that. They do barefoot water-skiing? Great opening topic. They like kittens and Half life 2? Well, if you can’t find something nice to say about that, I’m not sure this article will be the one to help you. Seriously how can you not like Half life 2... That being said, has Xen come out for Black Mesa yet?

    I digress...

    People crave to been seen and heard. More often than not they will give you the time of day if they feel you really are interested in what they have to say.

     
  • 2. Be funny. So you want to comment on potential hemp ponchos because you get it, but there is nothing in the profile but their picture and games-list? Here’s a great one, make up an answer to a fictitious profile text:

    “Your profile doesn’t say so, but by the look in your eyes I can tell you breed and race snails. I’m very passionate about that, too, and suggest we meet to see if your champion can best my Sir Slime-a-Lot.”

    …You know what I mean: just unleash your own brand of fun. Studies show that if you can make them laugh, you’re halfway to their heart. Also great: make fun of yourself. I’ve always found Brits are the champs of self-deprecating humour, it cracks me up to no end, so if you have that talent, share it with your chosen!

 

Chaos isn’t for me but I can see Khornes got you hooked and well when I said Chosen I didn’t mean…. Ok maybe I’ll skip this guy’s profile…

 

  • 3. Be vulnerable. You’re bad at reaching out? You’re worried you come across as weird? Share that in small doses. Keeping it ‘real’ and authentic will make it easier for people to connect with you and self-disclosure works wonders on relationships. Having the belief that you need to appear cool, aloof and distant to seem attractive is only partially true: and that’s only when it represents giving the person of your affection the space to develop a healthy relationship in their own time.
     

With that in mind I wish you good luck and have fun: it’s a jungle out there, but jungles can be fun!

(I would continue to advise avoiding however gardens of Nurgle).

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