“Ok, I’m going to have a shower. But you keep watching so that when I get...
The Setting: The Boy is watching a LoL stream, i.e. watching live streaming of professional League of Legends players as they play. I’m still in bed, half asleep (come on now, it’s the weekend – just...
View ArticleGame Face Tip #006 – Show your support by buying him geeky gifts
A good thing about having a gamer partner is that there is always some new fancy-pants geeky accessory or game that he’s had his eye on, so trying to think of gifts is never a problem. And, by buying...
View ArticleMan oh MANA, you should LEE SIN to these puns.
InKassadin make myself clear enough in the title, this is a post full of League of Legends puns. Are you a pun lover aura you a pun hater? Well, it doesn’t really matter, because I can Garentee I have...
View ArticleGame Face Tip #007 – Don’t try to get between a gamer and a new game
If you are a partner of a gamer, it is likely that you would have experienced the epic ordeal that is THE RELEASE OF A NEW GAME. And if you have already experienced such a momentous occasion, you will...
View ArticleThis is totally me.
(Image Source: stopplayingleague.tumblr.com) I’ve followed this Tumblog, stopplayingleague.tumblr.com, for a while now – the author is also a girlfriend of a gamer and she creates the cutest, funniest...
View ArticleNo computer and no games make my partner something something
My partner and I are going on a holiday for five days, which means *dun dun DUNNNNN* NO GAMING FOR FIVE DAYS. Poor thing. Who in their right mind would want to be battling waves on a beautiful tropical...
View ArticleBack to the real world, i.e. the virtual world
(Image Source: Wisdom Quarterly) We’re back from our holiday, which means that it is time to snap back to reality (“oh, there goes gravity”). Rather ironically, this means that my partner is back to...
View ArticleHow To: Impress a gamer with your “knowledge of gaming”
Please note the inverted commas around “knowledge of gaming”. The secret here is that you don’t need years of gaming knowledge to be able to hold your own in a conversation about computer/video games....
View ArticleGame Face Tip #012 – eSports = essentiallySports
My partner and I have spent most of this weekend watching the League of Legends Season 2 World Championship. Can I just say, wow. From the perspective of a non-gamer, I can honestly say that watching...
View ArticleDefine: Patch
Sadly, in the gaming sense, patches have nothing to do with pirates. Unless it’s a pirated version of a new patch, but now that’s just getting a bit confusing. I thought I’d just quickly explain...
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