How to Turn Your Girl into a Videogamer

In the seven years I've been with my wife, I've lost track of the amount of quarrels my wife and I have had about my video-gaming addic...er, hobby. We don't argue about it much any more, though, because I've found a way to win! I took a tip from the Borg in Star Trek, and assimilated her into my gaming collective. Sound impossible? It's not! Here's how you do it:

Step One:Before She Starts Playing. Think about your wife or girlfriend and try and figure out what kind of games she'll enjoy. The tricky part about this is you only get one shot: if you introduce her to games through World of Warcraft and it turns out she's a Battlefield 2 gal, she'll only ever remember her negative experience with WoW. So before you ever even make your intentions known, you need to carefully examine your wife's other interests and hobbies and figure out just what genre of video-gaming she would enjoy.

How do you figure out what kind of games she will be into? The best way to go about this is to think about her personality. The answer should become obvious, once you make enough good observations. As an example, let's take my wife. Personality-wise, she's very inquisitive. She likes to ask questions and explore possibilities. Explore possibilities...exploration...so she would probably like a game with lots of things to discover and explore. Like an RPG, or an action/adventure game with a lot of things to unlock or discover. My wife is also very visual-oriented and likes good use of color, so whatever game I find should have good graphics and a decent visual style...no old-school RPGs or 3-D-rendered Playstation 1 titles!