Should You Play Games With Your Significant Other?

Gaming is a hobby that brings people together. It also features competitive games that’ll rip the closest friendships to shreds (Mario Party, I’m looking at you). Some gamers are able to even balance their hobby with a social life, and are able to find love. Do they end up sharing their hobby with their significant other, though? It depends. Some couples are able to enjoy games together without a second worry, while others become overly competitive while doing so.

That’s why the question we posed in this week’s Now Loading was “Do you play games with your significant other?”

Check out the gallery below to find out what the staff answered:

Now that you’ve seen our answers, we’d love to see hear your answer. Feel free to chime in below with your answer to the question. We’d love to know if you play games with your significant other, and what games you find the most fun while doing so!

We’re always looking for suggestions for our next Now Loading. If you’ve got a good one then let us know via email (or leave a comment below), and we might feature it next week with a special thank you to the sender!

Now Loading is a weekly recurring feature where the PlayStation LifeStyle staff discusses anything video game-related ranging from hot topics to more whimsical subjects. Past editions can be found here.

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Do you play games with your SO?

Do You Play Games With Your SO?
Cameron Teague

@Lifewish_

Mostly LEGO games myself, as my wife gets rather addicted to them.
Chandler Wood

@finchstrife

I'm lucky to have a gamer wife who games on her own as well, so playing games together is never a chore or "bringing her into my hobby." It ends up being awesome because I can help her with Destiny and she can help me with Overwatch and Fortnite. It's a lot of fun to have different games that we love to constantly play, and we love online living games and loot chasers.
Heath Hindman

@TheHeathHindman

Almost anything that has multiplayer co-op. My favorite of all time was playing through the whole Borderlands 2 campaign and DLC together. Normally, we fire up lots of Mario Kart (especially Double Dash!!, where we can be in the same car), Bomberman, Portal 2, Seiken Densetsu III, and probably a bunch of others I'm forgetting.

When something doesn't have a same-screen co-op mode, we're likely to hand the controllers back and forth. We'll take turns in Overwatch and a few different RPGs, music games, and platformers.
Keri Honea

@crunchychocobo

I want to stay married, so nothing.
Elizabeth Henges

@gaiages

While my SO and I are both huge gamers, our gaming tastes actually very rarely match up, so we don't play much of anything together. We did TRY with a couple games, though... We did attempt co-op in Donkey Kong: Tropcial Freeze, but lo and behold re both REALLY sucked at that game, so that almost ended with me trying to strangle him. Then we tried Overcooked, which... well, if you have played Overcooked with someone with an hour, I'll be surprised if you're still friends or in a relationship with that person. So, like Keri, I'd rather stay in a relationship instead of ending up a stalker like Tyler, so we don't play games together.
Louis Edwards

@ftwrthtx

My wife was never a video game fan until I introduced her to the Karaoke Revolution series and Singstar. We have spent countless hours entertaining the neighbors (whether they wanted it or not) by belting out some of the greatest hits in these games. Before the kids left the nest, we would have game nights where duets and battle contests could be heard for blocks. If I have to sing an Endless Love duet one more time, I may go insane, but if that's what the wife wants, that what the wife gets.
Michael Briers

@briersytweets

My SO and I typically spend the most time playing Rocket League and Overcooked — the two bright and breezy crowd pleasers. There was that one time we attempted Helldivers together, but that proved to be more frustrating than anything else.
Tyler Treese

@tylertreese

I mostly play hide-and-seek with my significant other. I'm typically outside of her window, and then she sometimes even calls in the cops to really make it a party. Sometimes they scream something about a "restraining order." I'm not sure. It's hard to hear with all of the sirens going off. Oh, this was about video games? Sorry. Anyhow, I'm very alone and have nobody to play with.