how to, my ass

I get a "How-to of the day" every day from google. Sometimes they are useless. Sometimes they are amusing. Sometimes, apparently, they are infuriating. Here was today's:
How to get your girlfriend to play videogames
Go read it.

Now:
Excuse me? I know this was written by a teenage video game king that has never had a girlfriend, but still.

I can rant about this because 1) I am a girlfriend and 2) I play video games. Sometimes even at the same time.

This article approaches videogames like they are this wonderful magical new technology that the scared little girl won't know about. Chances are, your imaginary girlfriend knows what video games are, especially if you play enough of them that you need to "get" her to play too. Maybe just maybe, she has chosen to do other things with her time. No, you're right - she needs to be shown The Way.

"Tell her it's easy, and don't start off with something that requires a lot of hand-eye coordination." Well, very few things are easy the first time they are done. And everyone knows that girls have no hand-eye coordination. So if this is the case, why introduce videogames at all? The girl will only get frustrated and hate you.

There is a section that actually uses the phrase "coax her into it." I think there are other "how-to" guides that teach boys how to "coax" girls into doing things they don't want to do. Maybe you should try getting her drunk or drugging her. After all, if this is videogame rape, might as well go all out.

"Some girls even like first person shooters." No they don't. Girls don't like guns, or cars, or fighting, or dinosaurs, or anything that boys like. If you really knew anything about girls, you would realize this. Luckily the article address this, pointing out that they make cutsey games that your girl might like.

I understand what the article is trying to do. It's not as insensitive as it could be, but it is just about as stupid as it could be. But shared videogaming interest is usually an attractant that brings girlfriends in. If she has no interest in gaming but you still like her for other reasons, maybe you could spend time with her enjoying those other facets. If you must be a gamer, either she will come around on her own because she loves you and wants to share interests, or she will find something else to do while you're getting your fix.

Bottom line: If you are reading this article and trying to faithfully follow it's advice, you don't deserve a girlfriend.