Matt posted an article the other day about getting his wife into gaming.  I’ve had a similar situation trying to get my girlfriend into gaming.  She’s always on the train playing some blocks game on her mobile so I see this as an opening, a gateway into my world of video games.  I try to introduce her into Castle Crashers, Braid, and to games that are storyline driven to try to capture her attention.  The response I would get from her is “I’m not a gamer!”.

For a while I let it slide, but I drew the line with these shenanigans when she delivered her standard “I don’t play video games!” as she grabbed my Nintendo DS.  Not a gamer, yet I can’t get my DS back?  When I get to turn my DS on, the battery is low!  Finding all the secrets in the New Super Mario Bros. before I do is a bit gamer like.  As is beating me in Mario Kart (once, only once).  I declare shenanigans on this non-gamer status!  You cannot avoid the designation of a gamer when you play games on your mobile or DS.  You are playing video games, than you are a gamer.  You may not be a hardcore gamer, but you are gamer.  Admit it.  Now welcome to our world.  I declare thee Bridge Gamer.

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