ok, so, i totally feel you on this one. i work at a gamestop, and i adore video games. but often, the bf (whom i live with) and i end up playing one player games, separately. usually, its each of us playing fallout. me on 360, him on pc. but if you want anymore suggestions, and because i saw you put noby-noby boy (its ps3 exclusive, so i assume you have one) i suggest Little Big Planet. its multiplayer, and painfully adorable, as well as loads of fun. my bf often doesnt end up playing much, rather, he equips his sackboy with a skillet in his hand, and just smacks the other players on-screen around....its a blast. and you can make your own levels too. its one of my faves :)

...I think if my girlfriend played Contra with me, I would explode. I would propose right away. We'd have a Contra themed wedding.

But that wouldn't happen.

There are only a few games we play together. She loves Mario Kart and every once in a while we play Smash Bros. with each other. As someone who grew up with the NES, I'm surprised how much she likes old sidescrollers. She didn't play Mario and Mega Man as a kid, but she eats them up now.

I had Sega Genesis as a kid and then an N64 and basically know nothing about video games, but I would recommend Super Smash Brothers. That's a game that even I, someone who is terrible at every video game, likes to play. Guitar Hero, however, I hate. I am absolutely terrible at and i can never reach the furthest button. It may just be because I have the worst coordination.

What? No mention of the classic Rez? I highly recommend reading Game Girl Advance's review. She and her boyfriend loved playing it together. :D

http://www.gamegirladvance.com/archives/2002/10/26/sex_in_games_rezvibrator.html

Nice set of video games for couples, thank you. I badly needed these games to stay up with my boyfriend, actually we're into playing world of warcraft but I don't think it's a game for me that I'd enjoy playing with him. Maybe we'll have more bonding playing Guitar Hero and who knows we might join contest soon.

I hate to be "that guy" but the Konami code only gives you 30 lives for Contra.

Will: I think that in my brain--where Contra is the best game ever--it's like having unlimited lives. Or 99. I stand corrected, but I can always dream.

Two words: Bubble Bobble

Boom Boom Rocket is another good XBLA game. I think it's $10.

you forgot resident evil 2. it's a one player game but if you play it late at night with all the lights off and just take turns it's the grits. one person will be playing while the other one is glued to the tv yelling "don't go in there" and stuff like that while also trying to figure out the mysteries and puzzles to help the other person navigate. also one person is always free to make popcorn. best game to play with your significant other over. god i'm a nerd.

There are two really great titles that I'm surprised didn't make the cut. PixelJunk Monsters and PixelJunk Eden are both on the PSN and are fantastic couples games.

For the record, I'd like all of you who are leaving suggestions or are wondering why I left off certain games to know that in some cases the boy and me discussed--no, debated--said games. In other cases, you've made the rest of our year because we'll be revisiting all the titles and reassessing.

Bubble Bobble and Boom Boom Rocket? Yes and absolutely. Little Big Planet is adorable.

Regarding Rez: I want to be able to play together so later we can play together. Catch me?

Oh wow. The boy and I, not the boy and me. Oops.

Resident Evil 5 is a great game for couples as well. I love it because it's multiplayer, in the 3rd person (I'm terrible at 1st person viewpoint games), and I get to play a really kickass female character. My fiance loves it because it involves shooting zombies, has a decent storyline, and has lots of little extras to it. It's a win-win situation when it comes to this game, at least for us.

Nice article. I'm a gamer grrl and my fella and I often end up playing 1-player games.

Over the years I've hit this problem and my solution has always been one of the Dynasty Warrior titles. There's a character for everyone (cutesy girls waving fans and men swinging clubs larger than those girls, and everything in between) and you work together to plow through hundreds of enemies - there's enough action to distract anyone and any skill level can play.

I'll definitely try your recommendations to vary things up a little!

No Rez for Playstation? This list is bull dookie. You play Descent on Tron and Psychedelics and she gets off to your skillz with the INCLUDED VIBRATING BUTTERFLY-LOOKING DOOHICKEY.

I completely agree with you on the Guitar Hero series.
Although my boy and I usually play Rock Band, he's usually on drums and I'm usually on vocals.
And we have a blast playing, I love it.
However, I can't say I have experience in the other games because my number one video game to play with him is Halo 3.
We are not in a clan, we are a team.
We work together and we stand together if someone insults our skills.
And what's better than showing off your skills in team games where you can protect each other?

Saw a lot of Wii games but none of them Boom Blox 1 and 2. I'm surprised no one suggested them.

A couple other good ones are: Gears of War 2 (Co-op with each player being able to choose a separate difficulty)
or the Worms series that's out on XBLA (possibly PSN as well) good call on peggle and GH though, me and my gf play those all the time =D

lots of good stuff on the list. I have to suggest the xmen legends/marvel ultimate alliance games. One of my friends and his girlfriend played them a lot. They have great multiplayer and you choose your characters from a large male/female cast. Diablo style dungeon crawling with super powers and great marvel characters characters make it a lot of fun.

Will, technically you are right, but when you count the continues, you get 90

I actually got my gf into gaming through Tf2. She loved the cartoony violence and lighting people on fire with the pyro while I healed her as a medic. :) bonding

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Secret of Mana and Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densesu 3) on the snes offer superb co-op play. Also, Diablo II, Sacred, Baldurs Gate, Neverwinter Nights and Worms are all excellent games for couples, albeit probably for those who have more than just a passing interest in gaming.

Geometry wars was the best you could come up with? It's fun, and the era of two player is dying out due to productivity. But you've got your dead or alives, need for speeds, there's not a lot, but there's better games than bust a move.

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This is my shortlist for quick, fun co-op/versus games:

* Mario Kart Wii with the wheel
* Super Smash Bros. Brawl
* Halo 3
* Metal Slug Anthology
* New Play Control Pikmin 2
* Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Onechanbara: Bikini Samurai Squad
* WarioWare: Smooth Moves

I'm really very surprised that Hidden Object games (eg Mystery Case Files) were not mentioned. Addictive as anything. Great team activity and the three women I've introduced it to played it for hours.

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my girl and I are usually playing WoW together - not exclusively though, she's allowed to play when I'm at work ;)
to be honest, for casual couples playing I enjoy little cutesy games like death jr. it's fast, pretty easy and you can have a lot of laughs. We're planning to buy mario kart now that I tried it at gamescom. The only problem is: our tv is tiny, so split screen makes everything suck really bad. or have you tried spotting the chords of guitar hero when they're about pin head size? :D

CS:S, Urban Terror, StarCraft, Chess... f**k, anything other than the complete bollocks that you've suggested. Guitar Hero is possibly the only decent game mentioned there, and that requires both parties have a sence of rhythm (which men usally don't)

I plat Little Big Planet with my gf all the time, she loves it and so do I.

zinya: Men don't have a SENSE of rhythm? Wow, I guess I'll have to tell all my buddies in bands to give it up because they obviously don't know what they are doing.

I recommend a good Tennis game, Topspin2 is really decent.

I'm waiting for a backyard, sh*t talking badminton game but, I guess game developers don't see this as an emerging market to build on. :(

Like always, the games your GF may be able to play / tolerate with you are THE WORST GAMES ON THE PLANET!! Oh look, a really REALLY SHI*TY game - at least I know my GF will like it. Except, of course, for contra - not shi*ty, just outdated. Ok, and LBP is not only THE MOST BORING GAME, but it's also really shi*ty. I effin hate LBP - I hate it!! Why would anyone want to play such a boring underdeveloped sh*t game? To appease their game-illiterate partner? F**k that!

yes I own a PS3. LPB can suck donkey ballz.

I hate it!! LBP: no experience, no progression, no weapons, no story, no skills, no power ups = NO INCENTIVE TO PLAY. Oh, she says, but it's so cute. FU*K CUTE. DONKEY BALLZ!! Seriously gamers WTFU and accept that your beloved LBP is the worst game EVER!!!!!

This list is a decent start, but some classic puzzlers are missing, like Tetris Attack for the SNES (or the inferior Pokemon Puzzle League for N64), Doctor Mario (updated on the Nintendo Channel), and I'd even include Tetrisphere for the N64 (while not perfect, it has a great battle-mode style mechanic that just works in h2h games). My wife can't take too much 3D action, so I'm always on the lookout for 2D or limited 3D style head to head games; sadly, the current gen consoles don't seem to offer much in this category.

I was with you until Contra and Galaxy Wars. I've had plenty of girlfriend who played game but know they wouldn't play that. I think Animal Crossing is good for couples, can't play at the same time on one system but can send each other gifts and such. Also almost all of mine didn't mind playing the Dynasty Warrior games with me or Castle Crashers.

No love for Fuzion Frenzy?

best couple game? bubble bobble.

cute characters for her
the truly sinister means of disposing of the enemy for him!
its great!

My wife and I play Left 4 Dead online with another married couple. Lots of fun!

My very non-gamer girlfriend and I played through LittleBigPlanet, and she absolutely loved it. The two player mode is fun, and there are a lot of sections that require cooperation. Get Nobi nobi boy of this list and replace it with LittleBigPlanet!!!

I enjoy both Guitar Hero and Rock Band series of games, but My wife couldn't play guitar hero to save her life. It wasn't until we got Rock Band that she could enjoy it. By singing or playing drums, or by simply turning on no fail and letting her try to play guitar/bass. She can now do most songs on medium and a couple on hard. She would have never kept playing with me if not for Rock Band.

truthsayer: Why do love LBP so much? Is it cuz you want to marry it?

There is Simpsons game that my wife and I played on our PS3 that was a lot of fun in Co-op mode. It incorporated game play from a bunch of different kinds of games.
We also enjoyed taking turns in a number of games from Oblivion and Uncharted (my wife's favourites) to Rachet and Clank. We are currently playing Resident Evil 5 which is supposed to be way better in Coop than in single player.
We are totally looking forward to Uncharted 2 and Heavy Rain.

this is an awesome read, I totally agree with Peggle being on this list my lady only give a damn about my Xbox when that game is on but I nominate Pac-Man: Championship Edition as a game for couples, old school game with upgraded gfx to boot, it's perfect

The majority of your suggestions are quite awesome, but I just don't think I can get down with the Hasbro Board Game night thing. Board games turned into video games...blech, I say!

My wife doesnt play any video games. she hates them actually. I only play when shes not home these days. Until I bought Scene It for my 360. There are 2 different version and we can play both of them for hours. Its great to be holding a controller when shes in the room.

Gunstar heros. Enough Said.

how about the co-operative experience of a life time: World of Warcraf. My girlfriend is a sort of fantasy addict with a bookshelf full of swords, sorcery, dragons and alike, she wasn't really into computer gaming, altho, she had played heroes of might and magic titles when she was younger.

So, I thought 'WoW has all of those, why wouldn't I try to get her play that?'

I bought WoW for her as a birth day present and promised I'd teach her how to play it. After a week of intense practice she seemed to get most of it. I pointed her to wow-wiki and elitist jerks for game mechanics related questions that she might come up with and so we played a few evenings in a week. quality time with your companion, even if you happen to be far away from each other.

I suggest others to try this as well, but keep in mind that wow is FREAKING COMPLEX to a non-gamer type to get in to, so be patient when teaching it to some one. I mean se was like "do I have to use BOTH of my hands at the same time to play?!?" at start :D.

If you want to keep your relationship, drop all COMPETETIVE games from the list.

My 2 cents.

Really this list is rubbish, if you don't have Little Big Planet in there you FAIL.

"truthsayer said:

I hate it!! LBP: no experience, no progression, no weapons, no story, no skills, no power ups = NO INCENTIVE TO PLAY. Oh, she says, but it's so cute. FU*K CUTE. DONKEY BALLZ!! Seriously gamers WTFU and accept that your beloved LBP is the worst game EVER!!!!!"

You sir are an idiot, the game is fun, has progression, story and weapons. Go and try to play some of the last levels or some user created levels, they require mad skill. If you can't see the awesomeness this game is then you are so far from being a gamer.

I gotta agree with Amber, Little Big Planet has been one of the best games for my wife and I to play. We've played other games together, everything from Rainbow Six Vegas to Mario Kart, but LBP got a lot of game-time out of us. A great title for PS3 owning couples to have. :)

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Haha! Talk about irony. My boyfriend and I love playing games together - we play the heck outta Rock Band (PS2) and Mario Kart (Wii) together. We'll spend hours on end just playing games before we stop for a break in the middle to eat, drink, go for walks, and have fun (in other ways) before returning to the aforementioned video games.

Hah, I love the fact that I can play games with my Girlfriend all the time. She's a total Metal Gear obsessive, and loves Final Fantasy, Farenheit, Ico, Black and White, Psychonauts and Oblivion. Most of all, Dungeon Keeper and Magic Carpet, though.

We play a lot of co-op games together, like Resident Evil 5, Red Faction, Resistance and Dark Alliance but most stuff on a level/mission by mission basis because there isn't enough co-op, like Crash Bandicoot, GTA (Especially Vice City), Theme Hospital and Overlord.

Also 2 player stuff like Pro Evo etc.

hey fuck face i need a game that i can play with mi girl.. i hate to be playing cod and she having that look.. the one fuck you and your stupid gunmen game shi hole.. so its good to be playing those game with her eaven if they are for faggot guys.. the only thing now is having her anry because im better than her in those games... after all shes not a gamer like me...
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Chelsea-ManchesterU rivalry? naw, im a fan of the Real Madris-Barcelona rivalry :) (rooting for RM of course)

i pit those two teams against each other on FIFA so many times, it's not even funny.

I can play dat easy... Halo 3 theme song on Guitar Hero is simple and easy But everyone says its hard....Well I also need to take under consideration that I play this game before 2 years.

Little Big Planet must be included in this list.

PC co-op games like Operation Flashpoint (yeah, I know how old it is, but its still fun) and ARMA + ARMA II are pretty pretty good, except for friendly-fire incidents. My husband, Ruggle, was playing with his clan, held down enter when he respawned and shot his team mate in the head. They still haven't stopped teasing him about it.

I like two-player puzzle games, like Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine.

I guess this is obvoius, but I like Sonic The Hedgehog games, too...

This is a pretty solid list of suggestions for video games for couples. I appreciated the humor in this article, and was happy the author was finding time to play video games with her man.

My husband and I regularly play video games together, and we even run a couples' gaming site where we review all of the video games that we play together (http://www.co-oples.com/). We have a Top Ten list crafted as well, and this is how ours differs:

- Rock Band instead of Guitar Hero, and in the #1 position.
- Lego games rank #2.
- Hasbro Family Game Night is #6; Mario Kart is #5.
- Left 4 Dead instead of House of Dead at #7.

We tried Noby Noby Boy as per suggestion of this article, and found it kind of weird! :/

"Contra never say die! Someday, I want to play this game while eating room service on my honeymoon. Followed by Rad Racer. There, I said it."

WOW contra AND rad racer.. will you marry me? LOL

seriously though.. good collection of co-op games there!

my girlfriend wrote an article on this last summer too, i dug it up since it's kinda relevant with valentine's day coming up and all. this seems to be the only other comprehensive list online, so i thought i'd link people so they can check hers out too:

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1974198/top_5_video_games_for_couples_to_play.html?cat=19

World of Warcraft should have made the list imo.

me and my bf playing lots of video games, not really so much 2gether. I'm a gamer girl and i play all types of games like mwf2 and I'm getting the new one black ops. but i think the best way 2 play 2gether is online something she like and it can b more exciting 4 the guy. me and my bf play a lot online but 4 the girl if u life with them, try 2 c if u can try what games u like when the guy not there lol. play around and c if u like shooting and get good at it so they dont yell at u and dont want 2 play with u. bcuz ur bad.

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Resident Evil 5 is a great game for couples as well. I love it because it's multiplayer, in the 3rd person (I'm terrible at 1st person viewpoint games), and I get to play a really kickass female character. It's a win-win situation when it comes to this game, at least for us.

Resident Evil 5 is a great game for couples as well. I love it because it's multiplayer, in the 3rd person (I'm terrible at 1st person viewpoint games), and I get to play a really kickass female character. It's a win-win situation when it comes to this game, at least for us.

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PC co-op games like Operation Flashpoint (yeah, I know how old it is, but its still fun) and ARMA + ARMA II are pretty pretty good, except for friendly-fire incidents. My husband, Ruggle, was playing with his clan, held down enter when he respawned and shot his team mate in the head. They still haven't stopped teasing him about it

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