Games For Couples

Alan Barthelmess

    There are many gaming titles out there for plenty of couples to play together. Sorry Guys, Halo, Call of Duty and Gears of War are not on the list.
Depending on which system you own, whether it’s an Xbox 360 or a Nintendo Wii, I have a few helpful tips that are sure to point you in the right direction.

     If you are one of the many gamers like me that enjoy spending a few hours sitting in front of your system, and wish to share some of your gaming experiences with your girlfriend, don’t worry, there are a few games out there that are great for couples to play together. I’ll start off by saying that most games made by Pop Cap are amazing. Most people may recognize the name Pop Cap from the crazy addictive game called Insane Aquarium, a PC arcade game where the player would log on to Pop Cap’s website, and begin feeding bizarrely colored fish in an aquarium. In return for keeping the aquarium clean, the fish would give you money. In addition, you had to protect the fish from random alien attacks and such.

      Now returning from that trip down memory lane, let’s take a look at a few of Pop Cap’s newer titles. Bejeweled is a fun game for you and your significant other to play competively against each other, maybe with some stakes on the side. Bejeweled is a puzzle game where the player must match up three jewels in a row or column. After matching up the jewels, they explode and drop more jewels into the puzzle to complicate things.

Hexic is another puzzle game where you must match up at least three pieces of the same color to destroy them, and then more pieces drop into the puzzle. Instead of rows and columns though, you must rotate the pieces in a circular motion. This is another great game to play competitively. The latest and greatest from Pop Cap, at the moment, is a game that I have personally downloaded on my Xbox recently and spend much of my free time enjoying. Plants versus Zombies is the latest hysterical tower defense game. The object of the game is to protect yourself in your house from a horde of brain-hungry zombies. It only takes one zombie to get by your defenses and get into your house for it to EAT YOUR BRAINS!!! What do you have to protect yourself from these mind-hungry undead? Well plants of course; your yard is your battle ground where you must plant a various number of plants that will use many abilities to stop the zombie horde. This is a great game to play as a couple, either in versus mode or in co-op mode where you must work together. It is also fun to just take turns playing each level in the adventure mode that has many different challenges in different formats.

    The Wii is a great system, filled with tons and tons of titles that are made to be played by multiple people. Such games like Super Mario and Mario Party 8 are a great place setting for double dates even.

Here are some easy to remember tips for games that would be great for couples. Keep it simple, pick a game that is easy to pick up and learn; this way there is no unfair advantage if the game is competitive. Any game that is a cooperative game is a great game for couples. This way both can work together to achieve a common goal.