My boyfriend is really into gaming. I think he’d happily be
a professional gamer if the opportunity presented itself. And he’s really good
at it.
The problem here is that I am not.
On Saturday morning the boyf, my friend and her boyf and I
all went to have a look around the show houses of a new development that’s being
built just down the road. I think my friend and her boyf were a bit more
interested in the potential to buy there, I was just being nosy. It was a
little disappointing though because all they had to show were 4 bedroom houses.
I feel like if they’re boasting a range of 2-5 bed houses they should show one
of each rather than three different layouts of the same sized house. Also it
was the 3-bed houses we were most interested in and it turned out that all of
these have already sold, so it was a bit of a waste really.
Saturday afternoon the boyf and I crossed the border to
visit a couple of friends in Bristol. We only see them 2-3 times a year and
they are a very fun couple to spend time with. We went bowling first off,
played 2 games, the boys are both good and were fighting it out for champion, I’m
pretty bad so I lost but I did get a few fluke strikes along the way!
Then we went back to their house and had lunch and made
friends with their kitten who was adorable. Then we played some xbox games.
Initially we played trivial pursuit which is fine by me – I love a quiz game
and you only have to press one button at a time so I can handle that! But then
we played a couple of games that are supposed to involve participation… I didn’t
know how to play either of the games of course so for the most part I just
tried to stay in the corner of the screen until each round was over and let the
other 3 get on with it. It turns out it is quite anxiety-inducing to be in a
room with 3 gamers expecting you to game with them. Not fun.
Luckily it wasn’t too long ‘til grumbling stomachs prevailed
and we went out to Las Iguanas for dinner. It was delicious by that way! I
think it was the first time that I had more than just cocktails there and it
did not disappoint. I had lamb empanadas for started and then a coconut chicken
main which were both outstanding and ended with clean plates.
We ended the day just watching a bit of background tv and
chatting until we came home.
Yesterday the boyf and I tried a bit of gaming.
I’ve played the odd game now and then on a few different
platforms, but I’ve never got into it and I’ve never been any good. And I can
tell that this is quite frustrating for the boyf.
Yesterday we were playing Overcooked which is essentially a
cookery game where you have to chop, cook and serve ingredients with different
barriers on each level. I believe it can be single player but we played co-op,
and in the end we had an argument basically because I’m so rubbish. I know that
the answer here is to play some games in my own time to practice and improve, I
just find it hard to motivate myself to when I know I’m going to be terrible at
any game except for perhaps solitaire.
So if anyone is reading this I would appreciate it if you
could suggest some easy games to start out with, cuz I have no idea…
P.S. it was the boyf's birthday last week so I made him these Nintendo Switch biscuits which turned out quite poorly, but he appreciated the thought!
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