Category: Gamer Dating
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We Built a Dating Site That Wants You to Leave
The best email we get is a cancellation from someone who met their person here. Casey on why a subscription business and an attention business build different products, and every engagement trick we turned down.
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Infinite Swipe vs. Daily Matches: Which Dating Model Actually Burns You Out?
Forget the logos. Infinite feed versus a bounded daily set, seven rounds, ledger kept honest both ways: decision load, how you treat people, the 12-week curve, time cost, intent, fatigue, and the business model underneath.
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Dating App Burnout: The Gamer’s Complete 2026 Guide
Dating app burnout is the predictable output of an infinite feed, measured in weeks. The research, the gamer’s read on the loop, the honest counter-evidence, and a way out that isn’t deleting everything.
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This Week on LFGdating: New Game+
The week in one place: why the post-breakup waiting period is folklore, seven measurable rebound signs, a 14-day re-entry plan, the data behind it all, and the founders’ own New Game+.
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Version 4 Was Our New Game+
We rebuilt the LFGdating app from the ground up this year with thirteen years of scars intact. Casey on why starting over is not starting from zero, and what that means if you’re dating again.
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Dating After a Breakup: The Gamer’s Complete 2026 Guide
How long should you wait to date after a breakup? Nobody who studied it found a number. Here’s what the research says actually predicts recovery, what you keep from the last run, and how to start your New Game+.
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This Week on LFGdating: Player Two, Actually
Six posts on what the research actually says about gaming and relationships, the number everybody argues about that predicts nothing, and the one free change that does more than any of it.
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Gaming and Relationships by the Numbers: What the Research Actually Shows
Every gaming-and-relationships figure that survives a source chase, hyperlinked at the point of mention, plus the three numbers we refused to print and an honest list of where the evidence runs out.
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How to Talk About Your Gaming Time Without It Turning Into a Fight
A two-question audit to run first, six sentences that work with the reasoning under each, three to retire immediately, and the one rule that outperforms every hour-counting negotiation you have ever had.
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The Hobby I Used to Apologize For
For about ten years Casey had a sentence rehearsed for admitting he played video games. Here is what pre-apologizing for your own hobby costs you, and the thing the research changed his mind about.