Feature Updates, Dating Advice, and Dating Guides for Gamers
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Tired of the Geek Dating Scene? You’re in the Right Place!
Raise your hand if you’re tired of the geek online dating scene. Yeah, most everyone is. That “date a geek” site you thought was legitimate turned out to be just a database that you’ve seen on umpteen other “geek singles” sites, and before the sun comes up the day after you sign up your inbox…
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Dating a Gamer Girl: An ITF Strategy Guide
What’s the secret to landing that mythical gamer girl? ITF, which stands for Ink to Flames Gaming, is an up-and-coming video game news/opinion community that’s based out of the beautiful country of South Africa; minus all those great white sharks off the coast. I’m sure they get their fair share of Sharknadoes – but I…
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LFG: Checking Gamer Stereotypes at the Door
Raise your hand if you’re sick of the video gamer stereotypes? Yeah, that’s what we thought; so do we. Back in 2006, when LFG was still in a conceptual phase, we already knew what path we could cut through the dating market: a professional one. Yes, we cater to the video gaming/gamer crowd, but LFGdating…
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With Online Dating, Dealbreakers Are Better Early Than Late
Although we feel this is a general rule that applies to multiple areas of our personal and professional lives, stating your dealbreakers early is paramount to dating success (whether online or not!). Think of it as a job qualification. The employer must state all qualifications – licenses, certifications, years of experience, etcetera – or else…
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New Study Shows 1 in 3 Married Couples Met Online
That’s a lot of people that met online, isn’t it? A new study published yesterday shows that over 34% of married couples met online in some capacity. Not all of them were online dating sites – some were games and social media – but that’s an impressive statistic.
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Reddit AMA Huge Success
All day yesterday, we answered any and all questions pertaining to LFGdating. People of Reddit not only asked many great questions, they also contributed to our ongoing process of building a better online dating site for our clientele.
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Drink your Drink: Knowledge is greater than submission
We live in a time where lack of knowledge is tantamount to laziness. We may no longer fly under the radar uninformed on major aspects of our lives. It’s ok to not know that Gaspar Noé’s film Irreversible contains a french nightclub’s underbelly fight scene that directly influenced Nicolas Winding Refn’s film Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, in…
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HoldingTheLine Against Gamer Stereotypes
Pop quiz for our faithful readers: how many features have we ran with about trying to break down those ever-stubborn gamer stereotypes? You are right if you said this many. (If you’re too lazy to click the link, the answer is 6. 7 if you count this one!) Back in 2006 when the we concocted…
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How To Message That New Someone
Deciding what to say to someone new is both an art and a science. What your message says reflects your style – you, in one word. But it’s also an art because we’ve spoken enough to new people in our lives to know how to elicit a response. Fear kicks in at this point though…
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LFGdating in the Northwest Herald Newspaper
Last week we had the fortune of speaking with Jami Kunzer, a writer for the Northwest Herald, a regional newspaper from the northwest suburbs of Chicago. Privileged to make the Plan!t Northwest section, we got in just in time for Valentine’s Day. Check it out here!
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