Today is a sad day (or a good day for all the lonely gamers out there). Today a new online dating service has been launched targeting hard-core gamers. GameCrush, is a service which aims to connect paying customers with game-playing ladies. GameCrush only supports Xbox360 at the moment, but they planning on expanding to other consoles such as the Wii, Playstation 3 and also moving into the virtual world of World of Warcraft.
Gamecrush works by dividing their community into two categories boys (known as Players) and girls (known as play dates). The players buy credits which can be spent on time playing with the girls, while the ladies are paid to play with the boys. Outside the games players can chat to available play dates for free and spend time browsing profiles.
Supposedly there are around 1200 play date profiles available on the site right now. I cannot confirm or deny this though since I do not own an Xbox 360 but it seems that the site is a big success because it has been overloaded with traffic as of writing this article.
According to IGN the actual dating is divided up into 6 to 10 minute slots. The GameCrush site also supports a few casual games and videochat. Supported Xbox 360 games include Modern Warfare 2, Gears of War 2, Halo 3 and GTA IV. You get to see the play date biting her upper lip while you are fragging the enemy away or just stealing a car and causing trouble around Vice City.
Dates cost 400 GameCrush credits. Predictably though you can only purchase batches of 500. Play Dates keep 60% of the money from each date. 500 credits cost 8.25 US dollars. GameCrush has decided this value by determining how much it would cost to buy a drink for a girl in a bar.
The 1200 girls currently on the site were recruited through a Craigslist ad asking for girls who want to get money by playing games. Not sure if they are component gamers or not. I don’t think it is fair that the guys have to pay. Doesn’t that sound sexist?
Me thinks it’s a rip off. However the site was overloaded with traffic so I guess their business is going well…
#1 by Lukas Galea on March 29, 2010 - 6:20 pm
hahaha the weighted companion cube
#2 by Etienne Pellicano on March 30, 2010 - 9:32 am
this should be a free service. if anything both guys and girls should pay not just guys.
#3 by Malcolm Micallef on April 3, 2010 - 1:45 pm
yeah should be a honest service where real passionate gamers meet up.
or else the least they can do is guarantee happy endings for the guys at LAN parties