Picture yourself into this scenario.
You’re on a first date. In the midst of getting to know each other, the topic of hobbies, and interests comes up. You, as a gaming enthusiast, have a decision to make. To what extent do you discuss your interest in the medium?
Historically, an interest in video games has been considered to be a negative trait in a significant other. There are still people to this day who feel this way. However, as video games become more socially acceptable, the general odds of your date being a ‘video game hater’ is lowering.
How do you handle this situation? Do you come clean? Fudge the truth? Ignore it completely? Lie? Generally, I’m fairly outward about my love for video games, but I think that a date would be spooked if they knew how far down the rabbit hole I’ve gone, even if they did have an interest in the medium. In this particular scenario, does it look good on me to discuss the fact that I’ve spent over 1,000 hours of my life playing Street Fighter IV, and compete in major video game tournaments featuring international competition? Maybe someone would be impressed, but I think going that far would freak out most potential suitors.
Conversely, how much of a gamer are you looking for? Would a person fail to qualify if they were only into casual fare, such as Farmville, or Draw Something? Would you give love a chance with someone who hates video games? Or would it be a turn-off if this person was more of a gamer than you were?
Until we’ve reached mass acceptance of the medium, it’s still sort of a touchy subject to bring up in a first date scenario. How do you handle this situation?
In Third Person 
Games are my hobby, and the last thing if want to do would be lie about something I’m passionate about.
That being said, I don’t think I’d mention every detail about my gaming prowess right off the bat. I’d just mention my game playing as a hobby, and that I enjoy discussing and writing about games. If save the more intricate details about it until a later time/date.
And I can be with someone that doesn’t play games. It’d suck to not be able to share that joy with someone else, but I’d manage. If someone were against games all together though, I’d definitely think twice about going any further.